Consider the revenue results from telephone solicitations by Meals for the Homeless on page 317 in your textbook (see Exhibit 10-2). What do you make of this? What are some possible explanations? What questions do you have?
Week VII
To what extent do not-for-profit organizations have the ability to choose among the following:
a. using depreciation,
b. ignoring depreciation,
c. maintaining building and equipment on the balance sheet at their original cost,
d. showing such assets at their market value,or
e. completely charging such assets such as expenses in the year acquired?
Donations in cash are easy to measure. What is the treatment that not-for-profit organizations use for donated goods and services?
Distinguish between the way investor owned and not-for-profit healthcare organizations treat investments.
What are the possible types of interfund transactions? Explain.
Affordable Care Act
Presently, the United States government, in conjunction with both the public and private healthcare sectors, is working toward implementing the law.
For this week, please review the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on page 193 of your textbook and formulate an initial post with the following criteria:
- Choose one provision that is most important and discuss why implementation will make congruent improvements to the current U.S. system.
- Discuss which provisions you believe will be difficult to achieve or implement because of the inherent challenges in the current U.S. healthcare landscape; please name and describe those challenges.
- Lastly, what has been left out of these major provisions? Had you been able to meet with congressional members, what would you have lobbied to include in the act?
- Must be 150 Words or more
- APA format
- Cite references in paragraphs
