Is Obama care improving
healthcare in the US?
What is the benefit
to the man on the Street?
As with any new strategy there are always those who are for
the strategy and also those who are against and likewise in the case of Obama
care there are some people who are very positive especially about the fact that
approximately 10,000,000 new people who have registered in this healthcarescheme which is expected to make a substantial difference to the lives of
people living with medical debt. There was also increase in the number of
health insurance companies who have implemented new plans to accommodate the
man on the street giving them a fighting chance against medical debt and it is
expected that the competition between different companies could provide the
consumer with more choice which is a good thing because in the long run it will
ensure that health insurance prices will stay relatively low which once again
could help to manage medical debt. According to specialists in the healthcare
industry the number of US citizens that were without insurance has been reduced
significantly and the cost of that insurance is also at acceptable levels to
better accommodate low income people thereby further reducing medical debt.
Even more remarkable is the fact that the majority of people who have made use
of these new opportunities seems to be very satisfied with the coverage which
they were able to obtain.
Would this good
fortune last?
According to specialists in the medical industry there is
already indications that there may be sharp increases for people who are
insured under the affordable care act and these will be implemented during the
next 12 months which in many cases will mean only temporary relief from medicaldebt. This is why according to medical care advisors people should do whatever
they can to compare the options available to them during the current enrollment
period. There are apparently already people whose new policies has been cancel or
who was hit with substantial increases because of the requirements which have
been included in the regulations regarding these healthcare opportunities and
it seems there is still no effective relief from medical debt. There are many
reasons why there are people that is not happy with the changes which has been
implemented. There are people who were already registered with other healthcare
schemes and who have been seduced by the promises which has been made regarding
Obama care especially assistance which is being offered for affordable healthcare
which has been expected to reduce medical debt. However these people had to
struggle through the very difficult navigation process associated with Obamacare and in many cases they were signed up to healthcare insurance which was
more expensive while providing less than those to whom they were accustomed.
Will Obama care
benefit US citizens over the long term?
The question which should be asked is whether Obama care has
been implemented in a concerted effort to assist struggling US citizens who are
burdened by medical debt or has it merely been implemented to placate US
citizens over the short-term promising them all kinds of fantastic things such
as better healthcare and management of medical debt but over the long term very
little real benefits will be enjoyed and therefore the lives of most US
citizens will continue on its current trend where healthcare costs is still way
above the heads of most US citizens and where there is still no real relief for
medical debt with which many people seem to be saddled permanently. In other
words is an Obama care and the affordable care act sustainable or is the best
which government is able to provide merely a temporary respite which over the
long term is only going to bring even worse conditions as far as health care
and medical debt is concerned? These is the questions for Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump should provide answers for. These is the issues with whom US
citizens is struggling right now and voters really have to be more a lot more vocal
about these issues in order to force the hands of politicians and policymakers.
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