DQ1-2
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The public policy that has been implemented by the City of Ontario, CA is it is General Plan. According to the City of Ontario website the policy plan consists of “nine elements: Land Use, Housing, Mobility, Safety (including Noise), Environmental Resources (including Conservation), Parks and Recreation (including Open Space), Community Economics, Community Design, and Social Resources” (www.ontarioplan.org). The way that the policy affects the public, private and non-profit sectors is to ensure the City is making the necessary changes and their commitment within the City to provided residents, business, and non-profits the necessary resources to thrive. The City of Ontario’s Policy plan shows it has identified where changes or growth needs to occur and what the City will do in order to achieve their goals. I believe that the City of Ontario Policy Plan did not affect one sector significantly as the policy covers many different departments and geographic area within the city. The Policy is to ensure the city is aware of issue and concerns and that they are focused and committed to the betterment of the business and residents who reside within the city.
Refernece:
http://www.ontarioplan.org/policy-plan/
2.
In the State of Oregon, the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) is the state Medicaid program which provides health care coverage for low-income Oregonians. The programs is inclusive to families, children, pregnant women, single adults, seniors and more. The program is designed to provide healthcare to individuals of low-income, the basic healthcare needs.
The main goals of the plan is to increase access to healthcare, provide easy access to healthcare, and provide an ease of cost. In order to apply for it, the individual can go to OregonHealthcare.gov and then answer questions relative to their needs.
This program was started in 2014 for Oregonians as a part of the Affordable Care Act. As a result, this allowed for over 380,000 more people to obtain services for health that very same year. It is affordable, and provides access to health for people across the entire state. Subsequent, to provide even better health care, Coordinated Care Organizations (CCO) was also developed to provide specialized care for the management and efficiency of the program which collaborates with qualified professionals to deliver accurate patient care. This definitely affects public and private sectors because some hospitals are private, while others are public. In Oregon, OHSU is one of the largest hospitals in the state. Kaiser Permanente is a private hospital but it partners with OHP as well with different plans. http://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/About-Us.aspx
3.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) also known as The Obamacare is a law that was amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act on March 23, 2010. This law made affordable health insurance available to more people, expanded the Medicaid program to cover all people with low income below 138% of federal poverty level, and support innovative medical care delivery methods design to lower the cost of health care in general. (PPACA, 2010)
The ACA has impact the public, private and nonprofit sectors in many ways:
· · Public sector: with the ACA, dependents stay longer on their parent plans, Medicaid became more inclusive, there is no denial because of pre-existing conditions, free preventive care. More people are eligible for tax subsidies (which is good for people who live under poverty level), but people with lower income have more benefits than middle class.
· · Private sector: the ACA has negatively impact the private sector. The International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans (IFEBP, 2014) found that ACA increases employer healthcare costs by 5.8%. Private plans were canceled, some companies found it more cost effective to pay the penalty and let employees purchase their own insurance on the exchange.
· · Nonprofit sector: the size of nonprofit organization determine how ACA will affect the company. Any nonprofit who has 50 or more full time employees can benefit from ACA by using the “small business health care tax credit” refund.
With the ACA, public sectors have more benefits than private and nonprofits sectors. It allows more people to be insured, received preventive care with or without pre-existing conditions, a good benefit for people with low income. Private sector had many plans canceled, health care cost for employers were increased and for nonprofits organization it was not such a big lost because they could claim a refund through small business health care tax credit if they have 50 or more employees.
References:
HealthCare.gov. (2010). Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act/
The National Council of Nonprofits. (n.d). What Nonprofits Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/what-nonprofits-need-know-about-the-affordable-care-act
Urban Institute Health Policy Center. (2012). Implications of the Affordable Care Act for American Business. Retrieved from https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/25906/412675-Implications-of-the-Affordable-Care-Act-for-American-Business.PDF