Modul 1 Nurs 6050:discussion: Agenda Comparison Grids

Agenda Comparison GridsThe United States presidents have used issues on healthcare as part of their political agendas. Today, the most intense issue is the affordability of healthcare. The cost of healthcare continues to rise affecting millions of Americans. Reasons for the rising costs include increase in prices and intensity of healthcare services, more people requiring health services, increase in aging population, variation on how often Americans use healthcare services, and changes in disease prevalence. The three recent American presidents have used issues on healthcare affordability as part of their core political agendas during their presidential campaigns and throughout their terms. President Donald Trump was highly critical of his predecessor’s healthcare affordability agenda. According to president Trump the healthcare agenda implemented by president Obama was expensive and unsustainable in the long-term. Obama had implemented the Affordable Care Act (widely referred to as Obamacare), which promoted the universal health care coverage (Hall & Lord, 2014). The cost of implementation was $940 billion in 2010. However, the cost rose to $1.8 trillion from 2012 to 2022 following the review by Congress Budget Office in 2012coverage (Hall & Lord, 2014). Under Obamacare, Medicaid eligibility was expanded to include more people that fall under