Explain how the APRN role fits into affordable care. Is it good for NP’s, for patient’s, for other types of care providers.

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Read the article below and watch the attached videos then answer the questions below

Video 1: Obamacare and October 1st: Healthcare Triage #1

 Video 2: Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later
Bauer, J (2010). Nurse practitioners as an underutilized resource for health reform: Evidence-based demonstrations of cost-effectiveness. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 22 (2010) 228–231.  doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00498.x

Article1: Nurse practitioners as an underutilized resource for health reform: Evidence-based demonstrations of cost-effectiveness
  1. Briefly explain how the ACA works and compare it to US healthcare before it’s inception. Are things better? Worse?
  2. Has the ACA improved overall health in the US? Has it done what it was set out to accomplish?
  3. Compare and contrast the ACA to the Healthcare systems in Canada, the UK and Australia
  4. Explain how the APRN role fits into affordable care. Is it good for NP’s, for patient’s, for other types of care providers.