Healthcare Reform: The Issue Of Mandating Healthcare In The United States
Healthcare reform
The issue of mandating healthcare has been a hot topic for many years in the US government. Even though there is no mention of the right to healthcare in the United States Constitution. Some speculate that it is implied under the 14th Amendment, which states in the first section that no state shall deprive any citizen of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Some argue that the government is violating the 14th Amendment by not making healthcare available to people who are under the poverty line. Some argue that healthcare is a right to citizens.
There have been many attempts by our congress and by our leaders to implement a plan that would provide healthcare for the citizens of the United States. In 1944
during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s state of union speech he voiced his idea of a second bill of rights which would ensure the right to medical care. In 2009 representative Jesse Jackson tried to propose a similar bill which would amend the Constitution ensuring healthcare for everyone.
In March of 2010 former President Barack Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shortened to the Affordable Care Act and also known as “Obamacare”. The ACA would make healthcare affordable for all Americans. It was to increase the quality of health insurance and make it more affordable to people that would not typically be able to afford health insurance by expending the coverage of healthcare and reducing the cost.
There was much opposition regarding the ACA. Most recently President Donald Trump has promised to repeal the ACA. On March 23, 2017 Republican house leaders decided to pull the ACA. It was debated for four hours before the Republican Party pulled before the floor vote. Instead the House recessed for a week. For now this is still a heavily debated topic that many people have strong views on.
-Cody
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/LegPowers.pdf http://www.ncsl.org/ncsl-in-dc/publications-and-resources/capitol-to-capitol-march-27-2017.aspx https://rules.house.gov/bill/115/hr-1628
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ppacacon.pdf
The issue of mandating healthcare has been a hot topic for many years in the US government. Even though there is no mention of the right to healthcare in the United States Constitution. Some speculate that it is implied under the 14th Amendment, which states in the first section that no state shall deprive any citizen of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Some argue that the government is violating the 14th Amendment by not making healthcare available to people who are under the poverty line. Some argue that healthcare is a right to citizens.
There have been many attempts by our congress and by our leaders to implement a plan that would provide healthcare for the citizens of the United States. In 1944
during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s state of union speech he voiced his idea of a second bill of rights which would ensure the right to medical care. In 2009 representative Jesse Jackson tried to propose a similar bill which would amend the Constitution ensuring healthcare for everyone.
In March of 2010 former President Barack Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shortened to the Affordable Care Act and also known as “Obamacare”. The ACA would make healthcare affordable for all Americans. It was to increase the quality of health insurance and make it more affordable to people that would not typically be able to afford health insurance by expending the coverage of healthcare and reducing the cost.
There was much opposition regarding the ACA. Most recently President Donald Trump has promised to repeal the ACA. On March 23, 2017 Republican house leaders decided to pull the ACA. It was debated for four hours before the Republican Party pulled before the floor vote. Instead the House recessed for a week. For now this is still a heavily debated topic that many people have strong views on.
-Cody
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/LegPowers.pdf http://www.ncsl.org/ncsl-in-dc/publications-and-resources/capitol-to-capitol-march-27-2017.aspx https://rules.house.gov/bill/115/hr-1628
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ppacacon.pdf