In modern times, many different acts are adopted which are aimed at improving the quality and accessibility of medical services. One of these initiatives was the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has been causing debate about its effectiveness since its inception to this day. This is especially true of the online process for acquiring health care information, accessibility, affordability, and reducing the number of uninsured. Thus, this work agrees with the opinion presented in the article “How well is the Affordable Care Act working?” that the Affordable Care Act performs its functions to a greater extent, but it takes more time to fully understand it.
The article by Levitt was taken as the basis for this work, which investigated the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act. Therefore, the author noted that regarding the online process for gathering information, not all states had adopted this innovation, which limits the full implementation of the act. Moreover, the initiative under study increased patients’ access to medical services (Lissenden, B., & Yao, 2017: Warner et al., 2020). However, many individuals suffer from too expensive medications for some serious diseases. At the same time, the article emphasizes that it “suggests that insurance is now more affordable on average than it was before the ACA’s implementation” (Levitt, 2014, p. 7). The main positive argument for the effectiveness of the ACA is the fact of reducing the number of uninsured individuals.
Thus, this work investigated the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act based on the article written by Larry Levitt entitled “How well is the Affordable Care Act working?”. Thus, it came to the conclusion that the author’s opinion is confirmed that despite some positive aspects, the initiative is still experiencing difficulties in implementation. This is especially true of the availability and affordability of medical services for individuals.
Reference
Levitt, L. (2014). How well is the Affordable Care Act working?. JAMA Network.
Lissenden, B., & Yao, N. A. (2017). Affordable Care Act changes to Medicare led to increased diagnoses of early-stage colorectal cancer among seniors. Health Affairs, 36(1), 101-107.
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