Health Care : The Current Healthcare System

The debate over whether or not universal health care is an achievable reality in the United States has been a longstanding one. Most of us have heard people from both sides of the political spectrum duke out the logistics of the Affordable Care Act, but what’s really the deal? Despite us being the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care, there are still a lot of conservatives and insurance companies who argue that universal care is an unnecessary burden on taxpayers. Why exactly are Republicans in such vehement opposition? Let’s find out:

Universal Healthcare in the United States has been a long time journey that dates back decades and we, as a country, are far behind other developed countries who have had universal healthcare for a long time. Today, Healthcare is obtained through employers or by people paying for it by themselves, which is incredibly expensive due to high premiums. Five years have passed since the controversial Obama care, or Affordable Care Act, was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The Affordable Care Act aimed at fixing the many problems that the United States has with healthcare by making it available to everyone, but also more efficient and this required drastic changes that made some people happy while others unhappy since some are benefiting while others are not. These people include politicians, but foremost presidential candidates. Candidate’s stance on the issue of healthcare is truly important due to the fact that if they’re the next president of the United States, it could hurt or improve the health care reform. Noteworthy candidates are: Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, and Bernie Sanders. Republicans and Democrats have long debated whether or not the Affordable Care Act should be repealed or replaced. Republicans believe that it is a problem while Democrats support it. The Affordable Care Act should not be replaced but instead improved because it provides quality and affordable health care to Americans. Everyone gets sick and people shouldn’t be afraid of receiving help

According to the RAND report, 16 percent of the United States population were suffering from being without a universal health care plan like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The RAND Corporation Health Coverage also stated that most of the population that were suffering from being without a universal health care plan consists of people who are relatively poor and almost one third of them are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four. What we need as a nation is a coverage for all under one large plan. A universal health care system like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would surely address this problem.

The big question the two opposing sides debate on is if the changes in the new Health Care act provide all Americans to quality health care. When it comes to the

Part I: The Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obama Care was passed and became a law on March 23, 2010, by the former president, Barack Obama. The Act provided insurance to more than 30 million uninsured people by extending Medicaid and arranging federal aid to help the lower and middle-class Americans to buy insurance. This is possible by “offering consumers discounts (known as tax credits) on government-sponsored health insurance plans, and by expanding the Medicaid assistance program to include more people who don’t have it in their budgets to pay for health care.” (Good Morning America) The idea of Americans having reasonable health care started with Teddy Roosevelt, the first president to announce the idea of universal health care, and health care reform. It also became Harriot Truman's platform in 1948 for the Democratic party. Then in the 1960’s major reforms like Medicare and Medicaid, which is basically like socialism programs, are guaranteeing some insurance cover for the Medicaid and the elderly Medicare. This is a controversial topic because Democrats

Many of today’s arguments within the American government have to do with health care. The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare or The ACA, has been effective since March 23, 2010. Most of Obamacare’s major provisions, such as mandated individual coverage, just took effect at the beginning of 2014. Democrats support the health care reform while a majority of republicans are entirely against it. On paper the health care reform looks good, but there are a lot of things that could potentially hurt the American population. Our founding fathers never had a debate over healthcare and frankly I don’t think it should be a topic of discussion today. The way healthcare has worked in the past is still working today and I see no reason to

With the rising worries of healthcare cost and the adaption of the AFfordable Care Act (ACA), the debate of healthcare is growing across party lines. Even before senator and former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced his bill “Medicare for All” that largely sparked the debate in the media for universal healthcare, the left has been looking for certain policy changes to aid in decreasing the amount of uninsured in the US. “Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has also said ‘next step is single payer’ when it comes to the Democrats’ health-care ambitions,” (the atlantic quote) A growing sentiment among Democratic politicians, and citizens in general, is that the government should provide insurance for everyone, and that access is healthcare is now an right.

