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.
medically insured people in America, with the greatest impact occurring at the time both provisions first went into effect in 2014. While the ACA does not directly address workers compensation insurance, its larger effects on healthcare delivery in the United States may nonetheless be expected to impact workers compensation as well. The ACA has increased medical insurance coverage, both via the individual mandate and Medicaid expansion.