Health Insurance In The United States

Health, an issue that is timeless for any generation at any point in history. Some of great epidemics that have impacted history are the bubonic plague, ebola, the swine flu and the zika virus Here on United States soil, there many illnesses that affect our population, such as cancer, Hepatitis C, Shingles, Diabetes, tuberculosis, STDs, etc. Unfortunately, our government will intervene with other countries with medical aid, but they decide to make it harder for our citizens to receive the attention needed. Until 2010, when President Obama passed the affordable healthcare act(Obamacare). Majority of U.S. residents agree that, under this act; it has become more affordable to have health insurance. This has created lower prices for the care plans,
On average, our friends from across the pond will pay roughly about $2,200 for coverage and we as American pay a little more than double that price. Our annual cost for health care coverage is close to $5,300. Our country is based off the notion that, if people have jobs they are making enough to pay these prices. The focus for the health care in England is to achieve the absolute basic form of the medical insurance for all adults, then after, they focus on the specific circumstances. Some of which include certain medical expenses and rare forms of financial situations. The Obamacare Act of March 23, 2010; is intended to aid the financially disadvantaged families and households, with lower prices. President Obama wanted equal coverage regardless of race, ethnicity, or religion. This action that has been taken on our country will help the citizens of our states, the legal residents that qualify and our overall economy of the country. Coverage that is affordable so that all people of all ages can be taken care
Some of these disadvantages of the act is that the government is using their own funds, sending them to big name health insurance providers to pay for the discounts that are given to clients across the country. In an article from the Wall Street Journal titled, “Health Law Suffers Another Setback” by Brent Kendall, Stephanie Armour, and Anna Wilde Mathews; explains the details of how this issue is directly affecting the nation’s economy. In the first stanzas of the editorial they state, “A federal judge on Thursday dealt a blow to the Obama administration's health law, ruling the government improperly reimburses insurers to cover discounts to low-income consumers. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated will amount to about $130 billion from 2017 through 2026.”(Kendall, Armour, & Mathews). The quote explains that within year not only will the federal budget decrease but also case the national deficit to increase exponentially. We need a plan that will fill the hole to get us out, not make it deeper. In addition, they also explain how this act will not only affect the national deficit, but also increase the number of uninsured citizens. In another stanza they state, “Some insurers such as UnitedHealth Group Inc. and other companies have already said they are withdrawing from the exchange marketplace because of financial losses. Other