Running head: AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Affordable Care Act: Annotated Bibliography
Lanisha Johnson
Instructor: Alfonso Barreto
POL 201 American National Government
2/17/2019
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A. Topic: Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act plays a significant role in my life as a citizen and will be even
more critical in my future life in receiving health benefits. The Affordable Care Act has
generated considerable anxiety for the American people. It's a rule that everyone should buy
insurance. Another feature of the Legislation that I especially like is that unless you have a preexisting condition, you cannot be turned down for benefits. Individuals who do not have health
coverage fear their income taxes being garnished to pay the penalty for losing health cover.
B. Rosenbaum, S. (2011). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Implications for
Public Health Policy and Practice. Public Health Rep. 126(1). Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001814/
Rosenbaum (2016), asserts that through a set of laws that provide payment and costsharing incentives, establish new guidelines for the health insurance industry, and create a new
system for the purchasing of health insurance, the Affordable Care Act allows health insurance
cover a reasonable requirement on the part of U.S. citizens and those lawfully present. The quid
pro quo with constitutionally assured near-universal coverage is the requirement to protect it
since it is not possible to extend such insurance coverage without a responsibility to compensate
the companion. The obligation applies to all U.S. citizens, but people who are not lawfully
residing in the U.S. are exempt from both the compensation provision and the coverage
requirement. The law also provides exemptions for persons for whom enrollment is contrary to
religious belief, or remains unaffordable or a difficulty. The mandate extends to all people;
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therefore creates an order making universal coverage feasible because, without it, large numbers
of healthy people will be able to do so (Rosenbaum, 2016).
C. Fine, T. S., & Levin-Waldman, O. M. (2016). American government (2nd ed.). Retrieved
from https://content.ashford.edu/
The separation of powers ad how checks and balances are controlled is relevant. The
branches in the government are; the legislature, executive, and judiciary. The council makes the
laws. The executive, headed by the President, implements the requirements while the judiciary
comprised of the Supreme and other courts. The tribunal also ensures that no arm of the
government will be granted too much power. With the regulation, people's rights are protected
(Fine, Levin-Waldman, 2016).
D. Facts, O. (2014). Obamacare facts: Facts on the affordable care act. Retrieved from
https://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-facts/
The service is done by expanding Medicaid to single adults, expanding employer
coverage, requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, offering premium cost assistance,
and out-of-pocket costs on plans sold on state Health Insurance Marketplaces and the federal
HealthCare. Gov., a marketplace, allowing young adults to remain on their parents. Depending
on considerations such as family size and income, many single individuals and children apply for
insurance premium support or free or reduced-cost benefits under Medicaid/CHIP. Once you
sign up for health insurance through the exchange or an accredited provider on the trades, you
can find out if you apply (Facts, 2014).
E. Gardner, D. B. (2016). Election 2016: where are we with the affordable care act?.
Nursing Economics, 34(5), 251. Retrieved from
https://www.nursingeconomics.net/necfiles/2016/SO16/251.pdf
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Voting comes with various advantages and disadvantages. One can describe the ACA as
having three primary objectives. First, it is intended to help lower the rate of uninsured
Americans by providing subsidies to individuals who make up less than 400 percent of the
federal poverty level (less than $46,000). It also offers federal money to be used to expand state
Medicare programs. A second primary aim of the ACA is to make it easier for consumers to
understand buying health insurance and thus make more precise choices through exchanges. Of
quality and value considerations, tiered insurance plans are provided to customers along with
those parameters. Besides, the ACA sets standards to ensure that insurance plans meet certain
minimum benefits and are available to consumers with pre-existing benefits (Garner, 2016).
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Week 3 Final Research Paper Outline Worksheet
REMINDER: Please be sure you have critically read the instructions for BOTH the
Week 3 Final Paper Outline Assignment, and the Week 5 Final Research Paper.
Final Paper Outline
1. Introduction
Your introduction should start with a hook to draw your reader in, establish your
topic, and create interest. It should then provide very brief background on your
topic before including your thesis statement and an overview of the main points
of your paper. It should be a minimum of one complete paragraph of at least five
sentences in length.
2. Thesis Statement
Your thesis statement, should come at the end of your introduction to fully
address your topic and the four main points of your position. Your thesis
statement should be one sentence in length. It should be a statement, not a
question. It should clearly and concisely establish your topic, explain why your
topic is important, and address how it connects to the four main points of the
Final Research Paper. The Ashford Writing Center has several resources that
can help you develop your thesis statement.
3. Heading for Main Point 1- Describes the historical and Constitutional basis
of American Government’s structure and how this relates to the policy.
Each heading should address a specific topic or component of your paper. This
area will be the body paragraphs of your paper. This is where you will explain
your ideas and support your topic with the references you have found. This
section of the outline can be quite long and does not have to be condensed into
only four headings. Within your outline, you must cite (within the text) at least six
references; four of which must be scholarly peer-reviewed sources obtained
through the AU Library databases. While this is an outline, all sentences must be
complete thoughts and support your topic.
a. Subheading 1- This should be the first main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
b. Subheading 2- This should be the second main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
4. Heading for Main Point 2 – Explains how the policy is involved within the
process of checks and balances.
a. Subheading 1- This should be the first main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
b. Subheading 2- This should be the second main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
5. Heading for Main Point 3 – Describes how the policy relates to public policy
and elections and how the policy is portrayed by the media.
a. Subheading 1- This should be the first main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
b. Subheading 2- This should be the second main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
6. Heading for Main Point 4 – Explains how the policy impacts voting and the
election process.
a. Subheading 1- This should be the first main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
b. Subheading 2- This should be the second main point to support your
argument or assertion here.
This is where you will outline this point, and include the APA in-text
citation when you are incorporating your research information.
7. Conclusion
Your conclusion should summarize the key points, restate your thesis (but not
verbatim), and establish a conclusion regarding your topic. It should be a
minimum of one complete paragraph of at least five sentences in length.
8. Reference List
Full APA citations for all six sources referenced in your outline, should be included in
this section. Please be sure to use proper APA formatting and hanging indents. You
may click here to see specific examples of APA formatted references, provided by the
Ashford Writing Center.
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