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Dr. K. Beckman
English 122 X2374
01/21/2016
The Health Care Act
Assuming the United States needs some form of healthcare to cover its entire citizenry and we have all decided to embrace Universal healthcare as the solution to this. Is Obamacare the appropriate approach to Universal healthcare? Or should we return to the Network of Insurance option that existed before the act became law? Let’s explore this together.
Firstly, According to Gale, in “Health Care Issues”, she explains adamantly that in the last few years, health insurance availability and affordability in the United States has become a sore point for heavy debate. The debaters are divided into two parties with …show more content…
One is the private sector lead organizations while the other is the non-profit and government owned ones . As a whole figure, the United State spends ($8,608) per capital on health care. This is 11% per capital more than the next developed nation spends on healthcare. In what is termed as discretionary spending, the funding for health care programs come from Medicare, Medicaid, as well as the Veterans health administration. The government is the one that financially shoulders the responsibility for the health coverage of the public …show more content…
Since our private insurance system is not efficient enough in covering all, and we claim the efficiency of public sector driven health insurance system through the avenues of Medicaid, Medicare and the Veterans affair. Shouldn’t we roll or extend this into some compulsory health system that would cover all? Hence Obamacare.
What is Obamacare and what has it changed? Also known as the Affordable Care Act, ACA it is simply defined as a US driven healthcare insurance to cover all categories of employed, unemployed, underemployed and those out of the labor force. How has Obamacare benefited us? Since the implementation of this health insurance system, we have seen an upward trend in the quality of life and quality of care. How so? Let’s examine the numbers.
From 2000 to 2001, the number of uninsured people increased due to decreasing employer sponsored insurance coverage and rising health care costs; a contraction of any kind in the economy also adds to the growth in the uninsured, accelerating during recessionary periods when people lose their jobs. Normally, Public programs ate the answers providing a safety net during recessionary periods, preventing many from becoming uninsured. However, as the economy improved and since the evolution and implementation of early Affordable Care Act, ACA provisions went into effect, the number of the uninsured have declined slightly from 2010 to
Dr. K. Beckman
English 122 X2374
01/21/2016
The Health Care Act
Assuming the United States needs some form of healthcare to cover its entire citizenry and we have all decided to embrace Universal healthcare as the solution to this. Is Obamacare the appropriate approach to Universal healthcare? Or should we return to the Network of Insurance option that existed before the act became law? Let’s explore this together.
Firstly, According to Gale, in “Health Care Issues”, she explains adamantly that in the last few years, health insurance availability and affordability in the United States has become a sore point for heavy debate. The debaters are divided into two parties with …show more content…
One is the private sector lead organizations while the other is the non-profit and government owned ones . As a whole figure, the United State spends ($8,608) per capital on health care. This is 11% per capital more than the next developed nation spends on healthcare. In what is termed as discretionary spending, the funding for health care programs come from Medicare, Medicaid, as well as the Veterans health administration. The government is the one that financially shoulders the responsibility for the health coverage of the public …show more content…
Since our private insurance system is not efficient enough in covering all, and we claim the efficiency of public sector driven health insurance system through the avenues of Medicaid, Medicare and the Veterans affair. Shouldn’t we roll or extend this into some compulsory health system that would cover all? Hence Obamacare.
What is Obamacare and what has it changed? Also known as the Affordable Care Act, ACA it is simply defined as a US driven healthcare insurance to cover all categories of employed, unemployed, underemployed and those out of the labor force. How has Obamacare benefited us? Since the implementation of this health insurance system, we have seen an upward trend in the quality of life and quality of care. How so? Let’s examine the numbers.
From 2000 to 2001, the number of uninsured people increased due to decreasing employer sponsored insurance coverage and rising health care costs; a contraction of any kind in the economy also adds to the growth in the uninsured, accelerating during recessionary periods when people lose their jobs. Normally, Public programs ate the answers providing a safety net during recessionary periods, preventing many from becoming uninsured. However, as the economy improved and since the evolution and implementation of early Affordable Care Act, ACA provisions went into effect, the number of the uninsured have declined slightly from 2010 to