The Political Philosophy Of Colorado

Health care has been a controversial topic of discussion for all Americans since it was put in effect many years ago. Currently the biggest debate of Healthcare up to date is Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is a Health care Reform that is a governmental attempt to make basic health care easily obtainable. However, there are no benefits without cost in situations like this, and upon that are different viewpoints on the subject thus creating political debates discussing if it is ethically correct. The overall goal that Obamacare hopes to accomplish is that through specific changes through insurance companies, industry standards, and patient guarantees a healthier America will be produced. Obamacare has its ups and downs for both the generally agreeing democratic viewpoints and the opposing republican side. Both viewpoints have their own beliefs about how Health care works and Obamacare is somewhat in between on this. Most arguments on Obamacare deal with Medicaid being constitutional and if Obamacare truly reduces the total cost of health care for individuals and in the government.

The concept of providing basic healthcare services to individuals in need has undergone an agonizing transition, from a luxury once only afforded by the affluent to a basic human right granted to citizens of every economic station, and the recently enacted Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to finalize this ethical evolution. Reflecting perhaps the bitter political enmity currently consuming the nation's once cherished democratic process, Republican legislatures in states throughout the union have bristled at the ACA's primary provisions, threatening all manner of procedural protestation as they attempt to delay and derail the bill's eventual implementation. One of the most intriguing aspects of the sprawling, thousand page law, however, has been the stipulation that individual states will be given a choice to either accept federal funding to expand their statewide Medicaid roster, or to forfeit all federal funding for that program in perpetuity. The role of government in monitoring and regulating the healthcare industry has been long debated, and the bitterly contested passage of President Obama's ACA, a law aimed at revising the country's health insurance system through the creating of a federal health insurance exchange to facilitate increased competition among insurers, has rekindled the debate over who holds the ultimate responsibility for regulating the care provided by hospitals, community clinics, and private practices.

Simultaneously, health and healthcare policy plays a tremendous role in the quality of life of every American. Likewise, by the government constantly interceding, health and healthcare is significantly influenced by the political climate and undertakings of administration; therefore creating a conflictual split between republicans and democrats. Health care is regarded as a product rather than a human right shaped by policymaking. Policies establish healthcare service stipulations, which are rooted in local, state, and federal statutes combined with landmark court decisions. Not only does policy focus on healthcare services; but, it also places a substantial emphasis on cost-efficiency and equality.

Although division is seen between the political parties of the Republicans and Democrats, points exist to where lawmakers agree on the reform of healthcare. Lawmakers do, however, have three major points they agree. These points are the banning of underwriting by private insurance companies, providing federal funding to assistance low income families with securing insurance, and by accessing Medicare’s funding to its full advantage to reduce patients billing (Times Topics, 2009). While lawmakers have managed to agree on some points, by drafting a complete healthcare reform that is ethical. This will call for Congress to agree on a bill that fits President Obama’s views, requiring substantial research and planning.

In the view of Lischko & Waldman (2013), on the way to understand the states battle to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on March twenty third twenty ten, USA president Obama ratified the Public Law 111-148 also acknowledged as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). This law was good news to Americans who were served with lengthy debates about balance of federal with states government in the making of policies to be used domestically. The consequent enactment

In a traditionalist state, such as Texas, the financial toll that Medicaid would have on its taxpayers was on the frontlines. The Texas legislature was worried about whether or not its taxpayers would face a tax increase to cover the increased cost of those covered by Medicaid. These taxpayers would inadvertently pay for the hospital bills of those who are uninsured in Texas through an average $1,800 rise in the cost of their premiums (Rapoport, 2012). In support of expanding Medicaid, Texas would receive federal funds in order to ease the cost that accompany the expansion. Since Texas decided not to expand Medicaid, Texas “would be leaving billions and billions of federal dollars on the table” according to Anne Dunkelberg (Rapoport, 2012). Not only does this monetary incentive give Texas an extra push to participate towards expanding Medicaid but it would also help the residents of the state to get insured. Texas legislators understood that this monetary incentive would not fully cover the cost of the newly enrolled Medicaid recipients. In the end, they would have to rework the annual budget and increase taxes in order to cover these extra recipients.

