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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Overview: Are there Changes and How Do They Affect Patients and Physicians

By Robert Nelson 2018-03-022023-08-26

Since its introduction in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, has become one of the key pieces of healthcare legislation in the United States. The goal…

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The health care system in the United States leads the world in terms of the scale of resources concentrated in it. The United States ranks first in the world in medical spending, both in absolute numbers ($2.26 trillion, or $7,439 per person) and as a percentage of GDP (16%).

Officially employed residents and U.S. citizens enjoy free medical care. If you have insurance, the cost of one hour of consultation is 20 USD, and the rest of the costs are covered by the policy holder. Patients without a policy wait in the order of a live queue and pay an average of 150 USD for a doctor's examination.

The best medicine in the state is Massachusetts. It has the most physicians in the United States per 100,000 residents. It has the best life expectancy, infant mortality, obesity rates, and other public health indicators. It has the lowest percentage of people without health insurance in the nation

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