The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Ever since the long and controversial political and legislative process of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was enacted in 2010, it has created numerous opportunities to make health care accessible, affordable, and higher quality for all. Importantly, the ACA has improved the health care system regards into reducing health disparities in recent years. For the remainder of this research paper we will have further information to what the ACA is, health disparities that exist, improvements from the ACA, and the status and future of the act.
The ACA was signed into law and represented a significant impact to the United States health care system. Under the ACA there are ten Titles with amendments to the law. The first title allows Americans to

The sixth title is improving transparency and program integrity. Under this title, it provides more information to help patients control their own health care decisions and strengthens physician-patient relationship. The seventh title is improving access to innovative medical therapies by offering drug discounts to areas that serve low-income patients. The eighth title is Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act) which offers Americans options to finance long-term services in the event of disability. The ninth title is changing revenue provisions which will provide millions of families and small businesses tax cuts for health care. Lastly, is the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act title. This reauthorizes health care services to American and Alaskan Natives under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (HHS,

One of the significant factors that contributes to health disparities is different ethnic and racial minorities have shown greater rates of being uninsured. Now millions of individuals, especially of color and social class, have access to the resources and to affordable health coverage (Ross, 2014). Since the ACA was enacted in 2010, the first five years included 11.7 million Americans purchasing new plans from marketplace, with 10.8 million more have Medicaid coverage, and an additional 3 million young adults are on their parents’ policies. (French et al., 2016). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of individuals without health insurance fell from 16 percent in 2010 to 8.9 percent in 2016 (2016). That is almost half of the population, and is an significant