Part 5 -Affordable Care Act (ACA) Assignment

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempted to cure certain deficiencies in this system by establishing 3 coverage mechanisms: 1) the ACA exchanges, 2) the employer mandate, and 3) expanding Medicaid and extending CHIP.

Instructions

Discuss each of these 3 ACA approaches to increase insurance coverage answering the following question:

1. The ACA provision to expand Medicaid was struck down by the United States Supreme Court. Who did this leave without insurance coverage that the ACA envisioned would have it? Why do you think that some 20 states have refused to adopt Medicaid expansion?