Recently, many people have fallen victim to the newest president’s rhetoric. One of the main reasons behind many Americans voting for Donald Trump was because he promised to repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act (ACA) with something better. Now that he has been elected president, his party has ironically introduced a plan similar to the ACA, but instead of providing more affordable healthcare to the majority of the population (low to mid-income people), it cuts taxes for the minority of the population (high-income people) and reduces the affordability of healthcare, effectively creating a worse version of the original. This goes against Donald Trump’s promise of “insurance for everybody”. The Bay Area News Group newspaper and the Huffington …show more content…
“It’s time to put an end to the myth that Republicans believe in fiscal responsibility. Saving taxpayer dollars takes a back seat to the ideological imperative of blaming and shaming the poor.” In contrast, the internet article begins with a playable video that outlines some Republican politicians having differing opinions on the proposed bill rather than giving their own opinion. Some do not want the ACA repealed, “That’s not acceptable when you have 20 million people [insured by Obamacare]...We’re just not going to pull the rug out from under them.” (John Kasich, Governor of Ohio), some want it replaced, “We will finally put a bill on the president’s desk that defunds Obamacare.” (Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House), and others want it removed entirely, “There’s a lot of Obamacare-lite in their bill.” (Senator Rand Paul). The article also shows a statistical spreadsheet highlighting the difference between the ACA and the AHCA’s way of handling of tax credits. The spreadsheet brings insight to the fact that the AHCA is not looking to benefit the lower-class by giving tax credits to those who are more fortunate. In contrast, the newspaper article lacks any kind of useful image other than Paul Ryan presenting the Republican plan during his press …show more content…
It states that the American Health Care Act would change who gets financial assistance and how much, raise premiums for older people, end the no-healthcare penalty fee and replace it with something similar, roll back Medicaid expansion, dramatically change funding for Medicaid, and end Obamacare taxes. For each feature, the article mentions at least one detrimental consequence that results from it. In the Bay Area News newspaper, it summarizes the more important points and omits other ones, perhaps because the author does not need anything else to convince the reader. Afterward, most of the article contains the author’s voice in the matter. For example, it mentions the new plan’s proposal of taking away the subsidies of the old healthcare plan and replacing it with refundable tax credits based on age. The author then interprets the intent of this proposal, stating that the new healthcare plan would give government assistance to those who do not need it as much instead of giving it to those who need it most. The only other reference to the specifics of the AHCA is the penalty fee
One of the most controversial topics in the United States in recent years has been the route which should be undertaken in overhauling the healthcare system for the millions of Americans who are currently uninsured. It is important to note that the goal of the Affordable Care Act is to make healthcare affordable; it provides low-cost, government-subsidized insurance options through the State Health Insurance Marketplace (Amadeo 1). Our current president, Barack Obama, made it one of his goals to bring healthcare to all Americans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This plan, which has been termed “Obamacare”, has come under scrutiny from many Americans, but has also received a large amount of support in turn for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons include a decrease in insurance discrimination on the basis of health or gender and affordable healthcare coverage for the millions of uninsured. The opposition to this act has cited increased costs and debt accumulation, a reduction in employer healthcare coverage options, as well as a penalization of those already using private healthcare insurance.
In chapter two of Be Our Guest, the system of guestology is addressed and dissected in more detail, with examples of success when correctly done. The book tells us how Disney would aim to please the audience, regardless of the rejection they received from distributors.
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
Social media has changed the game of politics. In today’s world, with the public looking to smartphones and tablets as their primary source of news, politicians have been forced to adapt the tone and content of their message to fit this new, more connected audience. Perhaps no politician understands this more than notorious billionaire, real estate tycoon, and now presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Through utilization of social media, more specifically Twitter, combined with his disregard for sounding too extreme or politically incorrect, Trump has gained a massive web audience - over four million followers and
In this report on the website called Business Insider, the editor Bob Bryan uses a metaphor from Gregory Daco, who is the chief US economist at Oxford Economics, to analyze Donald Trump’s recent idea about international trade situation. In Daco’s rhetoric, he mentioned about the person is playing with a knife on a playground at first, which refers to Donald Trump, who is the president of the U.S. is doing something dangerous and harmful to the international trade, and he also refers the trading market to the playground, which also indicates that Daco thinks Trump does not attach importance to international trade and even treat it like playing a knife on it. After that, Daco also said that there are kids who might decide to be careful with Trump’s
Running for the presidency he hopes To recreate American’s who mope A corrupt businessman who will not thrive We need a president to make us strive Not one who cheats us out of our hard work Donald Trump does it with a loud, proud smirk The public wishes he would say goodbye Come on, just quit, we don’t care for more lies Insulting everyone who isn’t white, Girls and immigrants hold a lot of might A wall will not keep our problems out, Equality is what it’s all about.
