Now and days, there is one topic that seems to have the American people divided- the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Whether you be a working class citizen being penalized to help give the lower class health care, or the lower class reaping the benefits from hardworking people everyone is affected by Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act was created on the basis of giving “free” health care to those in need, but the money for this can't just come from nowhere. So where is the money to fund this health care plan really coming from? Money doesn't grow on trees. American taxpayers are being driven with millions of dollars’ worth of taxes, to give non-working families “free” health care. Is it fair to take money from hard working people to give it to those
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President Obama was an advocate for getting health care to as many people as he could, and took time to craft exactly what he wanted Obamacare to look like. The Affordable Care Act revolutionized American health care, but not necessarily in a good way. According to Wikipedia, “The ACA was enacted to increase the quality and afford ability of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of health care for individuals and the government.” The motives behind the creating Obamacare were pure, but the reality is the ACA just isn't working. By passing the Affordable Care Act Obama was trying to help Americans by giving them health care plans that they could afford; however when this act came about it starting hurting the hard working American people. How is it fair that this new health care plan is geared towards people who have lower paying jobs or even people with no jobs, and penalize those who are making decent wages? Obamacare should help all of the American population, not just the ones without enough money. People that are earning decent paychecks work hard to make their money and shouldn’t be penalized by extreme taxation to pay for people who aren’t working as hard. The ACA is working the way it was designed to, but at what cost? Since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, over 23 million people have been given health insurance with the help of Medicare and Medicaid (Kolhatker 2). That is a very impressive number, but how is this being paid for? American taxpayers have had to pay millions in tax dollars to afford health care plans for that many people, and the dollar amount is only getting larger. These are men and women that get up every day, go to work, and do everything in their power to provide for themselves and their family. Nothing
President Obama was an advocate for getting health care to as many people as he could, and took time to craft exactly what he wanted Obamacare to look like. The Affordable Care Act revolutionized American health care, but not necessarily in a good way. According to Wikipedia, “The ACA was enacted to increase the quality and afford ability of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of health care for individuals and the government.” The motives behind the creating Obamacare were pure, but the reality is the ACA just isn't working. By passing the Affordable Care Act Obama was trying to help Americans by giving them health care plans that they could afford; however when this act came about it starting hurting the hard working American people. How is it fair that this new health care plan is geared towards people who have lower paying jobs or even people with no jobs, and penalize those who are making decent wages? Obamacare should help all of the American population, not just the ones without enough money. People that are earning decent paychecks work hard to make their money and shouldn’t be penalized by extreme taxation to pay for people who aren’t working as hard. The ACA is working the way it was designed to, but at what cost? Since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, over 23 million people have been given health insurance with the help of Medicare and Medicaid (Kolhatker 2). That is a very impressive number, but how is this being paid for? American taxpayers have had to pay millions in tax dollars to afford health care plans for that many people, and the dollar amount is only getting larger. These are men and women that get up every day, go to work, and do everything in their power to provide for themselves and their family. Nothing