Argumentative Essay On Obamacare
Cheaper under a mandate, that is controversial aspect to be evaluated. To fully address the question, one needs to analyze and review the implementation and overall effects of the mandated policy.
I found an interesting opinion, since there will always be two conflicting opinions to a policy, that was presented by Scott W. Atlas. Before presenting his comprehensive opinion on Obamacare, one needs some information on this individual’s background.
Scott W. Atlas -Scott W. Atlas, MD, is the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and senior fellow by courtesy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford.His level of expertise encompasses the following disciplines: Health Care Policy, Health Care Systems of Emerging Nations, Health Law and Policy, Roles of Government in Society, and Use of Advanced Medical Technology.
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The inadequate reimbursement to doctors by government insurance substantially increases private insurance prices. Back in 2009, cost shifting of over $88 billion of payment from Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries already added more than $1,500 extra per year in premiums and $1,800 extra in total out-of-pocket costs to every family of four with private insurance. According to the Green Mountain Care Board, the primary regulator of health care in Vermont, the cost of hospital services shifted from those on government insurance to the privately insured population in that state alone has grown from $154 million in 2005 to nearly triple that amount, now over $400 million in 2014. As a consequence of the regulations of Obamacare, private insurance is headed for becoming affordable only to the affluent, particularly ironic given that this administration tries to portray itself as reducing
I found an interesting opinion, since there will always be two conflicting opinions to a policy, that was presented by Scott W. Atlas. Before presenting his comprehensive opinion on Obamacare, one needs some information on this individual’s background.
Scott W. Atlas -Scott W. Atlas, MD, is the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and senior fellow by courtesy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford.His level of expertise encompasses the following disciplines: Health Care Policy, Health Care Systems of Emerging Nations, Health Law and Policy, Roles of Government in Society, and Use of Advanced Medical Technology.
Unfortunately, we do not reside in …show more content…
The inadequate reimbursement to doctors by government insurance substantially increases private insurance prices. Back in 2009, cost shifting of over $88 billion of payment from Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries already added more than $1,500 extra per year in premiums and $1,800 extra in total out-of-pocket costs to every family of four with private insurance. According to the Green Mountain Care Board, the primary regulator of health care in Vermont, the cost of hospital services shifted from those on government insurance to the privately insured population in that state alone has grown from $154 million in 2005 to nearly triple that amount, now over $400 million in 2014. As a consequence of the regulations of Obamacare, private insurance is headed for becoming affordable only to the affluent, particularly ironic given that this administration tries to portray itself as reducing