piece of legislation known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ more informally known as Obamacare. The issue currently debated with this piece of legislature focuses on it ’s constitutionality‚ it ’s purpose as a tax hike‚ and whether or not it should be passed. Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? From what I have studied in the article “Is Obamacare unconstitutional?”‚ at debatetopics.net‚ and from what I know of the act‚ I would say that it is certainly
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Topic: Obamacare Health Reform Thesis: Obamacare is beneficial despite its downfalls‚ being that it provides healthcare‚ promote health‚ and control cost. Possible Introduction: Obamacare is a new law to take full effect in 2014 that can provide 32 million uninsured Americans with health insurance. Insurance company’s costs will be lower and more affordable for everyone. The law sounds great‚ but many people believe Obamacare can cause problems with quality of service provided and many other
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“If I am elected President‚ I will repeal Obamacare and propose commonsense reform that makes health care personal‚ portable‚ and affordable. I will expand competition in the marketplace‚ empower consumers and patients to make healthcare decisions with their doctors‚ and disempower the government from getting in between doctors and their patients.” Cruz announced the repeal of Obamacare today and it eliminated all fines for people and companies that failed to comply with the mandates. It also eliminated
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Federalism States and Federal Law • State and local government policymaking is affected by federal preemptions and federal mandates. Federal Preemption • The federal government prevents state and local governments from making policy in some policy areas. • The proponents of preemption believe that uniform national regulatory standards are preferable to state-by-state regulation. • In contrast‚ critics of preemption contend that congressional efforts to override state authority violate
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Historical Misrepresentation of the Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act also known as ObamaCare is a statute signed into a law by President Barack Obama on March‚ 23 2010. This act is a part of a health care reform which among other things will change and regulate requirements for employers group insurance plans as well as private health plans and public health programs. Ever since ACA was introduced it has been
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Obamacare: Failing or Fake News For years‚ the Grand Old Party (GOP)‚ also known as the Republican Party‚ indicated the party would work nonstop to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ signed into law by President Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The Act was created to increase the quality‚ availability‚ and affordability of private and public health insurance for more than 44 million of uninsured Americans. Additionally‚ the purpose was to slow growth in healthcare spending in the United States. While
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National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Life was different back in the 1880s. The telephone had just been invented‚ James Garfield was president‚ and doctors used heroin and cocaine as medicine. Alas‚ many doctors knew very little about medicine. Oftentimes unsafe and unsterile practices were used on patients. The NY Times reports that‚ “At least a dozen medical experts probed the President [Garfield]’s wound‚ often with unsterilized metal instruments or bare hands‚ as was
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Niyyah Bilal Hayes October 19‚ 2014 Adejumo POS2041 The Affordable Care Act and Minorities After decades of health-care reform attempts‚ the U.S Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act). In response to this the 16th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health’s (the Institute) June 8th‚ 2010 topic was “What Will Health-Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities”. As we move
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OBAMACARE Health care is a basic human right. The idea that healthy young people shouldn’t have to pay as much for insurance is rooted in the notion that people should pay the cost of treatment when they get sick or old or injured. Insurance is just a way of separating people into groups of similar risk; it’s still basically charging people the cost of treating their ailments. We’re all in this world together with all its diseases and afflictions. We should bear the cost collectively‚ making
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The Evolution of the Constitution American federalism has changed drastically since its genesis. In 1776 the thirteen colonies adopted the Articles of Confederation in order to coordinate their efforts in the war for independence. The Articles of Confederation bound the states together in two main aspects; foreign and military affairs. The Articles of Confederation worked well while all the states had a common cause. However‚ as soon as the war ended and interests began to change‚ it became obvious
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