Poverty in America More than forty-five million people‚ or 14.5% of Americans today are living below the federal poverty line. As we know twenty-two percent of wealth is owned by only one percent of the population. This means that only 78 percent of Americas wealth is distributed throughout the upper middle class‚ lower middle class‚ working poor‚ etc. According to Frank Holmes a person that is apart of the 1% has to earn at least $521‚ 411. While a family of four that is considered to be living
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tax. It is not within congress’s power to require Americans‚ as a requirement to live in this country‚ to acquire a commodity‚ including health insurance. Now make a mental note‚ Obamacare could only be upheld as a tax. Not saying it would be a legitimate tax but let’s entertain the notion. To be a lawful tax‚ Obamacare would have to follow all the constitution’s conditions for the imposition of taxes. Because Democrats bull headedly maintained that their independent achievement was not a tax‚ its
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physical checkups‚ radiology and blood tests‚ and surgical expenses. It also covers the cost of medicine and reimburses for medical expenses. Many people were uninsured until 2008 when President Obama was elected. He began an insurance plan called ObamaCare which made it cheaper and easier to have health insurance compared to private insurance companies. The amount of Americans having insurance has risen greatly since President Obama’s first term in 2008. Between 2008-2009 the percentage of uninsured
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The Affordable car act also known as Obama Care‚ had its difficulties launching‚ and has face some major battles on the way. After Obama signed the Affordable care act on March 23‚ 2010‚ the pressure pushed to repeal the act increased over the years. Since Obama’s election into the White House in 2010‚ the Affordable Care Act was passed due to the powers possessed by democrats over the House and the Senate. The democrats faced backlash from the republicans because of their control. After the republicans
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 The Supreme Court ruled on June 28‚ 2012 that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 also known as the ObamaCare Act is to be upheld‚ even the controversial parts‚ where people without health insurance will have to pay a fine starting in 2014. The ObamaCare Act was started to “help reduce overall health care costs by making services available to 32 million who currently cannot get health insurance”(useconomy.about.com‚ part of
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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
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government of a free society starts to add restrictions to free people such as business regulations or gun restrictions‚ it not only violates our right to bear arms but then the government is reaching it’s hand into our business. For example he ObamaCare Employer Mandate or “employer mandate” is a requirement
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Federalism Federalism is a form of government whose power is shared between its units. Dividing the power mean each unit has some form of jurisdiction and independence. In fact‚ federalism is all about the relationship between local‚ state‚ and federal government. Also‚ we have various types of governments around the world. Unitary is a form of government that rules by one individual leader. In Confederalism‚ the power is mostly given to the states or subunits. The United Nations is an example
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income of medical assistants is approximately $30‚ 590; roughly $14.71 per hour.1 However‚ with the current possibility of a repeal in Obamacare‚ we could see the opposite in the next four years. It is estimated that a total of as many as 360‚000 citizens could lose coverage in some states‚ with over one to two million citizens estimated countrywide. Under Obamacare‚ an estimated 27 million uninsured received coverage.
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news stations and newspapers such as: USA Today‚ CNN‚ CBS‚ The New York Times‚ and our local news stations for over two weeks. This issue unknowingly amongst Americans has been debated for over one year now‚ ever since the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare had been proposed to congress. The Affordable Care Act will make it mandatory for all Americans to own health insurance. “A shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people‚ right away. Past shutdowns have disrupted the economy significantly
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