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A 3 page research paper that argues that the PPACA can be regarded as an action plan for achieving the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing health disparities. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the focus of considerable debate due to its far reaching ramifications, as this law can be viewed as the broadest public health reform in US history (DeVille & Novick, 2011).
Healthy People 2020 is part of a government health initiative that has been ongoing for the last three decades, establishing benchmarks and monitoring progress towards national public health goals ("About
Healthy," 2011). Healthy People 2020 continues this tradition, as it presents a 10-year agenda designed to improve American health. The following examination of the PPACA indicates how this law can
be viewed as an action plan designed to achieve the goal of Healthy People 2020 to reduce health disparities evident in the US population. As indicated in an article
published on the Healthy People 2020 web page, until the passage of the PPACA, there were gross inequities between Americans relative to access to health care ("Health disparities," 2011). Citizens
with low-income, racial and ethnic minorities, and other underserved populations frequently experience a higher incidence of disease and the fact that they have poor access to care and limited treatment
options compounds the negative outcomes that result ("Health disparities," 2011). The PPACA includes provisions that are designed to increase access to medical care, while also utilizing cost containment strategies within
Medicare and Medicaid and reforming private insurance (DeVille & Novick, 2011). For example, PPACA mandated policy prohibits cost-sharing, i.e. co-payments, on a broad range of screening and preventive measures
and also, the mandated coverage includes a wide variety of measures listed by the US Preventive Services Task Force, which have an "A" or "B" rating, such as: "immunizations; Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sanctioned preventive care screenings for infants, children, and adolescents; and certain HRSA-endorsed screening for women" (DeVille & Novick, 2011, p.102). As this indicates, the PPACA
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