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Blog post 11- class #18
March 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment
The NY Times article named “Obama’s Health Law: Who Was Helped Most” has an interactive graph and shows mainly mid to southern west with 10 percent more insured. What I found most interesting was that the total opposite, mid to south east of the United States remains uninsured in the year of 2014. Some facts were somewhat known to me already. For instance, Blacks and Hispanics do not do as financially well compared to whites and Asians. In addition, generally speaking, women are more concerned about obtaining health insurance.
The question, “is the affordable care act working” is a good question. According to the seven questions in the NY Times article, it generally looks like it is. However, it looks affordable for many, but not for all. Affordable healthcare for 100% of America’s population is a goal that I think, can be close to achieving, but cannot be fully achieved. I think housing cannot be “affordable” unless people with little to no income can afford it as well.
In other words, I think “affordable” housing cannot be “affordable” unless it is free or a few dollars from their income. Of course, realistically speaking, if this does happen, healthcare provider quality would decrease. This would bring into question if healthcare is necessary and so on.
The last NY Times article was very interesting in the sense that it goes over actual people and describes their everyday life. It’s scary when life hits you and money becomes an issue. The last mini-bio, Gary Wood’s, was very touching and I am very grateful he eventually received care and was insured.
Day by day, the United States’ healthcare increases quality and span. However, widespread healthcare is hard to manage just because not everyone can afford it. It is a matter of quality over affordability. At this point, I believe more people should be able to access healthcare, even if the quality is lower. If I was in a lower-income household, I would get access to whatever healthcare I can get my hands on.
