Rising Health Care Costs and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Rising Health Care Costs and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Name: Cameron Clark
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Franklin, WI
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Type of research: Senior thesis

Abstract

This thesis is a policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Its goal is to recommend policy alterations to help reduce health care costs, while maintaining the commitment to solving equity problems within the American health care system. It focuses on the cost implications PPACA will have in the United States as well as the effect it will have on people’s ability to obtain health care. Data was collected through the Congressional Budget Office and several partisan sources to balance both sides of the debate. The evidence shows that while the legislation will not add to the federal deficit, it does not stop rising cost growth. Without a significant reduction in cost growth the system will continue to become more expensive and inequitable. Recommendations are made to reduce the demand for health care services, and federal expenditures created by PPACA. These include the reduction of minimum benefits requirements, the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, federal tort reform, and eliminating provisions that will affect those currently receiving Medicaid benefits. The evidence shows that while PPACA will not add to the deficit in the short term, it will continue to contribute to increased spending growth and must be amended.

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