Identify two features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that affect healthcare reimbursement. Which one will have the most impact on providers? Why?

FEATURES OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
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Features of the Affordable Care Act
Introduction
Health insurance providers under the health care laws are subjected to standard professional choices to consumer cover. The statute thus provides the accountability mechanisms to every insurance company whereas these companies have their regulations implemented at its operations. For instance, the Affordable Care Act law basis in the United States of America was to expand health coverage across the American citizens (Duggan, Goda & Jackson, 2017). Consequently, the Act purposely was signed into law to improve on services in the healthcare sector and reduce the cost associated with patients.
Two Characteristics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that affect healthcare reimbursement
The Affordable Care Act also referred the Obama care has several various features that comprehensively subjects the clients and insurance health equity. In this case, the main elements comprise of quality improvement at a lower cost, and prevention and Protection policy (Duggan, Goda & Jackson, 2017).
Quality improvement at a lower cost under the Affordable Care Act aims at covering all sectors of the economy. Precisely, small business was subject to undertake a health insurance cover to its employee at a reduced premium rate. Additionally, this feature aims at increasing accountability for these companies. Therefore, insurers should justify its premiums rates to its clients.

Nevertheless, the prevention and Protection policy feature aimed at subjecting equitable cover to all clients without any consideration of pre-existing conditions. Thus the insurance companies will no longer deny willing clients cover lifetime limits. Besides, young adults’ to 26 years are subjected to their parent’s plan.
One feature with the most impact on providers
The preventive and protection policy element has adversely affected the insurance companies across the United States of America (Duggan, Goda & Jackson, 2017). For this reason, several clients have pre-existing conditions that immediately require health attention. This means that the insurance companies take the burden of the clients despite the health history. Furthermore, the cover plans for clients have no age limits. In this instance, the old are characterized by vulnerable diseases. This will be a disadvantage prospect to the health insurance companies whereby the may experience colossal loss on the premiums.

References
Duggan, M., Goda, G., & Jackson, E. (2017). The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health
Insurance Coverage and Labor Market Outcomes. Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research.