The Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act
ISBN-10
0737771496
ISBN-13
9780737771497
Category
Young Adult Nonfiction
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2014-12-02
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Author
Tamara Thompson

Description

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to increase health insurance quality and affordability, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare overall. Along with sweeping change came sweeping criticisms and issues. This book explores the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act, and explains who benefits from the ACA. Readers will learn how the economy is affected by the ACA, and the impact of the ACA rollout.

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