Throughout history, it has been debated that a universal health care system should be offered to the United State’s people by their government. Universal Health Care means that every legal citizen in the designated region will receive coverage regardless or health, income, race, gender, wealth, etc. The purpose of this is to provide everyone the quality care they need without the highly expensive costs. Ideally, the government would provide this coverage, eliminating the big insurance agencies’ high costs, because unlike these private companies, the government isn’t in the business of making money but rather providing the best possible resources to their citizens. Many other successful countries

has come a long way and has jumped ahead of the rest. Now as the U.S. heads further down the path of a nationalized health care system like these other countries, there is still a significant amount of resistance. With the passing of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PP and ACA)”, (Shi & Singh, 2013), by the U.S. Senate on December 24, 2009 and then again by the House of Representatives on March 21, 2010 the public opinion of this is not very strong. Since the implementation in 2014, as more and more learn what the PP and ACA is all about, and have since come to the realization of the penalties associated with this Act, there are more than just Republican who are disenchanted with this endeavor of political bureaucracy. Whereas this may have impressed the Democratic Party in theory at the time of concept, the application has little to be desired. Even the President who initiated the very program, tries to distance himself from his name sake “Obama Care” by pushing the exact title of his plan, “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. The prediction that will impact healthcare for the future, still lies in the hands of the controversial National Health Care coverage. It will be interesting to see with the changing of the political parties in office, and who will be the driving forces to make the changes

i have seen the pros, such as, tens of millions of people getting insured, half of america can have low cost healthcare, there are more private coverages than there ever has, and you cannot be dropped from your insurance. The negatives side of this would be, there are higher taxes to support the new amount of people that have qualified for medicaid, the insurance companies cover sick people now and you have to pay extra to support those people. (obamacarefacts.com). in my position i have seen both sides and i do agree with everyone having coverage. i just think it should be done in a different way. Americans don’t want to be forced to do anything because that is “unconstitutional” but if we used the tax money we take in excessively (6.0 trillion/yr) to create a better health care system i think people would be happier. I have gained knowledge that New Zealand has a health care system where New Zealand has Health care that is generally very good, and usually free. You can be eligible for health care after u get a work permit if you aren't already a citizen, and get publically funded health care. yes, they do go off taxation and that makes citizens pay more but, they have better quality health care then we could ever have. They have prescriptions for children under 6 for free, medicine for people in the hospital for free, pregnancy (includes everything from diagnosis to prenatal care for the mother and for the baby for free), and check ups and dental treatment for school children for free as well as specialist care. (mcnz.org.nz/alpinfo/public-and-private-health-systems) (newzealandnow.govt.nz). Nothing is free obviously, but i think this is a better way of coming about the health care

The Liberals structure is that the government should play an active role in the welfare of people’s lives. Sanders’ proposal expands the government’s role in the health care system. This proposal is an extension of New Deal and Great Society programs, and many liberals have been wanting a similar health care system for decades. Liberals also argue that since the majority of industrial nations have this, American should too. The idea of Medicare for All is also very popular among younger generations. On the opposing side, conservatives think that government should have as small of a role in people’s lives as possible. Republicans believe that private companies should be in control of insurance provided to the people, and limited government, if any should have control. This issue shows the opposing viewpoints between liberals and conservatives under the economic ideology

Health care is a highly political topic, and the issue of whether or not to make health care, universal is at the center of the controversy (Rich & Walter, 2015). Health care is a vital component of day-to-day life, and as such it has not been left entirely in the hands of private ownership. There are regulations in place to ensure people receive quality health care at a relatively low price. Universal health care would just expand these already existing regulations while opening up health insurance to the masses. Universal health care has a role in the American Health care system, but only as a supplement to the private insurance model.

Currently the United States has the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. It’s plan is to help individuals have affordable health care coverage. However, it has raised some red flags. “ The AMA is against it, AARP is against it, the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Catholic Health Association of the United States and the Children's Hospital Association are all against it” (“Republican”). To replace Obamacare, many politicians in the democratic and liberal parties are pushing for Universal Health Care.

It would be shocking if you haven't heard of the affordable health care act, otherwise known as “Obamacare”. One of the top priorities of the Obama administration has been to make health care accessible to every American, regardless of income, or the situation they are in. This has been a very challenging thing for the administration to achieve, and they have experienced lots of fighting among congress and the Supreme Court over whether or not this is a fair act, and supports the well being and prosperity of all Americans. In recent Gallup polls(1), they have noted an upward trend in the acceptance of the act, noting that it's more balanced than ever before. This indicated that more Americans seem to believe in the act for what it is, and are seeing that what Obama presented back in his first term as president could be a good

A public debate on health care reform has been ongoing since the 1980's, when the conservative heritage foundation introduced the debate by suggesting a shift in health care policy from single payer health care to individual mandates. The debate was amplified by President Clinton through the health care reform bill of 1993. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 can be seen as the pinnacle of this debate. This legislation aims to improve overall health by expanding health insurance coverage and controlling the cost of health care.