Argumentative Essay On Obama Care

In 2006, an estimated fifty million people lacked medical insurance in the United States of America (Pibel). Uninsured Americans were charged significantly more for basic services and died when medical care could have saved them. Unfortunately, it’s not only the uninsured who suffer in this desperate situation. Of the more than one million, five-hundred thousand bankruptcies filed in the United States before President Barack Obama’s administration, about half were a result of medical bills; of those, three-quarters of filers actually had health insurance (Pibel 1). On March 23 of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law. Also known as “Obamacare,” this law primarily functions to decrease the number of uninsured Americans
Before the Supreme Court upheld the reformed health care system, Texas-natives Jerry and Charles Fielder were denied coverage from sixteen medical insurance providers due to the couples’ medical history (Aleccia 1). After giving up employer-sponsored care when opening a small business, the couple was unable to find sufficient private insurance that accepted Charles’ recurring heart issues and Jerry’s battle with lymphoma (Aleccia 1). This case was all too common in the United States before President Barack Obama’s push for health care reform. American citizens can now have confidence in knowing that the government has mandated that medical insurance companies cannot deny them based on pre-existing conditions. No longer do citizens have to go without insurance and pay for medical bills out of pocket because they were denied their right to health care; instead, they can be confident in their abilities to find an insurance company that will stick with them through thick and