In an effort to generate a solution to the shortage of health care, President Barrack Obama proposed the universal health care program named the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare. It has been the most major adjustment to the United States healthcare since Medicare and Medicaid was passed in 1965. Obamacare was signed into the law in March, 2010. In this paper, the key points that will be discussed are Obamacare policy, its pros and cons, and if it happens to raise any complications with federalism and the policy’s efficiency.
Obamacare is intended on helping the people that do not have insurance to gain insurance. With the said plan everyone should be able to have health insurance no matter what their …show more content…
It is a very common and shorter term used to describe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Obamacare holds many benefits, especially for low and middle income people and businesses. Obamacare also contains some complications for the larger businesses that do not insure their employees with certain parts of the healthcare industry. So some larger firms and therefore their employees may notice negative effects. Those who are against the Act are concerned that it provides the Federal government with too much control over personal health care decisions and benefits. They also believe that it was designed to decrease overall health care cost by making amenities available to the 32 million who presently cannot get insurance. Those same people regularly use a hospital emergency room as their primary care physician this is increasing the cost for everyone. Also, for people who cannot afford health insurance, the Federal government will pay the states to add them to Medicaid. Those who are in favor of the Act want lower health care costs overall by making it affordable for more people. Those who do not purchase insurance, and do not qualify for Medicaid, will be assessed a fee of $695 a person or 2.5% of your