https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a en-us 2018-09-11 23:28:52 UTC 2025-11-23 02:27:25 UTC hello@padlet.com hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280132839 The U.S. health care system is unique among advanced industrialized countries. The U.S. does not have a uniform health system, has no universal health care coverage, and only recently enacted legislation mandating healthcare coverage for almost everyone. ]]> 2018-09-11 23:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280132839 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133040 -Is also known as Obamacare was effective in 2010 and major provisions occurred in 2014]]> 2018-09-11 23:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133040 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133221 The law has 3 primary goals:

• Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level.
• Expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the federal poverty level. (Not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs.)
• Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health care generally.

]]> 2018-09-11 23:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133221 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133918 Health Insurance Coverage and the Affordable Care Act, 2010 - 2016. (2017, June 30). Retrieved from https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/health-insurance-coverage-and-affordable-care-act-2010-2016

S. R. Collins, M. Z. Gunja, M. M. Doty, and S. Beutel, How the Affordable Care Act Has Improved Americans’ Ability to Buy Health Insurance on Their Own: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2016 (The Commonwealth Fund, Feb. 2017).

]]> 2018-09-11 23:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280133918 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280138621 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/obamacare-charts-stats-health-care-reform/]]> 2018-09-11 23:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280138621 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280138895 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/obamacare-charts-stats-health-care-reform/]]> 2018-09-11 23:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280138895 hbramblett2017 https://padlet.com/hbramblett2017/fvk0zk9hu58a/wish/280139120 This is a well done video on the healthcare system of the United States:

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