The Administration Of Public Health

As I watched the political speeches, it became apparent that this law had other, further reaching goals. This seems to be the first step in what Democrats have been trying for many years, single payer or nationalized healthcare. Much of the success of the ACA goals was dependent on states expanding Medicaid. Some states could not justify expanding a system that would cause more harm than good. According to many analyst including the Galen Institute (A not-for-profit health and tax policy research organization) who stated: “One reason why the anger over Obamacare has subsided somewhat could be that more than 70 significant changes have been made to the law since it was enacted in 2010—delaying, weakening, and eliminating some of its more onerous and burdensome provisions.” (Turner & Roy 2013) The law that is being implemented is not the one Congress passed. According to the Galen Institute, “at least 43 of the changes to the Affordable Care Act have been made unilaterally by the Obama administration, 24 have passed Congress and been signed into law by President Obama, and three were made by the Supreme Court, which had to rewrite the law to uphold it.”(Turner & Roy, 2013)

The Affordable Care Act, in its time, has helped many uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance by giving them guaranteed coverage. About 20 million Americans, based on the statistics from the New York Times’s article titled “Fact Check: Trump’s Critiques of the Affordable Care Act.”, have obtained health insurance through the ACA. Dropping the uninsured rate to 11 percent by 2013 (Qiu 2017). Americans, through the ACA, were able to get health insurance even if they got sick, which inevitably happens to many. This put insurers in a place where they cannot deny coverage to people who have preexisting conditions, or their health history. Other main points that are included in Former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is that one, it was given as an individual mandate that all U.S. Citizens and legal residents must enroll for qualifying health care or get penalized for not signing up for insurance at all. Making the fact that getting health care is mandatory is a good way to lower the insured rates and save many Americans money when the next unexpected hospital visits or illnesses come up. Another thing is that the ACA has also expanded medicaid to all non-Medicaid eligible individuals that are under the age 65 and making medicaid more federal funded based rather than a state issue. Thus helping those who could not afford

On March 23,2010 the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was signed into law. This act aims to provide affordable health care coverage for all United States citizens. “The Affordable Care Act affirms the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care.” (President Obama) It will provide insurance to more than thirty million people who have been previously uninsured, and will be achieved by expanding Medicaid and extending federal subsidies to the lower and middle income Americans to aid in purchasing private coverage. Although many attempt to view it in a completely positive or completely negative way it affects all aspects of the health care industry in various ways.

On March 23, 2010 former president, Barack Obama, signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and made it a law. As many of us know, there are minimal issues with Obama Care, but the question to be posed would be, ‘are there enough systematic errors for it to be repealed?’ Obama did promise that if you agreed with the plan, you could keep it. Of course, there is always room for improvement, and Obama care is not an obstacle nor a negative force towards anything or anyone. There is no reason the ACA should not be diverted or limited in any way. There are pros and cons to everything, but regarding this situation, it is seen to have more pros. The ACA (Obama Care) has made many alterations since it has been in effect. Due to the inadequate reasoning

The Affordable Care Act is the new health reform law that was signed into action on March 23, 2010. The Affordable Care Act attempts to reform the healthcare system by providing Americans with affordable health insurance. It helps put individuals, businesses, and families in control of their own healthcare. By the sound of it, it really looks like this is something that will positively impact the lives of Americans, and make it easier for individuals to obtain health insurance. Unfortunately, what many Americans are unaware of is that there are so many underlying issues that make the Affordable Care Act not so affordable. Issues such as penalties and taxes that certainly rack up the cost on individuals, businesses and even hospitals that make it difficult for people and businesses to be in “control” of their health care.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare, is a healthcare reform law that focus on providing more Americans with access to affordable health insurance. “The ACA is expected to add 32 million people seeking primary and preventive service and treatment” (journalofnursingregulation.com). It was first enacted by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The act has offered a number of people with benefits, set up a place they can purchase health insurance, expanded the use of Medicaid and Medicare to the disabled and senior citizens. The Act has forced many employers to offer coverage to their employees. Despite all of the positive attributes this act has provided, there is a flip side to it. Americans are required to have health

The Affordable Care Act is one of America’s many insurance plans to attempt to lower costs and provide a wider coverage for citizens all over the country. It is a widely controversial topic in America; especially within the past year. Although there are some people out there who support it, there are also those who base their campaigns on getting it repealed; Donald Trump is a prime example of this. When instituting this policy, Obama had very good intentions, but he was far from fulfilling his intended purpose. Today, the ACA has many flaws that affect Americans both as a whole and individually. Obamacare has raised costs for individuals, contributed even more money to America’s debt, is the complete opposite of what President Obama said it would be, it takes away civil liberties, and puts new standards on patients.

