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Principles of Health ScienceUnit 1 Health Care of the Past, Present & FutureSpring 2014What is Obama Care?ObamaCare is also known as ________________________________________. ObamaCare's main focus is on providing more Americans with access to: ObamaCare is the unofficial name for __________________________________________ which was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Obamacare's health care reform sets up a __________________________________________ where Americans can purchase Federally regulated and subsidized health insurance.President Obama may have signed the _______________________ into law, but the truth is ObamaCare is the result of decades of ideas from both sides of the isle. ObamaCare itself was in fact modeled after "____________________", which was health care reform implemented in the State of Massachusetts.The Affordable Care Act contains over a thousand pages of reforms to the insurance industry and the health care industry in order to ________________________________ and to provide ________________________________________ to all Americans.Before the law you could be:denied ______________ or _______________ because you had been sick in the pastbe charged more because you were a ____________ be dropped mid-treatment for making a simple ______________ on your applicationhad little or no way to fight insurance company ______________There are around ___________________ Americans who currently are unable to get health insurance. ObamaCare helps individuals to get health insurance through expanding _______________ and ________________ & offering cost assistance to Americans who cannot currently afford health care.Since October 1st, 2013 Americans making less than 400% of the ______________________ can use the "Health Insurance Marketplace" (also known as an exchange) to shop for affordable quality insurance that starts as soon as Jan 1st, 2013.In 2014 400% of the federal poverty level will be roughly _________________ for individuals and __________________ for families. If you make around or less than that amount make sure to apply for the health insurance marketplace to see if you qualify for subsidized insurance. ................
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