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The Affordable Health Care Act
Politics have been a part of health care since the beginning of its inception. This has
been both positive and negative. Often a hot health care topic is used to gain votes, but
then follow through does not happen or policies get broken down into less effective
models. An example of a hot topic item is the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA).
The Affordable Health Care Act was first proposed in 2009, become law until March
2010 and has undergone 506 amendments (Digital Communications Division, 2023).
President Obama took great interest in the ACA to bring affordable health care to
everyone. The ACA was not intended to stop at the version that was signed into law in
2010 but was to be adapted over time and be improved upon (Obama Foundation,
2023).
Benefits of ACA are that it helped over 40 million to access health coverage and helped
133 million from losing their coverage (Obama Foundation, 2023). Since the ACA was
signed, many politicians have tried to repeal the ACA. President Trump fought hard to
repeal the ACA and in turn this has led Medicaid funding cuts (The White House, 2023).
President Biden has been fighting to fix the ACA and views health care as a “right and
not a privilege” and has endorsed changes that has led to reduce premium costs by
implementation of the American Rescue Plan (The White House, 2022).
I think there are positives to each of the efforts regarding the ACA. I think changes are
needed to Medicaid coverage to help reduce misuse of it and ensure it is truly utilized by
those who need it. I am absolutely in support of making insurance affordable and
accessible by all. I disagree with the original ACA that mandated all to have health care
insurance. Instead, it should be something any person can obtain and to easily afford it.
By making health care coverage affordable for all it will ultimately lead to decreased
health care costs. Costs are driven up by under or uninsured parties due to decreased
payment for services which leads providers to raise costs to balance the budget (Tolbert
et al., 2022). If I was able to influence the political stance on the ACA, I would revise the
current ACA to ensure that all people have access to affordable coverage and health
care. I would also ensure that health care providers are held accountable for not price
gauging and are only billing for services rendered. I would also ensure education on
challenges in health care that the past changes have created by decreased funding or
eliminated funding such as mental health.
References
Digital Communications Division (DCD). (2023).
What is the Affordable Care
Act?
HHS.gov.
https://www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/what-is-the-
affordable-care-act/index.html
Links to an external site.
Obama Foundation. (2023).
13 years of the Affordable Care Act - Obama Foundation
.
https://www.obama.org/discover/stories/13-years-aca/
Links to an external site.
The White House. (2023). FACT SHEET: The Congressional Republican agenda:
repealing the Affordable Care Act and slashing Medicaid.
The White
House
.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/28/fact-
sheet-the-congressional-republican-agenda-repealing-the-affordable-care-act-and-
slashing-medicaid/
Links to an external site.
The White House. (2022). FACT SHEET: Biden Harris administration proposes rule to fix
“Family glitch” and lower health care costs.
The White
House
.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/05/fact-
sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-rule-to-fix-family-glitch-and-lower-health-
care-costs/
Links to an external site.
Tolbert, J., Drake, P., & Damico, A. (2022).
Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
.
KFF.
https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-
population/
Links to an external site.
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