There are many people in the United States of America need health insurance but cannot afford to pay for it. Many people work at a job that full or part time making minimum wage. Some people cannot afford to pay for health insurance because health insurance is too expensive. In congress, they passed the ACA, making it a requirement for everyone to have health insurance or they will be penalized. They are penalized is where someone go to file their end of the year taxes, and if they do not health insurance that year, then they will get half of their tax refund taken away. There are many people that were upset and did agree with this rule. We should come up with something more affordable program for those who cannot afford health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) was made to help uninsured Americans gain insurance for their families without having to pay too much money out of pocket. After years of debating and perfecting ObamaCare the US government finally decided to let the bill pass. ALTHOUGH OBAMACARE HAS GOOD INTENTIONS; IT IS NOW LEAVING OUR NATION WITH UNTRUSTWORTHY MEDICAL INSURANCE AND FACILITIES, CREATING MORE NATIONAL AND PERSONAL DEBT THAN WAS INTENDED, AND DESTROYING JOBS.

Agreed, that there are certain drawbacks of ACA such as the lack of necessary workforce in healthcare sector and the excessive commercialization but we also we need to consider the large number of people who have been insured under the Affordable Care Act. Such large scale healthcare coverage should not be wasted by repealing the whole act. Instead of repealing the whole act, modifications can be made in Obamacare as and where they are needed. If the government remains vigilnat and utilizes the right repaymnet methods, scrutinizes bills and claims before passing them, then frauds can be prevented. Instead of using the fee for service method for reimbursemnet, ACA should provide reimbursement on per episode or per patient basis. Affordable Care Act is quite complex as it involves a large number of commercial insurance companies and providers. Also due to regulations and taxation many big providers like United Healthcare have refused to provide insurance in certain region. The government needs to make sure that a healthy competition is being created. Every insurance company works to gain benefits, ACA should prepare taxations accordingly. There are many faults with the Affordable Care Act, but till 2016 there has not been much significant side-effects of Obamacare on the GDP or the employment growth rates. It is a

Some of the approaches of the ACA are ineffective, poorly targeted, or not ambitious enough to address deeply rooted problems in our broken health care system. For example, individuals with middle income who falls between insurance gap and cannot buy health insurance or qualify for Medicaid, health insurance is usually an unaffordable option. Even if a health insurance plan is available on the exchange for which those individuals can afford the premiums (without a subsidy), they most likely cannot afford the high deductible and coinsurance which they have to pay before the insurance plan begins. This amount is typically a few thousands of dollars a year, in addition to the premium

Let’s face it, the healthcare system in the U.S. is broken. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) in 2010, was designed to “fix” the issues and provide access to health insurance for 30 million uninsured and underinsured Americans. This has been the biggest move in healthcare since establishing Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 (Moncrieff & Lee, 2011). My stance on the ACA is pretty bland, at best. As with most things, there are pros and cons in every situation. The main cons I have with the ACA are the costs associated with funding. Funding for the ACA will be provided by cuts to Medicare, as well as, tax increases (Hall & Lord, 2014). Medicare has been struggling for years with funding, so by cutting roughly $500

The Affordable Care Act or ACA (often called ObamaCare) was signed into law on 23 March 2010 by President Obama. The ACA is a vastly wide-ranging piece of legislation which touches on many facets of our health care system. It is comprised of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the Patient Protection Act, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. This act is known as being one of the most comprehensive reforms of the United States medical care system in the last several decades, as it put in place broad transformations that are supposed to increase access to reasonably priced health insurance for everyone. The ACA renovates the non-group insurance market in the United States, dictates citizens have health insurance, considerably expands public insurance, subsidizes private insurance, increases revenues from an assortment of new tax laws, and lessens and restructures spending under the country's largest health insurance plan, Medicare.

The ACA was enacted based upon three principles. The first is insurance companies can no longer exclude individuals from obtaining health insurance due to pre-existing medical conditions. The second is all individuals had to obtain and maintain health insurance or pay tax penalty. Third, the federal government would off-set the cost of health insurance premiums through subsidies or out-right cover them. All three of these enable America to have a healthier population throughout the nation.

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as “Obamacare”, has drastically altered healthcare in America. The goal of this act was to give Americans access to affordable, high quality insurance while simultaneously decreasing overall healthcare spending. The ACA had intended to maximize health care coverage throughout the United States, but this lofty ambition resulted in staggeringly huge financial and human costs.