The course project must be seven to ten pages, double-spaced, not counting the cover page and the references pages. You must use at least five outside sources for your course project beyond the course textbook.
Course Textbook
Berger, S. (2014). Fundamentals of health care financial management: A practical guide to fiscal issues and activities (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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TOPIC: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and healthcare finance
Introduction
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted into a law following the amendment of the Health and Education Reconciliation Act, into a law on March, 2010. It was fully implemented in January, 2014, whereby provisions of the responsibilities individuals as well as employers took effect. These included the operations of the medical insurance exchanges, the expansion of Medicaid, and also group subsidies for individuals and small-employer groups began flowing. However, there have been other important intermediate steps taken along the way (Jones, 2013).
The PPACA has been hailed ground-breaking in America’s public health policy. It has undergone further improvements by way of extensions, revisions, as well as numerous the laws that have comprised the federal legal framework….
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