Obamacare is designed to help the millions of uninsured Americans in the United States. Many Americans where happy after realizing that they will finally have health insurance without being turned down for pre-existing conditions. It was very tough to get obamacare into action considering the amount of people that wanted to bring it down. If someone chooses to not buy insurance a penalty will be issued as a tax. The government is not forcing you to buy into Obamacare and will not penalize you if you find another insure in the healthcare marketplace. Obamacare will continously change while they fix any remaining issues with the program. Overall the care act can be a very good thing for the United States of America and could cause many more succesful
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Obamacare puts a halt to that by implying that insurance companies cannot deny anone insurance because of pre-existiing conditions. An insurance company would try to charge you more because of your condition which cannot happen anymore due to the law placed by Obamacare. Once you have insurance, they can't refuse to cover treatnment for your pre-existing condition (Marketplace, 2015). Although they can't deny your coverage you are still required to pay any copayments or deductibles. It does not matter if you are being treated for something already existent or a new condition (Mnt, …show more content…
Many refuse to buy insurance and feel it is not needed therefore they will be penalized. The penalties will be added onto the tax paid to the IRS at the end of each tax year if the person filling the return did not sign up for Obamacare (CCH, 254). For those that cannot afford Obamacare or another form of health insurance may be able to apply for medicaid to avoid being charged with the tax. The penalty is a low percentage of a households income and can be paid easily for those who choose not to purchase insurance (Barr,
Obamacare puts a halt to that by implying that insurance companies cannot deny anone insurance because of pre-existiing conditions. An insurance company would try to charge you more because of your condition which cannot happen anymore due to the law placed by Obamacare. Once you have insurance, they can't refuse to cover treatnment for your pre-existing condition (Marketplace, 2015). Although they can't deny your coverage you are still required to pay any copayments or deductibles. It does not matter if you are being treated for something already existent or a new condition (Mnt, …show more content…
Many refuse to buy insurance and feel it is not needed therefore they will be penalized. The penalties will be added onto the tax paid to the IRS at the end of each tax year if the person filling the return did not sign up for Obamacare (CCH, 254). For those that cannot afford Obamacare or another form of health insurance may be able to apply for medicaid to avoid being charged with the tax. The penalty is a low percentage of a households income and can be paid easily for those who choose not to purchase insurance (Barr,