I disagree with this statement because the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been beneficial in a variety of ways. The ACA has many different components that facilitate better outcomes for patients such as insurance reforms that end pre-existing conditions as well as individual and employer mandates. I believe that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will achieve its original goals of expanding access, making healthcare more affordable and improving the quality of care for millions of Americans. The ACA expands access through a variety of means. The Medicaid Expansion is one example. It provides medical coverage to Americans who were once limited to health insurance related to cost reasons. The Medicaid Expansion will benefit childless and low income adults who currently are disqualified from Medicaid regardless of income. This in itself will help millions of Americans gain access to healthcare if their state has opted in. Also, the ACA expands access through employer and individual mandates. The employer mandate will allow large employers to provide health coverage to their full time employees at descent rates and the individual mandate will allow Americans to purchase federal subsidized...
President Donald Trump has continually attacked freedom of speech and press. Consequently, news organizations and publications need to actively promote themselves by appealing to the masses. Found in a TIME magazine, Texture’s advertisement effectively conveys that US citizens should read from Texture through a balanced use of rhetorical appeals.
(Weir, Keziah) The sources covering Obamacare use either an objective diction aimed to inform the audience, or a diction meant to influence the reader’s interpretation; the audience bears the responsibility of identifying whether or not the article’s diction shows a bias and to recognize the concrete coverage of the text.
During June of 2018, Donald Trump is president and was caught embezzling money for himself and his businesses by stealing money set aside for defense funds which include building a bigger wall between the United States and Mexico, and funding our overseas wars with the Middle East. He is facing potential impeachment and legal action should be he found guilty. Since taking presidency, Trump has taken advise from other more than he has in the past. In July, he issued a public apology to America.
Fear is alive and surging. Americans are more afraid today than ever before. Polls show Americans constantly worrying about becoming victims of terrorism, crime, and war. Since the 2016 election, widespread fear has skyrocketed. Concerns as to why have sparked curiosity in media influence, the GOP/DNC and even the President of the United States, Donald Trump. When we allow fear to prevail our emotions, thoughts, and actions, we are left with an irrational view of political concepts which fuels the fire for a fearful America.
Healthcare is a worldwide issue but lately it has been on the minds of many Americans. The citizens of the United States are at risk of losing their health insurance due to the American Health Care Act. The American Care Act (ACA) which was passed by former president Obama protects Americans from having high insurance premiums. “The ACA, dubbed Obamacare, banned insurance companies from denying coverage outright on the basis of a pre-existing condition and also did not allow them to charge higher premiums” (Walters, 2017, pg. 2). The American Health Care Act (AHCA) which outlaws the American Care Act allows insurance companies to discriminate against the millions of Americans who have health care. The AHCA allows insurance companies to
In 2010 President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. It was created to reform the healthcare policies in the United States. Gable (2011) states that the range of ACA provisions designed to expand insurance coverage, control costs, and target prevention has the potential to improve population-level outcomes across all income groups. He further states that by establishing a legal infrastructure that seeks to achieve universal health insurance coverage in the United States, that the ACA targets some of the major barriers to accessing healthcare for millions of Americans (Gable, 2011). One of the major components of the Affordable Care Act is health insurance being available to all U.S. citizens. The Affordable Care Act (2010) states that for Americans who have insurance that they like, they can continue to carry their current insurance but for those who are uninsured they will be able to choose insurance cover...
Back in 2016, Donald Trump gave a speech to try to appeal to those who may or may not support him. He gives an in-depth speech to try to persuade the ones who are indecisive about their decision. The speech provides various rhetorics including logical and emotional appeals, repetition, and post hoc fallacy. These and many other rhetorics serve to attempt to give Trump more votes.
Donald Trump said, “I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare”. Clearly, Trump is not a believer in Obamacare since it has hurt so many small businesses from being able to grow; however, he thinks that healthcare is an important program that should be there. Donald Trump is not the only person with an opinion of Obamacare, especially since it has been a hot debate ever since the Obama administration introduced it. Obamacare is technically the Affordable Care Act of 1020 and the Patient