Affordable Care Act Research Paper
Amber Harris
Diane Mercer
Honors English 1
23 April 2016
Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act is the notion of affordability and the role of health insurance in making otherwise unaffordable health care affordable (Nyman and Trenz 264). The Affordable Care Act gives every American a right to health care through Obamacare. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA. Many of these people were unemployed or had low-paying jobs. Some could not work because of a disability or family obligations. Others could not get decent health insurance because of a pre-existing medical condition, such as a chronic disease. The ACA has been highly controversial, despite the positive outcomes. Even though, the …show more content…
Expansion of Medicaid is being viewed as a bad thing for patients because they are being denied of health care. Reduced numbers of healthcare providers may overwhelm remaining Medicaid providers or, at the very least, cut patient access to stable, long-term care ( Spaulding 304). Medicaid is a good thing for anyone who has insufficient funds to afford regular healthcare, but this system is becoming broken. Citizens who have Medicaid are being denied everyday, because it is called a burden to deal with for providers. Healthcare providers were so aware of high Medicaid “no show” rates that each clinic had developed policies to cope with the trend (Spaulding 311). Although, many citizens have benefitted from the …show more content…
Harvard Law performed a study that showed uninsured and mortality rates in 2010 and whether they expanded Medicaid, which will lower the uninsured rate (Vestal). The states that did not expand Medicaid were the states with the increased mortality rate. In 2009 a U.N. index has identified 44 nations as ranking very high in human development. Among these nations the U.S. ranks thirteenth, which may seem surprising (Makdisi 119). The reason for the U.S. ranking is due to our split spending on private sectors and the public, and no other nation expends our per capita amount. The U.S. has a high standard of living because of the healthcare program's set in place to improve the public health. Everyone is given the opportunity to have health insurance in the U.S. Obamacare gives younger adults a chance to stay on their parents insurance longer than most private sectors. Most plans of Obamacare come with free preventive care visits, that would cost the costumer a lot if they did not have Obamcare. Coverage provisions make Obamacare cheaper, because all the free treatments. Sometimes, visiting doctors more often with Obamacare out- of -pocket costs rises, which makes Obamacare more expensive at
Diane Mercer
Honors English 1
23 April 2016
Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act is the notion of affordability and the role of health insurance in making otherwise unaffordable health care affordable (Nyman and Trenz 264). The Affordable Care Act gives every American a right to health care through Obamacare. Millions of Americans have benefitted by receiving insurance coverage through the ACA. Many of these people were unemployed or had low-paying jobs. Some could not work because of a disability or family obligations. Others could not get decent health insurance because of a pre-existing medical condition, such as a chronic disease. The ACA has been highly controversial, despite the positive outcomes. Even though, the …show more content…
Expansion of Medicaid is being viewed as a bad thing for patients because they are being denied of health care. Reduced numbers of healthcare providers may overwhelm remaining Medicaid providers or, at the very least, cut patient access to stable, long-term care ( Spaulding 304). Medicaid is a good thing for anyone who has insufficient funds to afford regular healthcare, but this system is becoming broken. Citizens who have Medicaid are being denied everyday, because it is called a burden to deal with for providers. Healthcare providers were so aware of high Medicaid “no show” rates that each clinic had developed policies to cope with the trend (Spaulding 311). Although, many citizens have benefitted from the …show more content…
Harvard Law performed a study that showed uninsured and mortality rates in 2010 and whether they expanded Medicaid, which will lower the uninsured rate (Vestal). The states that did not expand Medicaid were the states with the increased mortality rate. In 2009 a U.N. index has identified 44 nations as ranking very high in human development. Among these nations the U.S. ranks thirteenth, which may seem surprising (Makdisi 119). The reason for the U.S. ranking is due to our split spending on private sectors and the public, and no other nation expends our per capita amount. The U.S. has a high standard of living because of the healthcare program's set in place to improve the public health. Everyone is given the opportunity to have health insurance in the U.S. Obamacare gives younger adults a chance to stay on their parents insurance longer than most private sectors. Most plans of Obamacare come with free preventive care visits, that would cost the costumer a lot if they did not have Obamcare. Coverage provisions make Obamacare cheaper, because all the free treatments. Sometimes, visiting doctors more often with Obamacare out- of -pocket costs rises, which makes Obamacare more expensive at