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Universal Health Care in America
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nick-named the ACA or "ObamaCare," is a law that is infamous for being hundreds of pages long. It is a combination of the following bills:
President Obama plans to make health care affordable to the middle class by implementing the biggest middle-class health care tax cut in history. This has been estimated to help over 32 million people. Moreover, 95% of Americans are insured under ObamaCare, saving citizens millions of dollars in health care costs.
There are other benefits to this bill, such as children staying on their parents' health care plan until they are twenty-six to avoid interference with secondary education. Also, small businesses can give employees more health benefits. Big businesses might have slight drawbacks because they employ more than fifty workers, but the fine the company pays would have no influence on an employees' care.
ObamaCare is considered the "foot in the door" towards a single-payer healthcare system.
Controversy
This bill has been criticized for being detrimental towards small businesses (i.e. doctor practices and small insurance companies). In addition to this, most people do not see or believe the forward plan of their taxes creating better health care. Many compare ObamaCare to Social Security, which to William Sullivan of the American Thinker was, "an affront to our constitutional rights," in his article, "ObamaCare: The Latest and Greatest Bastardization of the Constitution." He argues that the welfare estate has grown to radical proportions, and that the Constitution does not allow this kind of taxing and spending folly.
The nick-name given to this bill, "ObamaCare" has also raised criticism. President Obama has been the ACA's biggest advocate, and therefore congressmen who disagree with the president on other policies have felt obligated to disagree on this issue. Obama has embraced this nick-name, essentially saying that he does care. The consequences that arise from this nick-name are great. A poll of one thousand citizens of Oregon asked whether people preferred the ACA or Obamacare. These are the results:
Democrats
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is currently in effect.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nick-named the ACA or "ObamaCare," is a law that is infamous for being hundreds of pages long. It is a combination of the following bills:
- Affordable Health Care for America Act
- Patient Protection Act
- health care sections of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
- Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
President Obama plans to make health care affordable to the middle class by implementing the biggest middle-class health care tax cut in history. This has been estimated to help over 32 million people. Moreover, 95% of Americans are insured under ObamaCare, saving citizens millions of dollars in health care costs.
There are other benefits to this bill, such as children staying on their parents' health care plan until they are twenty-six to avoid interference with secondary education. Also, small businesses can give employees more health benefits. Big businesses might have slight drawbacks because they employ more than fifty workers, but the fine the company pays would have no influence on an employees' care.
ObamaCare is considered the "foot in the door" towards a single-payer healthcare system.
Controversy
This bill has been criticized for being detrimental towards small businesses (i.e. doctor practices and small insurance companies). In addition to this, most people do not see or believe the forward plan of their taxes creating better health care. Many compare ObamaCare to Social Security, which to William Sullivan of the American Thinker was, "an affront to our constitutional rights," in his article, "ObamaCare: The Latest and Greatest Bastardization of the Constitution." He argues that the welfare estate has grown to radical proportions, and that the Constitution does not allow this kind of taxing and spending folly.
The nick-name given to this bill, "ObamaCare" has also raised criticism. President Obama has been the ACA's biggest advocate, and therefore congressmen who disagree with the president on other policies have felt obligated to disagree on this issue. Obama has embraced this nick-name, essentially saying that he does care. The consequences that arise from this nick-name are great. A poll of one thousand citizens of Oregon asked whether people preferred the ACA or Obamacare. These are the results:
Democrats
- 29% viewed Obamacare favorably
- 9% viewed the ACA favorably
- 10% were not sure
- 22% viewed the ACA favorably
- 6% viewed Obamacare favorably
- 12% were not sure, (kgw.com)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is currently in effect.