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United States National Health Care Policies and Nursing Student’s AutoTextList s NoStyle t "Please type in your first and last name" Name Institution Abstract The United States Health Care policy is guided by the Affordable Care Act (2010).The implementation of this act by the Barack Obama administration and subsequent governments has had a great impact on the United States Healthcare delivery system in the aspects of the organization of the health sector and medical practice. Its availability and acceptability among the American people and medical practitioners specifically registered nurses are key in assessing the success of the policy in the long term. As of now, it is evident that the Affordable Care Act has made considerable progress towards the achievement of accessible, affordable, sustainable and quality health care. This article analyses the impact of the changes in the healthcare policy of the United States on the opportunities for nursing to improve health care challenges nurses are likely to face and how these opportunities can improve the status and visibility of nursing in the United States. Keywords: Affordable Care Act, Health care policy, Registered nurses, Health sector. United States National Health Care Policies and Nursing Changes in the US health delivery system Before the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, 48.6 million Americans were not covered by health insurance policies. This accounted for more than 15% of the Americans citizens(NCBI,2016).This posed a big challenge to them in acquiring medical services they needed.The enactment of the Affordable Care Act has had a great impact in ensuring all American citizens are covered by
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