Health Reform Impact
The Impact of the Health Reform act of 2010
Susan Foster
California College San Diego
Health Care Economics and Policy 432
March 5, 2014
Eddie Underwood
The Impact of the Health Reform Act of 2010 The health care reform act was enacted in order to make health care affordable for everyone and improve the current healthcare system. This is the first major overhaul of the healthcare system since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid 1965. The Healthcare Reform act, now known as Obama Care, was signed into law on March 23, 2010 and was upheld in the United States Supreme Court on June 28, 2012.
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These people are left with no healthcare coverage and are being penalized for not being able to afford it. The ACA also puts strain on business large and small. Some of these companies currently offer health care to their employees, but now that ACA has moved in the insurance companies are charging business more for their employee coverage. This causes the business to make critical decisions in order to keep health insurance for their employees they now have to increase the employees cost for the insurance, fire employees, ask employees to work less than 30 hours or ask employees to take a pay cut. This puts a huge strain on the economy because now we have more unemployed people, the employees that took a pay cut are no longer able to continue with their level of living, and those who had their hours cut are now without insurance, less pay and cannot afford insurance on their own. This is all terrible for the economy because there are less people spending, taking out loans, and putting money into …show more content…
The government did not look at the logistics of implementation. We are going to need to hire more doctors and medical support staff. Build more offices and hospitals. Just making healthcare available to more people is not the only solution. The whole industry needs to be brought up to speed and prepared for tidal wave of new patients that are about to start bombarding doctors.
Also the strain of people losing jobs is going to affect whether or not a person can afford health care. Even hospitals are having to let go of employees and that is a problem. If the hospital cannot keep on its employees because they cannot afford to purchase insurance for everyone due to the cost of Obama care, and Obama care is bringing in more patients, there is going to be a huge problem with people being able to get in to see a doctor let alone receive treatment in a timely matter. This is not a fully thought out plan and someone should have thought this though completely instead of only the health care portion. In my opinion Obama care is going to fail due to its poor roll out plan. The insurance portion should have been the last phase of the plan to be implemented, and the recruitment of more doctors and support staff should be first along with lowering the cost of medicine and supplies. The prices on treatments is outrageous. Why can I go to another country
Susan Foster
California College San Diego
Health Care Economics and Policy 432
March 5, 2014
Eddie Underwood
The Impact of the Health Reform Act of 2010 The health care reform act was enacted in order to make health care affordable for everyone and improve the current healthcare system. This is the first major overhaul of the healthcare system since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid 1965. The Healthcare Reform act, now known as Obama Care, was signed into law on March 23, 2010 and was upheld in the United States Supreme Court on June 28, 2012.
How the Health Reform Act Strengthens the Economy According to …show more content…
These people are left with no healthcare coverage and are being penalized for not being able to afford it. The ACA also puts strain on business large and small. Some of these companies currently offer health care to their employees, but now that ACA has moved in the insurance companies are charging business more for their employee coverage. This causes the business to make critical decisions in order to keep health insurance for their employees they now have to increase the employees cost for the insurance, fire employees, ask employees to work less than 30 hours or ask employees to take a pay cut. This puts a huge strain on the economy because now we have more unemployed people, the employees that took a pay cut are no longer able to continue with their level of living, and those who had their hours cut are now without insurance, less pay and cannot afford insurance on their own. This is all terrible for the economy because there are less people spending, taking out loans, and putting money into …show more content…
The government did not look at the logistics of implementation. We are going to need to hire more doctors and medical support staff. Build more offices and hospitals. Just making healthcare available to more people is not the only solution. The whole industry needs to be brought up to speed and prepared for tidal wave of new patients that are about to start bombarding doctors.
Also the strain of people losing jobs is going to affect whether or not a person can afford health care. Even hospitals are having to let go of employees and that is a problem. If the hospital cannot keep on its employees because they cannot afford to purchase insurance for everyone due to the cost of Obama care, and Obama care is bringing in more patients, there is going to be a huge problem with people being able to get in to see a doctor let alone receive treatment in a timely matter. This is not a fully thought out plan and someone should have thought this though completely instead of only the health care portion. In my opinion Obama care is going to fail due to its poor roll out plan. The insurance portion should have been the last phase of the plan to be implemented, and the recruitment of more doctors and support staff should be first along with lowering the cost of medicine and supplies. The prices on treatments is outrageous. Why can I go to another country