OBJECTIVES:
1. Analyze the major provisions for decreasing cost and increasing access to healthcare and quality of that care contained in the ACA.
2. Discuss the major comtemporary cost quality and access issues confronting healthcare delivery.
READINGS:

2. Nix K. (2016) Obamacare Undermines Physicans Quality of Care. Heritage Foundations Center for Health Policy Studies. Access http:www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2012/08/obamacare-undermines-physican-quality-of-care
3. Pipes S. 2008. Myth Six: Universal coverage can be achieved by forcing everyone to buy health insurance. In Top Ten Myths of American Health Care San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute. Pp 65-80
4. Pipes S. 2008. Myth Three: Forty-six million Americans cant get health care. In Top Ten Myths of American Health Care. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute. Pp 31-40

6. McKinney M.(2011). About that Quality Chasm. Modern Healthcare Access http:/www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110221/magazine110219950
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a 500-word(2 double-spaced page)paper in APA format. Refer to the Rubric for guidance. Integrate the following content into your paper.
1. Synthesize the data on ACA strategies to contain cost increase and promote quality of care.
a. Are more Americans insured?
b. Has access to insurance translated into increased access to healthcare?
c. What has been the impact on nursing practice?