The Affordable
Care Act
With recent controversy about the Affordable Care Act I
thought it would be interesting to take a look at both sides of the discrepancy.
The Affordable Care Act was designed to increase health
insurance quality and affordability, lower the uninsured rate by expanding
insurance coverage and reduce the overall costs of healthcare. This act was put
in place by Barrack Obama in 2010 which is why it is also known as Obamacare.
Under this act physicians and hospitals had to lower their cost and become
better accessible. The act also states that even if you have a preexisting
condition you are still eligible for some type of insurance. It does not based
you off your gender, race, ethnicity , the Affordable Care Act covers you based
on your income giving you a fair price for a handful of different plans.
To someone just quickly googling the topic, this seems
great! So why has there been word about repealing the Affordable care act? The
problems are that the coverage you get from the insurance is not the best; you
have to pick and choose what kind of coverage you want. The cover charges that
come with the insurance can be expensive and add up fast. People would love a
more affordable well rounded system.
Donald Trump has had a lot to say about this. He claims that
he will repeal the act and then after he repeals it he will replace it. Replace
it with better, more affordable coverage for the 30 million people in America without
any type of insurance. The problem is that if the repeal goes through it will leave
many people uninsured. As of now Republicans
say that, “Obamacare will be repealed and replaced rapidly, the same day
the same week” Trump stated, but others
are saying that is not possible and the act repeal could leave many in an uninsured spot for months or years.
Republicans have said many times that they will replace it with something
better but have not actually explained what this “something better” is. To most under Obamacare this clearly is
concerning.
One of the most significant demographics to all of this is the
people with life threatening illnesses. To some people on Obamacare, it is the
only thing saving their lives. They are able to afford their medication at a
much lower monthly cost than they would without insurance. Since the Affordable
Care Act accepts you even with a preexisting condition, these people were not
left to die.
All of the articles I’ve read have either been for one side
or the other. There has been non in-between; you are either for the Affordable
Care Act or against it. One technique used in almost all the articles for the Affordable
Care Act, was a whole lot of pathos. The pathos would always say how without
the Affordable Care Act people would die and that really brings out the sympathy
with people, and questioning as to why this act would ever be removed.
