Unintended Consequences Of The Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act entails several key moving parts of what it does for the American people in health care and costs. Many unintended consequences do occur from what the ACA provides in its lengthy document. Each section of the Affordable Care Act has specific sections and it’s imperative to examine each section to see the unintended consequences of the policy that may be the future. It’s hard to narrow it down to one topic to focus, which is why it’s worth mentioning some topics of unintended consequences of the ACA. There are many benefits and downfalls to the ACA which numerous Americans are not in favor of. Health care is ever-changing and growing for sustainable health and affordable costs. Certain sections of the ACA are the cause of the unintended consequences that will be mentioned in further detail.
Since the emergence of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, the loopholes of obtaining health insurance from Obama Care are lengthy and cumbersome. The delivery of health care and insurance premiums is part of the reason for the unintended consequences. First of all, …show more content…
This type of incentive is still evident today and many businesses use this as long as they can for their employees. Stated by, (Owcharenko & Nix, 2012), Obama care provides tax credits to small employers that provide health insurance for workers who earn comparatively low average wages. Tax credits vary with businesses with 10, 20, 15, and 20 workers. The wages are supposed to increase depending on the size of the firm and credit. A few years later, the tax credit was lowered than expected when some firms used it, (Owcharenko & Nix, 2012). This topic in the ACA is the section of “credits for employee health insurance expenses for small businesses”. Still to this day, small business firms are conflicted and baffled with changes and ensuring the tax credits are used accurately as possible to avoid