Affordable Care Act implementation and impact

Affordable Healthcare Act (ObamaCare)

The main objective of the federal government is to offer an affordable healthcare services and products to the citizens. Health is one of the development indicators in relation to the condition of the economy. In the process of enhancing the healthcare services within the United States, the government and the congress sought to adopt and implement an effective healthcare plan towards the achievement of the societal goals. This relates to the adoption and implementation of the ObamaCare in 2010. The main goal of the healthcare plan is to offer affordable health insurance for the citizens of the United States thus reduction in the growth of the healthcare spending by the society members. The affordable healthcare plan does not seek to replace the concept of private investment, Medicaid, or Medicare programs by the federal government and various states. The plan focuses on enhancing accessibility to the healthcare programs and services to all citizens regardless of their political, social, and economic status. Currently, the cost of healthcare services and products is costly or expensive. This is beyond the reach of most of the citizens thus the need to cater for the less fortunate members. ObamaCare represents a step in the right direction because of no annual limits, lack of health insurance restrictions on sick citizens, coverage for preexisting conditions, quality care and protections for the seniors, efficiency of the healthcare towards women needs, and focus on the preventive services.

Analysis

Arguments for ObamaCare

ObamaCare or affordable healthcare plan in the United States has several benefits towards the citizens regardless of the status within the society. ObamaCare or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focuses on the introduction of equality within the context of the United States. This is through affecting the taxation systems for the ordinary and wealthier citizens within the United States with different implications. According to International Business times (p. 1), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will increase taxes moderately for the average Americans while affecting the taxation rise sharply in relation to the wealthier citizens. According to the article, Melissa Labant notes, "If you have many medical expenses [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act] will affect your tax situation," or if you have an income of $200,000 or more." There are four factors affecting the rise or variation in the taxation systems following the implementation of the affordable healthcare. These include new limits on the flexible spending, increased threshold in relation to deductible medical expenses, increase on the Medicare tax on wages, and passive investments. This is an indication that the affordable healthcare program would focus on the enhancement of the societal welfare thus improvement of the healthcare needs to the citizens regardless of their political, social, and economic conditions.

The affordable healthcare plan focuses on the reduction of the healthcare costs in relation to services and products delivery. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is designed with the aim of reducing the healthcare cost. This is through availing healthcare services and products to the 32 million citizens of the United States who do not have the insurance cover for the medical needs. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focuses on sharing the cost of the healthcare services and products within the society as from 2014 thus the opportunity to reduce the overall cost of healthcare for the individuals within the society. Mandatory health insurance programs will oversee reduction of the cost of healthcare in relation to visits to the emergency rooms by the uninsured citizens of the United States. The reduction on the overall cost of healthcare is vital for the growth and development of the organization thus the opportunity to contribute effectively and efficiently towards the enhancement of the economy. Reduction of the cost of the overall healthcare indicates that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a step to the right direction for the achievement of societal goals and objectives.

Another essential illustration on the benefits or effectiveness of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act towards the realization of quality and pertinent healthcare in the United States is the right of the individuals to seek medical needs regardless of their preexisting conditions. According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, insurance companies lack the ability and capacity to deny children coverage while focusing on their preexisting conditions. This directive and benefit will apply in the case of all the citizens of the United States as from 2014 following the continuous implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This is an indication that insurance companies will have no option or alternative in relation to dropping individuals out of the coverage once they get sick.

Counter-arguments

The uninsured citizens of the United States face a massive problem that requires collective solution by different entities. This is because of two critical issues: essence of human compassion and decency and the problem of the uninsured also affect the insured society members. Despite the fact that Americans are compassionate in relation to their desire to care for the uninsured individuals within the society, there is essence of inefficiency with reference to the systems. Healthcare systems charged with the provision of services and products for the enhancement of health conditions are inefficient.