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For each policy (Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP), briefly:
Explain how the policy is addressed at the federal, state, and local level.
What programs were developed from this policy?
Reflect on how the policy affects or may affect your community, geographic area, or potential clients.
Then, address this unique prompt for this week’s Quick Guide:
Describe one strategy you would employ to help a client better understand one of the healthcare policies.
Describe the goals of the Affordable Care Act.
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act opens up the 45-year-old Medicare program to the biggest changes since its inception. Discuss the components of the Affordable Care Act that you think will have a positive effect on improving health care outcomes and decreasing costs.
Rationale must be provided 400 words in your initial post. Minimum of two scholarly references in APA format within the last five years published
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• Name and discuss four prevention essential health benefits for women that must be covered under the Affordable Care Act.
• For women in the age range of early adulthood describe:
o The psychosocial development.
o As a Nurse practitioner, what you think would be the most appropriate clinical education and clinical interventions you would do on a patient in that age range. Base your answer on most common normal and pathological situations women face in the mentioned age range.
• Define and give an example of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary prevention on Women’s Health.
How can policies, like the Affordable Care Act, impact immigrant women in a positive light?
What are some ethical issues related specifically to this group of marginalized women?
Discussion Prompt 1
Identify three components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that went into effect in 2014 and discuss their impact or potential impact on the practice of nursing and medicine. Be specific as to what the provision states, who it affects, and the impact that it may have.
•Discussion Prompt 2
Describe a type of health care spending that you consider wasteful or services that you consider have little or no benefit. Explain why you find the spending wasteful, and if eliminated, what impact it may have on the American public