The Mayflower Compact, a document signed aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620, set forth principles of tolerance and liberty for the government of a new colony in the New World (The Architect of the Capitol 2001).The Mayflower Compact expressed four main ideals (Cline 2003):efinition. The Mayflower Compact, a document signed aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620, set forth principles of tolerance and liberty for the government of a new colony in the New World (The Architect of the Capitol 2001). The Mayflower Compact expressed four main ideals (Cline 2003):
Understanding the New Federal Health Care Laws. 1  In March 2010 President Obama signed a new federal health care law for the United States, named the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). It will impact the lives of all Alaskans, as well as Alaska employers and the Alaska health care industry. The new law includes provisions that affect health insurance coverage, health care financing and delivery, the health care workforce, public health, and long-term care.
Among the specific issues addressed. by the Roundtable were the impact low health literacy. has on patients and their safety; the current state and. quality of health care communications and their. impacts on all patients; health care provider and public. health interventions aimed at improving health care.