How does the PPACA affect Patient’s Health?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has a significant impact on patient’s health and well-being. People with serious illnesses could not always get equal access to treatment because they were separated from doctors by insurance, and the reform solved this hardship. Companies have no right to deny insurance to anyone, even if a person has AIDS or cancer. It means that no patient is left alone with the problem, and everyone gets equal access to therapy.

What is more, all new insurance plans must include disease prevention measures, reducing medical costs in the long term. The reform takes care of the early detection of diseases and guarantees that people have the opportunity to cover the cost of treatment, which is undoubtedly fair for patients and the health care system.

Other programs under this legislation have provided opportunities for advanced practice registered nurses to obtain funding or participate in innovative agendas to provide primary care services. This innovation certainly expands the scope of various educational programs and promotes opportunities for better treatment, which certainly affects patients’ health.