America has dealt with poverty for decades and programs will continue to be created to assist American families in dealing with the effects of poverty. ... The greatest affects of poverty are on the innocent children who grow up in poverty stricken families and sadly, research reveals that poverty tends to move from one generation to the next. ... Although these effects are not always the result of poverty, they have been shown to be at a higher incidence in poverty stricken areas and families. ... In my future career in health care, I plan to be an advocate for the clients that I serve whi...

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President Obama's plan to insure healthcare for all marks a positive step for the well – being of our country's citizens. Still, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) also known as ObamaCare has been one of the most controversial topics of our time. In order to understand why t...

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(Gallup 2014) Full-time, full-year employment offers families the best chances of acquiring and keeping health insurance, as does an annual income of at least a moderate level (greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. ... (National Academies Press 2001) Two-thirds of all uninsured persons are members of lower-income families (earning less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. ... This will also standardize wages for healthcare workers and thus provide a transparency to the worker as to bottom line assessment. ...

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Back on March 30, 2010 president Barrack Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) since it had been approved by the house on March 21, 2010. It was a great step in the direction of safeguarding healthcare for all the individuals and family of the USA regardless of whether ...

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Through the use of subsidies and expansion of the Medicaid program, many of these low- and middle-income people below 400% of the federal poverty line will now be able to have healthcare for little or no cost. 4 Having Obamacare as an option allows for people to use what money they have on other basic needs like paying bills and buying groceries while helping avoid the risk of losing their savings or home due to large medical expenses. ... These subsidies apply to individuals and families making up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).4 People will receive tax credits to help them affor...

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Abstract ObamaCare is an assistant service to those who do not have health insurance with reason being either they cannot afford it or they have been rejected by insurance companies for many reasons such as their medical condition history. There are many details in this law but the most commonly ask...

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