Source #1Health for All: The Promise of the Affordable Health Care Act for Racially and Ethnically Diverse PopulationsThe U.S. Government Struggles to Implement the Patient Protection Act and Affordable Care (ACA), also known as Obamacare. . The ACA has four challenges: First, inequities, reducing health disparities between racial and ethnic minorities is a major goal of the law. Second, and perhaps the biggest challenge facing the American health care system, is inefficiency. The enormous costs of the U.S. system have worsened disparities between racial and ethnic minorities by making access to health insurance difficult. Even those who could afford it could only afford discounted treatment. The continued expansion of health insurance for minorities will require significant improvements in health care efficiency. Third, the American system relies largely on expensive, high-tech care. For example, minorities without health insurance generally do not have access to preventive services due to the high cost of the equipment used. Fourth, continued public confusion poses a problem for the implementation and political maintenance of the law. The only thing most people know about this law is the individual mandate that everyone receive “minimum essential” health coverage. A survey released by Kaiser Health Tracking confirmed the lack of education among ACA enrollees. The poll was released in April 2013 and found that 4 in 10 Americans still don't know the ACA is law and being implemented. Those who know the law, only half of them understand how the law will affect their family. For people who are uninsured, there is an even greater lack of understanding, 58% among various minorities...... middle of paper ......e The ACA must be the most effective, There needs to be a better way to allow consumers to distinguish which plan best suits their needs. Ignoring the impact of choice in plans could be a costly mistake.Johnson, Eric J., Ran Hassin, Tom Baker, Allison T. Bajger, and Galen Treuer. "Can Consumers Make Affordable Care Affordable? The Value of Choice Architecture." Ed. Thomas Boraud. PLoS ONE E81521 8.12 (2013): 1-6. Print.Source #5 (Book) Nowak, Sarah, Christine Eibner, David M. Adamson and Evan Saltzman. Effects of the Affordable Care Act on consumer health spending and risk of catastrophic health costs. Np: RAND Corporation, 2013. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt5hhv2q. Web.Source #6 (Book)Jacobs, Lawrence R. and Theda Skocpol. Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford UP, 2010. Print.