The “Affordable Care Act of 2010” also known as “Obamacare” or “Health Care Reform Act of 2010” is a universal healthcare plan that was designed to allow Americans to be able to get quality health insurance that people would be able to afford, and to cut U.S health care spending down as well. Many Americans debated about whether or not it was beneficial for everyone or just certain people, so there are many advantage and disadvantages for Americas due to this reform.…
establish a working healthcare plan, and succeeded. Now that this plan is on the verge of…
Obamacare was designed to help the lower income people whose jobs did not provide health insurance or those who could not afford it on their own. A few of the main or biggest beneficiaries of Obamacare include those between the ages of 18 and 34; blacks; Hispanics; and people who live in rural areas. The people that hurt the most from Obamacare include people who are 35 and older and those who are self-employed, or a combination of both. Many of these people who are hurt the most happen to generally be Obama’s political opponents. While there are movements to replace and even to repeal Obamacare, success for these movements seem rather unlikely. For the most part, experts seem to believe that the likelihood of Obamacare failing is basically…
The Affordable Care Act was signed into a law on March 23, 2010, by President Barack Obama. The United States, after long years of demanding Ever since the enactment of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965, this law is considered the most important administrative system of the United States health care system. This law was planned to help avoid terrible health care costs to the people who did not provide health insurance for themselves. The terrible health care costs can destroy the credit scores of the people. This can eventually cause home closure and even bankruptcy. The Affordable Care Act expects to raise the value, admission, and inexpensiveness of health coverage. Also, to lower the health care prices for the government and citizens. In…
The Act was designed to reduce overall health care costs by making services available to the 32 million who currently can't get insurance. They often use a hospital emergency room as their primary care physician, increasing costs for everyone. This starts in 2014.…
The Affordable Care Act is the greatest overhaul of the US health-care system. One of its key reforms includes health coverage for adults with pre-existing conditions, which generally hadn’t been available until now. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. The act will extend insurance to more than 30 million uninsured people.…
Obama Care, AKA the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, reforms the health insurance industry and the American health care system as a whole. To the layman the information included in the over a thousand pages of legislature is very hard to decipher. I found myself searching for Obama care for dummies to try and make sense of the legal rhetoric. Once I got through it though the benefit and disadvantages are very clear. In this I will outline where we stand in America now, the benefits of Obama Care and finally, disadvantages…
The Affordable Care Act withstood many trials on its way toward becoming reality, from epic congressional battles, to a pivotal Supreme Court ruling, to — finally — yesterday's Presidential election.…
The Affordable Care Act or ACA has been a very controversial law. The Affordable Care Act contains many benefits, particularly for low and middle income families and businesses. The Affordable Care Act also contains some obstacles for high earners, and larger firms that don’t insure their employees.…
In today’s times, everyone needs health care. With the number of diseases spreading, one can never know if they’re the next one to get sick. The Affordable Care Act or Obama Care provides people to maintain their health. Even though Obama Care has some negative issues regarding what it stands for, it’s also very beneficial. Having universal health care for all citizens in the United States would be advantageous; consequently, repealing this act would put numerous Americans at a disadvantage.…
The Affordable Care Act will cut the number of uninsured Americans by more than half. The insurance coverage will cover ninety-four percent of the American population, which reduces about thirty one million uninsured people. One of the substantial changes to our health care system includes having individuals carry health insurance and prohibiting insurers from denying health insurance coverage due to preexisting condition. It will change the focus of our nation’s health care system from treating sick people to prevention, increasing access to care and ensuing quality health care for everyone.…
As many U.S. residents already know, being prepared for the unexpected is a trait attributed to success, especially when it comes to our family’s health. One typical suggestion when it comes to “making ends meet” in household matters is saving enough money in a family safety net to ensure solvency and to mitigate the high cost of paying for routine medical care or unexpected health issues. However, that is impossible for most people due to the huge costs of current medical coverage. A very limited percentage of the population are able to pay the total cost out of pocket when a medical emergency occurs. Simply obtaining a health insurance plan, either thru employment or by procuring private medical…
Obamacare, or what is formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is federal legislation that was signed into law on March 23, 2010 by present Barak Obama. The act aims to reform national healthcare and give more people than before access to affordable healthcare. The overall goal of the act is to cover all persons regardless of their conditions or other factors. The passing of Obamacare has led to much conflict in the government and throughout the nation. In particular, recently the act has been the root of heated disagreements and government unrest among the Democrats and Republicans.…
Pre-existing conditions can cause debt and potentially harm an individual because they cannot afford to pay the costs of care. For long periods of time this is what patients had to deal with. There has been a change made where the insurer can refuse to cover any costs that are associated with previous pre-existing conditions, but still agree to cover the patient for other health matters.…
The Healthcare reform act was put into place by President Obama; this law expanded affordable health insurance to millions of he underinsured and uninsured. The positive effects that the healthcare reform are, allowing young adults under the age of 26 to be able to say on their parents/gardens insurance plans, this assists 6.6 million young adults who are not able to afford insurance. (Consumer Reports, 2013) The Medicare expansion widens the range of coverage to lower income and immigrants that have been in the United States for 5 or more years. (Washington State Health Authratiy, 2014) The healthcare income subsides for lower income individuals and families; this is a tax credit that can assist with the cost of purchasing health insurance. With the new law people can no longer be denied coverage due to preexisting conditions or health, sex or race. (Consumer Reports, 2013) The new law also prohibits the insurance companies form having a lifetime cap on policies that have exceeded the amount the insurance companies want to pay. (Washington State Health Authratiy, 2014) What denial of insurance did to the preexisting conditions and people who had reached…