Health Care Reforms Legislation and Its Effect on Nursing Practice
One of the milestone legislations that President Obama signed into law in 2010 was the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). This policy, commonly referred to as the comprehensive healthcare policy has been widely supported by several nursing organizations including the American Nursing Association and the American Academy of Nursing. Indeed, the bid to have reforms in the health sector has been a central agenda since the mid 20th century which has culminated in several changes in legislations that are geared towards having a better health care system. The latest significant change in legislation has significantly put the practicing nurses in the forefront and the daily contribution and impact of the nurses in ensuring the success of the policy is evident as will be discussed herein (Institute of Medicine, 2010).
The health care reforms policy that was passed in 2010 is mainly geared towards providing all Americans with the chance to access the cost effective yet high quality care as well as helping the change in the American health system to be directed more towards the preventive care and the primary health care. These have been the priority of the nursing as a profession since the 1958 inception of the Medicaid program, when such ideas were not popular in the post WWII period. The same trend of supporting the health reforms was seen among the nurses in the 1990s when Clinton brought forth the federal health reforms (though it was defeated) and the years leading to the current policy signed in 2010. These instances of indicating outright support for the policies that improve on the healthcare reforms is a clear indication that the nursing practice and profession as...
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