The Affordable Care Act Repeal
In the United States poverty is becoming is easier to fall into, where it is
becoming harder to obtain Health Insurance. The American Health Care Reform first
began with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. During the presidential election
Roosevelt promised affordable health care because he believed that "No country could
be strong whose people were sick and poor." In 2007 presidential candidate Barack
Obama announced his plan for an "affordable, universal health care in America"
Tension on the topic of health care was brought to the United States during the 2008
election. During this time, health care spending exceeded 2.2 trillion dollars. As you
can see, health insurance in the United States is a political and uneasy subject to talk
about. There are those who believe that the act should indeed be repealed, along with
those who believe it should be kept.
The United States is at a constant back and forth on the idea of the Affordable
Care Act. Should it be repealed, or should it be kept for those who it benefits? The
Affordable Health Care Act, was signed into law on March 2012. Although it was signed
Affordable Care Act is also commonly known as "ObamaCare", which will insure more
than 30 million uninsured people. The main concept behind the Affordable Care Act is
to offer affordable health care to those in the middle and lower classes in the United
States. The Act often brings on major discussion of pros and cons. In this political
generation, everything comes with pros and cons, but on this topic there are many.
Listed pros are additional coverage, children can stay on their parents insurance until
the age of 26, reduced gaps in budget, along with lower deductions. The pros do also
come with the cons, many of the mentioned cons are higher costs of drugs, and a
shortage of healthcare professionals. With the shortage of about 52, 000 physicians for
primary care, it can leave millions of the US citizens with no access to health care. The
shortage of healthcare professionals not only lessens access to health carem but is also
Ieaving Americans unemployed. Along with these listed cons are, that around 32 million
"affordable American healthcare", when will it be delivered?
Under the Affordable Care Act, there are many mandatory benefits such as
things like inpatient and outpatient hospital services, physician services, laboratory and
x-ray services, along with home health services, among the others. While you can
access these benefits you also have an abundance of other benefits. Other optional
benefits are prescription drugs, case management, physical therapy, and occupational
therapy.
The average for individual coverage is $321 per month, where premiums for
family plans averaged about $833 per month. Average price of deductibles range
away on unfair and outrageously priced health care. Americans have been and
continue to pay an outstanding amount of money on health insurance, which can be
said to be setting up millenials for failure. About 72% of American millennials