The Affordable Health Care act is helping many in ways that we have never seen before. Tens of millions of uninsured people will get access to affordable, high-quality health insurance through Medicaid expansion, their employers, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. Obamacare ensures you that you can’t …show more content…
The US and Mexico are the only countries of the thirty four member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), that do not have universal health coverage. Those in favor of the health care system state that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. It is believed that it would put an end to medical bankruptcies. Many people are struggling in the united states due to the huge lump sum of medical bills because they are not covered by insurance. Also there's an idea that making it universal would improve public health overall. Many do not go and see doctors because they can't afford to see one due to not having any insurance coverage making people more ill. There is the idea that it will help small businesses strive further and even reduce the overall health care spending. We see in the documentary, Sick Around America, that all the people who are suffering from injuries and illnesses are in massive debt due to all the medical bills that are thrown at them. There is an insurance for health care called medical underwriting health care which avoids those with illnesses so the company doesn't have to pay for them. This company makes it harder for people to receive insurance because it can be such a simple illness that makes them not applicable for health care. We need universal health care or we will have people struggling all over to protect themselves and even watch their loved ones struggle and not do anything about