Refinement not Recall
The Obama administration has been known for many things over the last eight years. One of the most prominent is Obamacare, arguably the most controversial piece of legislation in decades. President Obama made it his mission to create a major healthcare reform in his years as president and thus we saw the creation and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare. Many Americans still do not understand what this law actually does. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a law meant to reform the United States healthcare system and the insurance markets via regulations. According to an article written by Kevin Griffis, the Assistant Secretary for Public Health an expert …show more content…
Obamacare does a decent job of regulating the prices from insurance companies(a little confused by this? The law was supposed to stabilize and lower the cost of insurance – but insurance rates are sky rocketing – up 115% in AZ for 2017 – make sure this common is phased appropriately; however when Obamacare was passed in 2010 it did not have many of the market protections it does today. There were many additions and revisions to the law before it was set into practice in 2014 and even since, there have been major changes to the specifics of the law. “Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, a critic of the ACA, has identified 70 administrative, legislative, and judicial changes in the law, some quite large, that attempt to compensate for its design flaws or forestall unacceptable consequent”(Moffit, 4). Obamacare was successful in manipulating the market by increasing competition, but congress and Mr. Obama failed to see the potential loopholes businesses, and practitioners would soon use to continue the control of the market. An article published on ehealth written in September of 2016 explicitly lists the changes to the ACA policies (History of the Affordable Care Act, 6-7). Changes were still being made at the deadline of implementation. In January of 2014, Obamacare finally obtained an amendment that made it illegal for insurance companies and doctors to discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions. Enrollment opened in October of 2013 and this “addition” was not included until the day the law when into effect. Think about all the people who had been discriminated against while trying to obtain their promised “accessible” and “affordable” healthcare. This included senior citizens, those with disabilities, as well as those with terminal dieses. These are the people who need healthcare the most. If Obamacare had not included the clause-requiring acceptance of anyone who applied ages
The Obama administration has been known for many things over the last eight years. One of the most prominent is Obamacare, arguably the most controversial piece of legislation in decades. President Obama made it his mission to create a major healthcare reform in his years as president and thus we saw the creation and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare. Many Americans still do not understand what this law actually does. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a law meant to reform the United States healthcare system and the insurance markets via regulations. According to an article written by Kevin Griffis, the Assistant Secretary for Public Health an expert …show more content…
Obamacare does a decent job of regulating the prices from insurance companies(a little confused by this? The law was supposed to stabilize and lower the cost of insurance – but insurance rates are sky rocketing – up 115% in AZ for 2017 – make sure this common is phased appropriately; however when Obamacare was passed in 2010 it did not have many of the market protections it does today. There were many additions and revisions to the law before it was set into practice in 2014 and even since, there have been major changes to the specifics of the law. “Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, a critic of the ACA, has identified 70 administrative, legislative, and judicial changes in the law, some quite large, that attempt to compensate for its design flaws or forestall unacceptable consequent”(Moffit, 4). Obamacare was successful in manipulating the market by increasing competition, but congress and Mr. Obama failed to see the potential loopholes businesses, and practitioners would soon use to continue the control of the market. An article published on ehealth written in September of 2016 explicitly lists the changes to the ACA policies (History of the Affordable Care Act, 6-7). Changes were still being made at the deadline of implementation. In January of 2014, Obamacare finally obtained an amendment that made it illegal for insurance companies and doctors to discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions. Enrollment opened in October of 2013 and this “addition” was not included until the day the law when into effect. Think about all the people who had been discriminated against while trying to obtain their promised “accessible” and “affordable” healthcare. This included senior citizens, those with disabilities, as well as those with terminal dieses. These are the people who need healthcare the most. If Obamacare had not included the clause-requiring acceptance of anyone who applied ages