ObamaCare Pros ObamaCare Cons Tens of millions of uninsured will get access to affordable quality health insurance through the marketplace. In order to get the money to help insure tens of millions there are new taxes‚ mostly on high-earners. The taxes that may affect you directly are the individual mandate and employer mandate. Over half of uninsured Americans can get free or low cost health insurance using their State ’s Health Insurance Marketplace The individual mandate says you have
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Professor J. Flynn November 06‚ 2013 To Care or Not to Care: Obamacare For the past years‚ our country’s health care programs have been asked and petitioned to be improved. President Obama took action into account and decided it was time for our nation to have an affordable and well operated health care program‚ known as Obamacare. A bill that would allow us to grow and succeed at an affordable cost‚ but to what expense? Obamacare has severe consequences that will harm our nation’s future and
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OBAMACARE Name: The Unknowns Course: Introduction to American Government Institution: Professor Luma Date: 24 March 2015 History Prior to the onset of the Obamacare‚ the American healthcare system was characterized by increasing cost of healthcare. For instance in the 10 years before the implementation of the Obamacare‚ total expenditure increased at a constant rate. These rising rates of expenditure were unearthed to be caused by the new technology and medicines; this is according to the
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Obamacare is a federal statute that represents the most significant government expansion and regulatory overhaul of the United States healthcare system. Obamacare will increase healthcare costs tremendously. A positive to it is that it will provide over thirty million uninsured Americans with healthcare. Obamacare will affect businesses‚ especially small businesses by cutting their hours and jobs. It may also prevent them from providing their employees with health benefits. Obamabcare will also
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Access to the U.S. healthcare system (Obamacare) is based on the level of income that the individual possesses in relation of the poverty level. In this instance‚ applicants can posses anywhere from any range of percentile below the poverty in order to gain access to the healthcare system. This type of system provides care on a tiered system of access‚ which defines the progressively higher personal costs of healthcare that individuals will have to pay as their income bracket goes higher. In this
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Subject: Proposal to research the effects Obamacare has had on our health industry. In 2010‚ the president of the United States‚ Barack Obama‚ successfully passed a new health care reform law. The Affordable Care Act “Obamacare” has dramatically changed the health industry in the past four years since its approval. The question at hand is‚ was it a positive or a negative change in the health care industry? This proposal will summarize the major changes Obamacare has made in the way our health industry
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Obama’s health care plan‚ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ commonly known as ObamaCare‚ ensures that all people have some type of health insurance and that insurance agencies are not allowed to discriminate against individuals with preexisting health conditions. Although the idea of everyone having access to health care via health insurance is ideal and worth working towards‚ the ObamaCare program is not advantageous for the majority of Americans because of higher tax fees‚ over worked
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23‚ 2010 President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA); this date is when the growing debate began. The Affordable Care Act is also commonly known as Obamacare. A large issue between the opposing sides is the future of small business under this bill. “Many small businesses are going to be absolutely crushed by the provisions in Obamacare that require them to provide expensive health insurance coverage for their employees.” (Snyder‚ Michael) “3.2 million small businesses — employing 19.3 million
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Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-PPACA) is a United States federal statue signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010; it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. There are many things that make Obamacare good and bad for this country as a whole. The debate: will it last or will it benefit the U.S. for the future? Obamacare is the unofficial name for “The Patient
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this idea of Obamacare but have no solution on how to fund‚ it other than raising the debt limit higher than it already is. Whereas the republicans are responsible for handling all of this in an unprofessional manner by waiting until the last couple days to decide they weren’t going to fund the issue. The democrats came up with this idea of “Obamacare” so that all Americans would have health care at an affordable rate‚ if not free depending on your situation. The goal of Obamacare is to provide
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