Essay On Obamacare

In order for the central idea behind “Obamacare” to work as attended, people who were previously uninsured would now have write a check for a new expense: their monthly insurance premiums. According to CNNMoney this is not the case as, “around one in five” people who signed up for their new coverage plans had not paid by the January 31st deadline (even though the deadline was

Since June 6, 2009, President Barack Obama told the American public multiple times, “If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan.” The public later found out that this was not the case. If your health care plan did not satisfy the minimum federal requirements then you will lose your plan and will have to find another one. House republicans have tried to repeal the bill almost 40 times because they claim it is a major threat to the economic health of the nation. Despite all of the political rhetoric about Obamacare over the past few years, most Americans do not know what it is and how it affects them. While Obamacare does attempt to fix some issues in our healthcare system, it still has not completely fixed the problems at hand. It is an unjust fix and it is far from complete.

It has been one year since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Despite countless Republican attempts to repeal all or part of the new law, it is still with us and shows no sure signs of disintegration. The rollout of the government’s health care exchanges experienced significant growing pains right from the beginning. Time has fixed many of these technical glitches, but has done little to quell the debate over the affordability and viability of the law.

As a Republican governor, John Kasich broke from party leaders to implement and expand the Affordable Care Act in the state of Ohio. Currently, 155,000 people have signed up for the Health Insurance Market Place, and 285,000 have signed up for Medicaid expansion. If Ohioans were fully enrolled, the ACA would extend insurance coverage to 1.5 million people. This health care reform creates new coverage methods including expanding Medicaid to nearly everyone under the age of 65 who qualify up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and providing monthly cost subsidies for people who have incomes up to 400% FPL. This is monumental because of those who were uninsured before, half qualify for Medicaid or Children’s Medicaid and a quarter are eligible for monthly subsidies. In all, 285,000

Obamacare is an unofficial name for the Patient Protection and ACA (Affordable Care Act) which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. The White House announced that in the first month, more than 100,000 Americans successfully enrolled in new insurance plans (The New America). That’s not even close to a quarter of the United States population. There have been problems with the website when it crashed. This prevented many Americans from completing the enrollment process. Which put a big hurt on the AC. But there is no question that there is a real demand for quality, affordable health insurance. In the first month, nearly a million people successfully completed an application for themselves or their families. An estimated amount 396,000 citizens have the ability to gain access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care

This article by Christopher Weaver in the Wall Street Journal brings up some key points about the number of enrollees in Obamacare as the enrollment deadline closed on Monday. Along the way, the website has had its downfalls with the Congress shut down and technical issues. This may have hindered the number of people who potentially would have signed up but got frustrated during the process. It has been estimated that 7.1 million people have enrolled in the market place. The impact of this number on the health law is yet to be determined. It also is unseen how this will impact premiums in the long-run, as well as if these insurance companies can maintain the plans offered on the exchange (Weaver, 2014). Furthermore, the effect of many of the provisions and mandates are yet to be seen; it will be an interesting next few years to see how it pans out.

Many of the 6.4 million Americans who receive subsidies through the federal marketplace are in

Based on the primary goal of Obamacare, more people will be insured under it. Five years after Obamacare was signed into law, the estimated number of insured individuals under the coverage and protections provided by the Affordable Care Act is more than 30 million (Blumenthal, Abrams, and Nuzum). The MSNBC also indicates that “millions of families have eagerly signed up for benefits through the ACA” (Benen). Meanwhile, the Washington Post releases that number of citizens without health coverage fell from 13.3 percent to 10.4 in 2014 (Bernstein). “That’s the largest single-year drop on record based on data going back to 1987”, according to the Washington Post (Bernstein). In the other words, The ACA has met its enrollment goals.

The Obama Presidency is known for many things: two wars, economy crashes, government shutdowns and, yes, the infamous Obamacare. Throughout the last six years, President Obama’s agenda was set towards passing a major healthcare reform bill: The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), more commonly known as Obamacare. Passed on March 23, 2010 under considerable opposition, ACA is widely considered to be the landmark achievement of Obama’s presidency, and his hopeful legacy for historians long afterward. The law has since survived multiple challenges regarding its legality, but its impact on the intended (original) goal of reducing medical costs is still unclear. Affordable healthcare for all

Before the 23rd of March 2010 having health insurance was optional for all Americans. On March 23rd of 2010 Obama’s health care reforms timeline began. The health care reform is also called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short. The affordable care act should “provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending…” (Healthcare). Obama’s new health care plan is forcing all Americans to get health insurance and those who don’t get health insurance will be penalized when filing taxes. The health care reform has now taken full effect on the people of the United States, so we have citizens who are excited about the reform, and we also have citizens who are upset about the reform.

Across the country, Obamacare is failing the American people with high costs, few options, and broken promises of lowering healthcare costs. Under Obamacare, premiums have risen by over 40% on average, and over 100 percent in some places making unaffordable health care services. In 2017, five states have only one insurer on the Obamacare marketplace and nearly a third of all counties have only one insurer. According to the McKinsey Center, the number of eligible Americans with only one insurer to choose from increased from 2 percent in 2016 to 18 percent in 2017. Compared to 2016, in 2017 enrollment fell by 500,000 people and enrollment is millions of people below what was initially estimated.

Donald Trump made repealing and replacing Obamacare, a.k.a. the Affordable Care Act, a cornerstone of his presidential campaign. Yet, unlike some of his GOP rivals, the candidate pledged to preserve Medicaid and Medicare. So far, President Trump has stumbled on both promises. His first attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare failed in March because it didn 't appeal to both hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans. Now, Trump is pushing Congress to come to an agreement on a plan that could do just that.

Health insurance can be very costly, and most US citizens end up getting insurance through their employers due to the fact that they cannot afford to pay for it on their own. Jobs that offer group insurance at a low rate usually have higher sign up rates, but some jobs cannot offer group insurance at a low rate and individuals end up paying higher premiums. With so many US citizens relying on their employers for insurance, unfortunately, not all workers have access to employer-sponsored coverage. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes additional employer incentives to provide affordable coverage. Even though the ACA has made it a lot easier for every US citizen to have access to insurance, still millions do not sign up and opt to stay uninsured.

Someone without health coverage are less likely to receive preventative care and therefore more likely to become ill which increases medical costs, [1].

After one of the most grueling presidential races in American history, the populous candidate Donald Trump has been elected by the American people as our next president. While campaigning, one of the first things that Trump vowed to accomplish in office was to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (donaldjtrump.com). Trump should have no trouble doing this with the support of both the Republican senate and the Republican House. The consequences of what exactly will be done is a constantly argued topic and the phrase “repeal and replace Obamacare” has become a sort of buzzword in the media.