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 andextending CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).

Instructions

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

1. You have seen that insurance coverage may not be equivalent to medical access. Are there potential problems/issues related to access in each of the 3 ACA coverage mechanisms? What is the difference between "coverage" and "access"?