American Care Act - Really Don't Care

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I came to the health care presentation with relatively extensive prior exposure to the details of the American Care Act, but surprisingly little knowledge of the debates surrounding the health care reform. From listening to the news I was aware that there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the law, but it was only while researching that I discovered the details of why each political party, as well as the Catholic Church, supports or opposes the law. Knowing this, I have formed the opinion that, while the structure of the American Care Act is imperfect and the implementation leaves much to be desired, this piece of health care reform will still be an overall good for Americans and is superior to any of the alternatives reforms suggested. I learned from the research on the Democrat’s platform that the Democratic Party largely supports the bill. The platform states that, ““The Affordable Care Act is not the end of efforts to improve health care for all Americans,” indicating that they would like to see the reach and effectiveness of the law expanded (The 2012 Democratic National Platform: Moving America Forward, Democratic National Committee). The Democratic platform cites the Affordable Care act as responsible for covering more working families under Medicaid, preventing those with preexisting conditions from being denied coverage, and insuring 30 million previously uninsured Americans (The 2012 Democratic National Platform: Moving America Forward, Democratic National Committee). Since being uninsured is correlated to negative health outcomes, the benefits quoted by the Democratic Party would seem to support my argument that the American Care Act is a good for Americans because it covers so many people who would otherwise... ... middle of paper ... ..., it also helps Americans by garenteeing that their medical care will not be based on others religious beliefs. The debate surrounding the contraceptive mandate could therefore either strengthen or weaken my argument. The Affordable Care Act is not perfect. It presents barriers to both legal and illegal immigrants when it comes to obtaining health care and creates conflicts between financial necessity and religious teaching for certain employers. Compromises and amendments to protect these groups would greatly strengthen the law. The law also has suffered from a jolty suffered, seeing less than expected enrollment during the first open enrollment period. However on the whole, the law has done a lot of good in protecting the poor and particularly those with preexisting conditions, who would not be satisfactorily served under other proposals for health care reform.

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