The ACA has been a very controversial piece of legislation since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. Healthcare has been around many years in our nation and is constantly needed and relied on to help individuals. Beginning with a long line of presidents who first brought the idea of healthcare to the table, Teddy Roosevelt was one of the first that made a bigger deal of healthcare by including healthcare in his platform. Many presidents had pushed for the idea of healthcare. In 1965, President Johnson was the first to successfully introduce Medicare to America. This was the very first successful issuance of a type of healthcare plan for the United States. Similar to the ACA, in 1993 the Clinton Administration was working for a healthcare
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It is well known that leaders and supporters of the Democratic Party highly advocate for the continuation of the ACA. Individuals such as Leonard Schaeffer, Brian Keppler, Paul Markovich, and many more have made the point that they will stand with the ACA, but it will be a long battle to get through with it. Schaeffer once explained that he “at the end of the day, the Affordable Care Act was a good thing” (Mershon, 2015). Schaeffer, being the leader of one of the top healthcare industries in the nation, credits the ACA with being a professional piece of legislation that will help the healthcare world. Brian Keppler, who is the chief executive officer of the Nation Business Coalition on Health, has ultimately “credited the law with helping to solve Americas uninsurance problem,” however the “bill was distorted by excessive lobbying by the health industry” (Edlin, 2014, pg. 18). Keppler believes that the ACA has and will keep helping Americans gain healthcare insurance, but the lobbying of individuals trying to take it down keeps slowing the process down and not allowing America to move forward. Paul Markovich, President of Blue Shield of California, has presented his thoughts to the nation by stating “Unquestionably, there have been glitches and disruption, as is inevitable with any policy change as sweeping as this one” but “the law has already had a big impact” (Edlin, 2014, pg. 21-22). Markovich, being the head of a health care provider company, views the ACA in a good light. He “feels good about what the law has accomplished so far” and plans for it to keep accomplish more of its goals and sweeping the nation by a storm (Edlin, 2014, pg.
It is well known that leaders and supporters of the Democratic Party highly advocate for the continuation of the ACA. Individuals such as Leonard Schaeffer, Brian Keppler, Paul Markovich, and many more have made the point that they will stand with the ACA, but it will be a long battle to get through with it. Schaeffer once explained that he “at the end of the day, the Affordable Care Act was a good thing” (Mershon, 2015). Schaeffer, being the leader of one of the top healthcare industries in the nation, credits the ACA with being a professional piece of legislation that will help the healthcare world. Brian Keppler, who is the chief executive officer of the Nation Business Coalition on Health, has ultimately “credited the law with helping to solve Americas uninsurance problem,” however the “bill was distorted by excessive lobbying by the health industry” (Edlin, 2014, pg. 18). Keppler believes that the ACA has and will keep helping Americans gain healthcare insurance, but the lobbying of individuals trying to take it down keeps slowing the process down and not allowing America to move forward. Paul Markovich, President of Blue Shield of California, has presented his thoughts to the nation by stating “Unquestionably, there have been glitches and disruption, as is inevitable with any policy change as sweeping as this one” but “the law has already had a big impact” (Edlin, 2014, pg. 21-22). Markovich, being the head of a health care provider company, views the ACA in a good light. He “feels good about what the law has accomplished so far” and plans for it to keep accomplish more of its goals and sweeping the nation by a storm (Edlin, 2014, pg.