The Negative Effects Of Obamacare

Health care has been a controversial topic for years in America’s government. Past presidents have had to decide on how much money should go to things such as Medicare and Medicaid, or think of ways to reduce the cost of health care for the American public. When Obama first set foot in the White House he entered it with big plans for his presidency. President Obama and his Administration decided early on that they were going to tackle the topic of health care and make it accessible to all American people. Obama’s plan to fix health care in the United States was the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Many of Obamacare’s followers must be disappointed in how negative of an impact it has had on the American people. There are many negative …show more content…
There are many people who support Obamacare and there are many others who do not support Obamacare. The number of people who disapprove of Obamacare has risen since its passage, in fact, for every 10 Americans more than 7 of them feel that Obamacare hasn’t been worth it; many of the negative thoughts of Obamacare come from families with higher incomes because families with lower incomes benefit more from it. (PR) “Opinions are now as negative as they have been any point since the bill’s passage.” (By Tom) Not only do the policyholders dislike Obamacare, but insurers do as well; yet the part of the public who believes in Obamacare says that “insurers are coming in with very competitive rates.” (Roarty) It does not matter which one is true or untrue, the fact that “the uncertainty surrounding healthcare regulation is beginning to have a negative impact on both United States insurers and policyholders” remains. (Political) Millions of Americans receive surveys asking them for their opinions of Obamacare and a majority of them don’t have many good things to say. According to a survey given by Bankrate.com, forty three percent of Americans feel that the ACA has had a negative impact on the country. (PR) Thirty percent of respondents, to a survey given by NBC and The Wall Street Journal, think the healthcare lave will have a negative impact on their families; only …show more content…
Obamacare is going to cause businesses to undergo various changes, which subsequently will affect their employees as well. American employers are still trying to survive all the existing provisions and the provisions to come from the 3,000 page law. “The most [egregious] provision is a tax penalty on businesses with at least 50 workers who fail to offer adequate, government-approved health insurance.” (By Rep.) The tax penalty that these businesses receive for failing to provide adequate health insurance for workers can be anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 dollars; unfortunately consumers, shareholders, and workers have the burden of paying the tax penalties. (By Rep.) The employees at businesses are the ones who get the short end of the stick because they are the ones whose lives change due to Obamacare. For example, in the near future the ACA will cause one in four Americans, with employer sponsored health insurance, to retire early or leave their jobs. “Capitol IQ recently predicted that by 2020, nine in ten workers who currently receive health insurance through their employers will instead [have to] manage their own health plans on Obamacare-style government exchanges.” (PR) In order to avoid the new rules and penalties businesses will avoid growing their labor for or cut its number of employees under fifty workers; Businesses will hire more part-time employees, those who work less than thirty