My understanding is that the Affordable Care Act aims to reform health care and health care insurance in the United States. The ACA presents the idea that health care in the United States is a right not a privilege. The main goals of the ACA include expanding access to health insurance, protecting patients from insurance companies, and controlling health care costs. The ACA mandates that everyone is required to have health insurance, and if people cannot afford it, the government will help them pay for it. Insurance companies will also no longer be allowed to practice medical underwriting and will be held to more stringent standards.
Two of the three main goals of the ACA include expanding access to health insurance and protecting patients from insurance companies. The ACA expects to expand insurance by mandating that everyone is required to have health insurance, and if people cannot afford it, the government will help them pay for it. This legislation also calls for states to have their own health insurance exchanges with which consumers can have access to many health insurance options and pricing. The ACA also requires businesses with 50 or more employees to provide health insurance to its employees.
The ACA protects the patient from insurance companies by no longer allowing them to deny coverage based on preexisting conditions. The legislation will also eliminate annual and lifetime limits on insurance companies. Insurance companies will also be required to cover standard set of services. Additionally, the ACA requires that the total out-of-pocket cost to patients cannot exceed $6,000.
One drawback of the ACA is that it requires companies that employee 50 or more people to provide health insurance, or face a penalty of $2,000 per uninsured worker. This is a problem because some small business cannot afford the cost of health insurance for their employees, despite the availability of tax credits. Since the ACA’s enactment,