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Jessica: Class 18
March 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment
The Affordable Healthcare Act has been argued about heavily. Many dislike it due to the fear that Americans will stop working and just collect their healthcare without any effort. However it is clear that the Healthcare Act has benefitted multiple demographics across the board and will increasingly have a positive effect on the American population. In terms of other countries though, I feel as if the United States is behind in giving its citizens everything it possibly can. For example, healthcare is already free already in so many other countries, yet when President Obama tries to make it a bit more affordable to some, there are opposers heavily voting against it. As such a “model country” for the rest of the world, I do not understand why something so simple and humane as healthcare is so hard for our bipartisan country to agree on.
That being said, I am glad to see that there are statistics backing up the helpfulness the Affordable Care Act is delivering across the United States. From the New York Times article, it is evident that each demographic has improved their uninsurance rates to some degree and that no group increased its uninsurance rates. It is also great to see that multiple groups of people are benefitting form it and not just one specific area or demographic. While many people still remain uninsured, I think the Affordable Healthcare Act is a step in the right direction for the United States. Hopefully in the near future America can join the list of countries with free healthcare or at least be 100% insured. Additionally it is great the New York Times followed up with the Americans who have joined to see that the Affordable Healthcare Act is working.
Furthermore, while it is too soon to tell if the Affordable Care Act is going to be a long term success, the results so far are doing well. The predominant purpose for it has been addressed and many people have been able to acquire healthcare. However, there are many variables to forecast how well the Healthcare Act will actually fare in the future. As for now, based upon the New York Times articles, it seems that the program will manage suitably in the future for Americans.
Meanwhile there are some that oppose the Affordable Healthcare Act even though they have still signed up for it, such as Senator Cruz. Yet it turns out that he is mislead into believing that is his only option for health insurance. The article clearly states that he has multiple other options through outside programs but will not receive additional funding through the government. This shows the lack of research on Senator Cruz’s part and weakens his argument about the Healthcare Act. Even though he states that he will follow laws he does not agree with, this still does not make sense considering he is not strictly required to purchase health insurance the Affordable Healthcare Act provides.
Even though it will be a while until the significant of the Healthcare Act is actually noticed, I think the government is doing its best to make sure this program does not fail. Even those who are opposed to it are joining, and must see some benefit to it. In the future, I hope the United States can follow suit of other countries and simply provide everyone with free healthcare.
