Obamacare is a healthcare program developed in the United States and introduced to Congress in September of 2009 with a goal of creating affordable health insurance for all or most Americans. One of the main points was to reduce health care spending within the United States and expand the availability of private and public health insurance. Although it does not control individuals’ health care, it offers numerous protections for American citizens, some of which include; permitting adults to stay
Obamacare: the Temporary Solution to an Evolving Issue The need for universal health care within the United States has been evident, and needed to be addressed. The old healthcare system was plagued with issues, including expensive premiums that were on the rise, along with an inflated average infant mortality rate and limited average life expectancy, which ultimately led to many people being left uninsured (“Affordable” 2). In the 2012 presidential election, one key issue was how to reform America’s
Introduction Obamacare, otherwise known as the ACA (Aaffordable Ccare Aact), will significantly change major aspects of theour health care system here in America. Without a doubt, our current system has its issues, especially the costs related to health insurance and medical care were rising far too quickly (Pattron, 2013). Some may believe chainsaws have been called in to fix issues that could possibly be fixed with a mere scalpel. In spite of everything, typically, our health care system contained
My first reason for supporting Obamacare is that there are now more consumer rights and protections for patients. Before Obamacare, patients could get taken advantage by insurance companies. If a child that had a condition like asthma or diabetes insurance companies turned them down. Under the new healthcare law, no American can be denied by an insurance company due to an illness or injury. Today there are approximately 17.6 million American children that have a pre existing health condition. Now
The Patient Care Act Proposal: The Cassidy-Collins Bill On March 23,2010 former President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to by its nickname: Obamacare. This law would ideally offer all U.S. citizens the opportunity to obtain health insurance at a decent and affordable rate. There were many other incentives that came along with this law being passed. While it was well received by some, there were many whom opposed this law. A great portion
to afford his or her medicinal needs. This is what the United States attempted to do when they wrote up and applied Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act. However, Obamacare has become a liability, and is on set to destroy our current healthcare system. Obamacare should be abolished because of the increase in cost of health insurance, and the misconception that Obamacare is helping our system. The Affordable Care Act should be outlawed because of the increase in cost of health insurance
believe will aide me in writing this paper would be the following: What are the pros and cons of Obama Care? What are the thoughts of Obama Care with the people of the government? As well as what are the basics of Obama Care? What is Obamacare? Describing What Obamacare is. What is it for? It is call the “Affordable Healthcare Act,” to make it affordable for everybody in the United States to afford doctors, hospitals and prescriptions. Also that the government can control... ... middle of paper
Before the roll out of Obamacare, we knew this Affordable Healthcare Act was too good to be true. Even its own website advertised ERROR, BAD GATEWAY, and SYSTEM FAILURE. With the passage of Obamacare, all Americans have been promised equal access to affordable health insurance. Well, as long as they don’t fall into the Obamacare coverage gap. This is the term used to describe the millions of Americans who make too little to qualify for the subsidies offered to help offset the cost of health insurance
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also called “Obamacare”, was enacted into law, signed by President Obama, on March 23, 2010. Since then, it has been a much debated topic in our country. According to realclearpolitics.com, only 38.2% of Americans approve of the law and 51% disapprove. Obamacare has a lot of provisions and features in the bill has been implemented since the bill has been enacted that will affect the U.S. economy and society. One of the provisions in the bill is the individual
Under the Obama Administration the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, was enacted to reform the healthcare industry in America. The Affordable Care Act is government mandated healthcare that allows for low income individuals access to healthcare. Obamacare was enacted to reduce the uninsured rate of Americans by requiring insurance companies to insure all individuals regardless of pre-existing conditions or low credit. Without understanding of economics, universal government mandated
Trump and his cronies have successfully repealed Obamacare and are in the works to implement their new healthcare plan. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was enacted in 2010. It expanded medicaid to more adults, improved medicare to seniors, expanded employer coverage, and required most people to have healthcare at all times, which saved lives. Some differences between Obamacare and Trump’s healthcare, Trumpcare, are drastic. Obamacare required all eligible citizens to have health insurance
It seems like everyone hates the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, also known as Obamacare). As a healthcare system aiming at improving health insurance coverage, holding insurance companies accountable, lowering individual healthcare expense, ensuring health choices and improving quality of healthcare (Corbett, & Kappagoda, 2013; Manchikanti, & Hirsch, 2012), Obamacare requires that everyone is mandated to have a health plan, while for the poor it is federal subsidized, children
ObamaCare Research Paper Americans these days need an affordable universal health insurance from the American government , Can the government give what the people need ? First of all many americans owe the government cause they can’t afford their medications , Second of all is Obama care really is worth it ? , Furthermore the US’s medical System is not working for most of the people who is on medication. US spends far and away more on healthcare than any other. Half of the americans are uninsured
In my opinion, healthcare controversy has not improved. Ever since Trump mention repealing Obamacare, I think healthcare controversy has been at an all-time high. People are questioning his form of healthcare and are trying to figure out if his plan will ultimately do more harm than good. Healthcare is something that I believe people will never stop talking about though, it affects so many people’s lives and America as a whole. When it comes to something as important as healthcare, people want it
Whether or not Obamacare needs to be repealed has become the center of multiple political debates nowadays. For months now, even before Donald Trump got sworn in, proposals to repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act have been making there way into the House of Representatives and the Senate. Bringing much of the healthcare world together the proposal planned by Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana went a lot farther than other plans. Though this bill was eventually
Sai Kothapalli Mr. Stevenson AP Language and Composition 15 September 2014 Issues of Obamacare 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
system of “health care.” I believe that eliminating Obamacare completely will cause the biggest change in our country. Obamacare was a federal law that was put in place to supposedly create easy access to health insurance for U.S. citizens of all race, sex, age, and economic status. The Affordable Care Act, as it is otherwise known as, had many flaws though. Our country needs help and one of the most effective ways to achieve this is by repealing Obamacare and ridding ourselves of the individual mandate
unpaid services. Luckily, the Affordable Care Act was passed on March 23, 2010, otherwise known as Obamacare. Obamacare is necessary in America because it calls for all citizens to be health insured, no worrying about pre-existing conditions, and free benefits for men and women’s health. Obamacare is necessary in America because it calls for all citizens to have health insurance. To understand Obamacare, health insurance, in general, must be understood. It can be defined as “coverage for medicine,
The Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, is a new health policy created by the American federal government. Its purpose is to make healthcare more affordable and friendly for the people. Unfortunately in some way that does not prove to be the case. It is becoming apparent that Obama may have made some misleading statements to help get the ACA put into action. The ACA is sprinkled with many flaws that call for a reform such as people’s current plans being terminated, high costs,
“how am I going to get your hands on the medicine that I need?” With the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), you would not have to worry about that. ObamaCare is an affordable health care plan to which all American citizens can get medically taken care of without spending a fortune, regardless of what is wrong with them. Obama-care is necessary to the American public. Reasons being for ObamaCare being necessary are that middle and lower class citizens cannot afford health insurance, certain plans