Affordable Care Act Pros And Cons

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The national policy to be implemented is the Affordable Care Act, which according to Klein (2012) is a federal statute enacted to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reduces the costs of health care for individuals and the government.” While many are of the opinion that the Affordable Care Act is an expensive Act that is not good for business, truth be told, the act in fact favors businesses. The requirement of the Act is that any business with more than 50 employees should provide health insurance to all its permanent employees. Now looking at the statistics, in the US about 96% of business has fewer than 50 employees. So the only percentage