How does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010 affect Medicare costs?

Medicare happy student This assignment supports the following unit objectives: (Outcome #7) Demonstrate the ability to research topics and summarize findings/conclusions effectively. Assignment Overview According to Shi & Singh, “Medicare poses the single greatest future challenge to taxpayers of all government programs” Locate and summarize an article about Medicare and how this program has contributed to the escalating health care costs in the U.S. How does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010 affect Medicare costs? Deliverables 2- to 3-page Word document using 12 point Times Roman font, and double spacing. The paper should be 2-3 pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages). The reference page should include a cite to the article reviewed, including any additional articles reviewed (use proper APA citation). Activity Details Perform the following tasks by 11:59 PM on Sunday: Step 1: Locate a Medicare Article. Locate and summarize an article about Medicare and how this program has contributed to the escalating health care costs in the U.S. Step 2: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010. In addition, address how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010 affect Medicare costs. Step 3: Criteria for Submission. Type the paper using 12 point Times New Roman font, and double spacing. The paper should be 2-3 pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages). Make sure you provide a reference page and include a cite to the article reviewed, including any additional articles researched (use proper APA citation). Save the Assignment