Obama Care Act Research Paper

Good health is one of the most important things for human life. Health has particularly been a priority issue for Americans considering the increasing health problems affecting the population. Nevertheless, for many years, the majority of Americans have not been able to access quality health care due to high cost of health care. In response, the Obama administration introduced a piece of legislation called Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obama Care to help address the health care needs of the American people. This ambitious piece of legislation’s main aim is to increase health insurance coverage to the American people. Although the Obama Care Act was passed into law, its passage was marred by controversies, including the government shutdown (Whitman 3). It is now five years since the Affordable Care Act came into being and assessment is being done to establish whether or not the health care law is working for Americans. …show more content…
The law has been in operation for five years now assessments have been done to determine whether it is working for Americans. Although there is a divided opinion over the effectiveness of the law, personally I believe that Affordable Care Act has worked well for Americans. Politics aside, Obama Care Act has helped ensure that more than 11 million Americans that lacked health insurance plan can now easily afford quality health care, which is a major achievement. The majority of those who have been insured are the low-income Americans that could not afford quality health care five years ago because of their inability to pay. Therefore, it is a huge achievement for the law to increase the number of Americans covered under health insurance plan. Additionally, the law is working because it has increased competition and choices for Americans, thereby ensuring improved quality healthcare by