Please answer each post, these are discussion boards. Check your grammar end spelling

Please answer each post, these are discussion boards. Check your grammar end spelling

1-Amy’s post

Enacted in 2010, then President Obama signed into law the The ACA (Affordable Cares Act), which also included Patient Protection. This law was to ultimately improve the quality of healthcare in the United States and lower costs. To achieve this, changes were made to give access to individuals who had exsiting healthcare issues, such as cancer and asthma, minimize healthcare costs, and give the system a complete overhaul (KFF, 2022). 

Since its inception, the ACA has made substancial differences in the way of healthcare and its coverage. Without insurance, individuals are for the most part unable to pay for their medical coverage when necessary. With the implementation of EMTALA, people can and do receive medical care, without regard to payment. This leads to substancial monetary losses for doctors and hospitals. It is estimated that without the start of the ACA, $50.2 billion dollars would have been the amount that would have been unpaid, as individuals would have been responsible (Abelson and Goodnough, 2021). While there are always negatives with positives, in thi

2-Rachel’s post

The Affordable Care Act was a useful step for Congress to reform healthcare and help control the erratic healthcare costs. The Act, in its two-part creation, was a compromise of multiple conflicting arguments, which is not an easy task (Harris, 2014). Congress was able to create an Act that did not force a single-payor or national healthcare system, it encouraged a competitive market for healthcare purchase options, and it established mandates and regulations that applied to a variety of insured groups in different aspects (2014).

The ACA made two major impacts on Medicare that was beneficial to improving quality of care for patients. First was the creation of Accountable Care Organizations, which coordinated patient care and cost savings. The second was reimbursement adjustments, which included reducing reimbursement in cases of high readmission rates and hospital-acquired illnesses or conditions (Harris, 2014). Both of these impacts have proven to improve patient care planning, reduce healthcare costs, and promote quality of patient care.

3- Professor’s Post (question for me)

You stated: Second, there are people who are paying the total cost of their insurance premiums without any support. These people generally make too much money to qualify for assistance.

I am curious who you are referring to in the above statement.

This was my post where the Professor found the above statement:

In terms of who is paying for people purchasing insurance on the exchange, there are a few different groups of people. First, there are the people who are receiving subsidies from the government to help pay for their insurance. These subsidies are paid for by taxpayers. Second, there are people who are paying the total cost of their insurance premiums without any support. These people generally make too much money to qualify for assistance. And third, there are the people who are enrolled in Medicaid. Medicaid is a government-run health insurance program for low-income people, and the federal government pays for many of the costs.

4-Hannah’s post

2000’s 

The early 2000’s was such a time to be alive in general but, technology really started booming. Things such as the Nintendo Wii, camera phones, Bluetooth, and the revolution of video games was happening. Things were advancing at a fun pace like you could take pictures on your phone finally, bowl on the Wii, and listen to music on your iPod. There was still little enough advancement that people weren’t really addicted to technology and revolving their life around it. 

5- Jaafar’s post

During the media fast, I realized that I was more productive. Happier on the inside out.

The first time I ever had social media was back when myspace was around in 2007, then I had Facebook in 2008 then Instagram in 2011. But I was never a fan of social media because I felt that it brought upon me competitiveness or misery. The sense of missing out was unpleasant. Thankfully, being raised in a conservative society, I feel that I have rules and ethics to fall back on, even though I’m effected. However, I truly feel bad for the newer generation since everything is technology no rest. If I was to ever have kids, I would be concerned on how they use and treat technology.

6-Professor’s post

Read and check his example below and create one.

In many ways, technology has dramatically changed what it is to live a human life.  Genetically, we are no different than the our hunting and gathering ancestors.  Yet our lives are incomparably different.  In this discussion question, I invite you to ruminate on how one particular piece of technology has changed human existence.  Think wildly and creatively.  It's OK to overstate things.  Here's an example: 

Life before electric lights:

The rhythm of your day would have been bound by the light of the day.  Artificial lighting, be it candle, fireplace, gas lamp, or animal oil, would have been feeble and expensive.  You couldn't have worked at night, and you would be much more tuned into the shortening and lengthening of the days throughout the season, for it would have set the limits on just how much you could do.  Night would have meant total darkness beyond the glow of the candle.  Your sense of hearing might have been more acute as you tried to decipher what was going on around you, and the stars would have made a big impression on you, probably effecting your thinking about the world and your sense of place.  You would always know what stage the moon was in.  Nowadays, daylight is no limit to our activities.  You can just flip the switch and get about your business.  But for most of human history, the day had two very distinct phases, a light one, and a dark one.  For virtually all of human existence, everyone's day was bound by the sun.  But we have broken free.

This thought experiment is somewhat artificial in that no technology ever comes in isolation.  For instance, having electric light is just one small aspect of having electricity in general, which we use for an endless number of things.   Nonetheless, try to focus on what might be different because of one particular techology.  There are a limitless number of candidates you can choose from.  They can be quite specific, like an automatic dishwasher, or much more general, like indoor plumbing.  Don't limit yourself to just machinery.  All medicine is technology.  Books are technology.   So is a hybrid corn plant, a musical instrument, a paved road, etc., etc.

7- Erin’s post

I have often thought how different the world would be without cars.  It would certainly shrink the size of your "world".  I've tried to imagine how long a car ride to the west would be for me living on the east coast.  Then to remove the ability to use a car and to think about families traveling west in a wagon train.  It is unimaginable to me!  While the peace and beauty of nature sounds amazing, descriptions of those trips sound treacherous.