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Health Reform Reaction
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Health Reform Reaction
Health sector reform is defined as a sustained process for changing medical insurance
policies and other institutional arrangements. The strategy lays down the procedures that define
equality, sustainability, and financing of health. The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 to
help millions without health insurance due to lower-income and medical conditions. The federal
government brought the policy and implemented it by other states across the entire united states
of America. Twenty-five states rejected the reform policy ('Kaiser Family Foundation' 2021).
Massachusetts already developed the procedure to ensure that everyone had obtained medical
insurance.
Despite the rising support for the reformed medical policy, states like Texas responded
differently to the health insurance policy. To date, Texas is known to have the highest number of
uninsured persons in the entire United States. These individuals failed to bend to the federal
reforms on health insurance. The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, regarded this kind of medical
reform and considered it so stupid and would not engage its people (Mangan, 2015). Texas and
other twenty-five states sued the government for implementing the medical reform without their
endorsement. For Texas to implement the medical reform, it had to cut its funding secondary and
elementary education. The governor of Texas argued that the idea was so stupid and could not
miss the secondary and elementary education fee in its favor. Many courts ruled that the people
of states could not be forced to implement the policy but could only accept the procedure out of
their willingness. Many Midwestern and southern, under the leadership of republican leaders,
opposed Obamacare and rejected the medical expansion (Mangan, 2015). Proverbs 19:20
"Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end, you will be counted among the wise." The
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rejection of this medical expansion appeared hostile to Texas, having left million of dollars. The
idea of being independent adversely affected the economic condition of Texas
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Hello Megan. You have a great post. Thank you for taking part in this class discussion, I
have gone through your work, and I concur that the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 to
help in enrolling millions of Americans without any health insurance coverage because of the
higher cost of acquiring such medical cover due to their medical condition or their cost of living
('Kaiser Family Foundation' 2021). It is further arguable that both the federal and national
governments had higher expectations of all seeing the activity in the same direction as they did
and the demands of every state. However, all the states responded differently, with over twenty-
four states challenging the idea.
Despite many states challenging the idea, Massachusetts had developed its health reform
policy which later served as a foundation for such health reforms. The formulation of the policy
by the authority acted as a confirmation of the proposal of Massachusetts on health reform
(Mangan, 2015). It is because the hospital had already developed its health policy reform. It is
imaginable that this was a positive result for Massachusetts since they had already developed
policies. It would be suitable f only increase the number of people with health insurance covered.
A state like Texas responded differently to the health insurance policy. To date, Texas is
known to have the highest number of uninsured persons in the entire United States. These
individuals failed to bend to the federal reforms on health insurance. The governor of Texas,
Rick Perry, regarded this kind of medical reform and considered it so stupid and would not
engage its people (Mangan, 2015). Courts further ruled that health centers would not be forced
with this health reform and only consider such medical cover out of their willingness. The
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rejection of this medical expansion appeared hostile to Texas, having left million of dollars. The
idea of being independent adversely affected the economic condition of Texas.
The medical health reform impacted American lives negatively and positively depending
on the state and their options for the medical reform. Therefore, the affordable care act is treated
as a single-handed project. It is also believable that Obamacare would have been passed to other
governments hence being made a mandatory activity. Proverbs 19:20 "Listen to advice and
accept discipline, and at the end, you will be counted among the wise." You have an incredible
post. Thank you and good luck!
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Hello. An awesome post you have there. Thank you for taking part in this discussion. I
have gone through your work, and I admit that the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 to
enable everyone to afford quality healthcare service (Lindner et al., 2020). The reform, therefore,
raised the cost of healthcare to everyone who already had such policies. However, due to the
varied population for various states, there arose a challenge with other poorer states hoping to
benefit the most from such reforms. It is further arguable that the poorer states are more likely to
get ill and seek medical attention than other wealthy states.
Massachusetts was already developing expanded health care as early as 2006 (Lindner et
al., 2020). The idea was bipartisan since Massachusetts was already growing the health reform.
It is imaginable that Massachusetts positively accepted the Affordable Care Reform. The
hospital's location had a lower number of uninsured persons than other states like Texas.
Therefore, Massachusetts found it much easier to implement the policy as compared to other
states. The hospital will only adjust its policies to match those set by the federal and state
governments compared to other states beginning to implement the policies.
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Texas negatively reacted to the medical reform. Texas and other twenty-five states sued
the government for implementing the medical reform without their endorsement. For Texas to
implement the medical reform, it had to cut its funding secondary and elementary education. The
governor of Texas argued that the idea was so stupid and could not miss the secondary and
elementary education fee in its favor. Oregon has constantly been trying to be the first state to
do something that would change people's lives. It became the first state to prioritize assisted
suicide among people with a terminal condition. The state has tried to have the members enjoy
an insurance cover and got the ball rolling in 2007 with the Healthy Kid program, which
provided children with affordable medical cover (Lindner et al., 2020). The governor of Oregon
opted to reduce the cost of medical care and came up with state-run health insurance, a
significant component of ACA. Despite all these efforts, Oregon's history of bipartisan, the state
has not achieved complete health reform.
In addition, one article by Stephen Linder talks about the research on ACA and how it
impacted the persons who have diabetes in the whole state of Oregon. The book of Romans
13:1-2 says, "I let everyone to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that
which God has established. God has established the authorities that exist. Consequently, whoever
rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will
bring judgment on themselves" ('International Bible Society,' 1978). You have an incredible
post. Thank you and good luck!
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References
International Bible Society. (1978). The holy bible, New International Version: Containing the Old
Testament and the new testament.
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2021). States' Positions in the Affordable Care Act Case at the
Supreme Court. Retrieved from kff.org: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-
indicator/state-positions-on-aca-
case/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%
22:%22asc%22%7D
Lindner, S. R., Marino, M., O'Malley, J., Angier, H., Bailey, S. R., Hoopes, M., Springer, R.,
McConnell, K. J., DeVoe, J., &Huguet, N. (2020, March). Health care expenditures among
adults with diabetes after Oregon's Medicaid expansion. Diabetes Care. Retrieved
November 4, 2021, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31857442.
Mangan, D. (2015, May 29). Don't mess with Medicaid expansion? A lesson from Texas.
Retrieved from cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/05/29/texas-pays-a-big-price-for-
saying-no-to-medicaid-expansion.html
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