history of health care reform that ended with the ACA and updates relating to the ACA since it was passed

1. Describes the history of health care reform that ended with the ACA and updates relating to the ACA since it was passed. You will find this content covered mainly in the book, but I would suggest doing more research using google scholar/Pubmed. Feel free to watch as many YouTube videos or read as much content as possible to clearly understand what the Affordable Care Act is all about. (25 percent points)
2. Draws conclusions in your own words– why the Affordable Care Act was enacted and what challenges led to it. (25 percent points). (If you are interested in reading the actual Affordable Care Act, the law can be found here https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111publ148.pdf
3. Pick any one provision of the ACA – Individual mandate, Medicaid expansion, etc. (Here is the list of provisions https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/summary-of-coverage-provisions-in-the-patient/ you may also refer to other websites if you wish to). Describe what that provision is. (25 percent points)
4. Address the role of the Supreme Court. Describe why the Supreme Court got involved and the final Supreme Court ruling.  Also describe why Congress voted on whether to repeal the ACA in January, 2016. (25 percent points)
5. In the conclusion of your essay, provide a brief recommendation on what needs to be done to improve the ACA. You may restrict your recommendation to the provision that you chose.

• Minimum 1,000 words, not including title and references.
• The paper must be written in an academic tone. Refrain from writing in a conversational style. Please refer to the attached paper as an example of academic writing. (the attached paper is just to demonstrate the writing style and tone, you do not need to replicate its length, outline or structure).
• Follow APA 7th edition format. First page should be the title page, running title, fonts, margins, etc. References should be on last page. You will find a sample APA 7 paper here https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.html
• At least 4 non-book APA-styled academic references, such as published journal articles using PubMed, Google Scholar, other literature search engines you prefer.
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• No block quoted material will be counted—so do not use block quotes (quotes containing 40 or more words). Ideally, the word count should be kept as low as possible.