Why is Medicaid a huge topic in Texas and how does it relate to me? This is one important question to consider. Well, this paper will help shed light on the matter and illustrate the urgency for such an action. Just recently Texas had an option to extend Medicaid, but hastily decline to expand it. Medicaid expansion was part of the Health Care Reform or also known as the Obama Care; the federal government gave the 52 states an offer to expand the current Medicaid in ways that would include the coverage of more children and lower income adults as well. The latest on the issue is Texas had just agreed on a deal to reinstate Medicaid temporarily. The agreement on the reform has given Texas some time to see how the plan fairs across the other

Typically, when the United States mandates a new federal policy, it is up to the implementation of states to enforce; The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is no exception. While the ACA has sparked a particularly concerted effort of objection amongst states (Leonard, 2012), it can be extremely beneficial to see the outcome of this implementation in the political context of each state and learn from their differences. In New Mexico, the main objective of the ACA was achieved; when reviewed in 2015, 52,358 individuals had either opted for or were re-enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplace who would have otherwise been uninsured (Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, 2015). As the future of the policy will rapidly change in the coming months, it is imperative that a concerted effort be made to look at what worked in the past few years so that the next few may move forward rather than rehash a previously treaded path.

These issues of concern and health care reform would be a real good argument for pluralist and their views of the structure of government in America. This is a good example of “who ever makes the best argument wins”. Although the finals of this reform have not yet been ironed-out, it seems like the winners will be working class Americans and that is not common in American politics. That no matter what argument, these large institutions are making they will have to find a way to conform to the decisions made by government. In this particular case the government is listening to everyone. These working class women have the Institute Of Medicine and the Department of Health and Human Services advocating on their behalf. In this instance the large population of individual voters are the ones holding the power over these larger, richer entities like insurance companies and religious affiliated institutions and universities. The states are involved in protecting the maintenance of order throughout society by being allowed to stipulate who does what. The power is not being held by those with economic stability like the social class perspective or the nature of leadership is not being held by the elites as stated in the elite managerial approach of government. Economic

One of the most important and hotly debated policy points of the 2008 election season was that of healthcare reform. The badly ailing, highly wasteful and economically imbalanced American healthcare system has been in desperate need of a regulatory overhaul. This formed the basis of one of President Obama's defining electoral promises and paved the ground for the enactment of a major federal policy change. Following Obama's election, the new administration began work on garnering research and support for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Passed into law on March 23rd, 2010, the new legislation would emerge as a highly contested, extremely dense and deeply complex body of initiatives that would not only show how politically and ideologically divided our leadership has become but also would serve as a perfectly representative demonstration of how healthcare initiatives become laws at the federal level.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is one of the most substantial reforms in Medicare since 1965. This is now considered the law of the land according to Douglas Holtz-Eaton. The PPACA portrays a “coverage first” strategy. “Sadly, a review a of the state’s experience bodes poorly for the future of national reform.” (Point/Counterpoint 177)

U.S. health care reform is currently one of the most heavily discussed topics in health discourse and politics. After former President Clinton’s failed attempt at health care reform in the mid-1990s, the Bush administration showed no serious efforts at achieving universal health coverage for the millions of uninsured Americans. With Barack Obama as the current U.S. President, health care reform is once again a top priority. President Obama has made a promise to “provide affordable, comprehensive, and portable health coverage for all Americans…” by the end of his first term (Barackobama.com). The heated debate between the two major political parties over health care reform revolves around how to pay for it and more importantly, whether it

The health care system in the United States is one of the greatest concerns facing Americans today and is an issue both moral and economic in nature. Some think the system should stay, for all intents and purposes, the same. They believe that the right to healthcare is a stepping stone toward socialism, and that it is the responsibility of the individual to obtain health care. These are usually the more ideologically conservative citizens and politicians who believe that medicine should remain a free enterprise, not to be constrained by government interference. Then there are those who believe that healthcare is a right, and the federal government has a responsibility to make sure it is available to all citizens, not just those who can afford

In recent years, Colorado voters have not shown strong single party affiliation with two of the last four presidential elections going to the Republican candidate and the other two going to the Democratic candidate (270towin). Despite presidential poll outcomes, Colorado has had a Democratic elected governor and lieutenant governor since 2007. The Colorado state Senate holds a Republican majority, as opposed to the Democratic ran House of Representatives; United States Representative are also split close to evenly between the parties, with one more Republican representative than Democratic. The party leadership of this state clearly explains more liberal state policies, such as legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana, tightening

Colorado is known for its beauty, breathtaking views, healthy living, active life-style, its mountains, and superior skiing resorts. Colorado has the highest elevation out of any state! Over 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks reach over 10,000 feet high and 54 tower above 14,000 feet (America, 2017). Running along the easternmost side of the southern Rocky Mountains is the Front Range also known as the “home to the western tip of the Great Plains” (Tourism, 2017). With all the obvious picturesque reasons tourist visit Colorado or individuals choose to make their new home here not many know about the fracking boom and its effect on our Centennial State.