Annotated Bibliography 2

Kennedy, K. Almost 1M Young Adults Get Health Insurance (2011, Sept. 22).USA Today, 4. Retrieved Sept. 17, 2012, from Academic Search Premier.
Annotation: This article contains many statistics about how many young adults are covered by health insurance thanks to the new Affordable Care Act.

Sommers, B. & Schwartz, K. (2011, Dec 14). 2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due To The Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from http://aspe.hhs.gov (Google Scholar)
Annotation: This is a report from the health and human services department that discusses how different surveys show a direct link between young adults becoming covered by health insurance and the affordable care act.

Crowley, M. (2010, July). Field Notes. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Annotation: ACA expands eligibility for Medicaid to all legal residents up to 133% of the federal poverty level.

Collins, S. & Nicholson, J. (2010 May). Rite of Passage: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Retrieved from The Common Wealth Fund (Google Scholar)
Annotation: This article highlights the different ways that the ACA directly impacts young adults and how the ACA will allow them to have coverage. It also covers whether or not young adults are likely to keep up with the mandate that everyone must be covered by health insurance or pay a tax. It also contains lots of statistics .

Images

[Affordable Care Act Approved and Upheld]. 2012, September 17. Retrieved from http://politic365.com/2012/06/28/upheld-affordable-care-act-survives-mandate-is-tax/


Content Analysis: You see the date the ACA was approved and signed by Barack Obama along with when it was upheld by the Supreme Court. The image is about

Annotated Websites

(2012, July 6). Young Adult Coverage. Retrieved from http://www.healthcare.gov/law/ 

Annotation: This article was about how those under the age of 26 and over 18 can remain on their parent's insurance. 

(2008, February 27.) Phenomenal Women, A History of Breast Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.randomhistory.com/1-50/029cancer.html

Annotation: This talks about all the different points in history that had turning points in the treatment of breast cancer in women. I will not be using this article, because I have changed my topic.

Topic Definition Statement & Questions

Background for the Issue:

• The Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, is a new form of health care reform that President Obama created with the intention of providing health care for all and stopping insurance companies from dropping people due to sicknesses.

Purpose:

• The purpose of this research project is to inform about the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect them directly, along with showing different sides to the arguments for and against it.

Questions to be answered:

Key-question:

• How will the ACA affect the people of the United States?

Sub questions:

• Are the requirements that Obamacare has for insurance companies right? 
• How does this affect the states?
• How will it affect the different classes (lower, lower-middle, middle, upper-middle, and upper)? 
• What is it going to cost the nation? 
• Is it truly going to be beneficial? 
• How will this healthcare be paid for/where will the money come from?
• What are the main goals of Obamacare?

Resources needed to answer questions:

• Government documents
• Government websites
• Journal entries
• Books