Affordable Care Act Pros And Cons

The Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act is a bill intended to increase the quality of health insurance and lower the costs that Democrats proclaimed would help everyone in the nation, regardless of their ability to pay and regardless of any preexisting condition they might have. Additionally reducing the number of people in the United States not covered by any health care insurance. The Affordable Care Act is the most comprehensive reform to the health care system since the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s. More than 190 years before that, when creating the Constitution, the founders of the United States worked hard creating a system of checks and balances as one of the most important principle aspects of Government.

Though very concerned they might not have enough votes to pass the bill, Democrats became more concerned when consequently after Ted Kennedy dies, leaving an empty seat in the Senate. His vote would mean they have the 60 seat super majority required to pass the amount of favorable votes to pass a piece of legislation. This puts the Affordable Care Act at risk for failure. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid chose the process called the Reconciliation Tool to present the Affordable Care Act for a vote. Created in 1974 the Reconciliation Tool or the Budget Act will help them pass the Affordable Care Act. Congress normally uses it when need to pass cuts and budget deficits because it allows a bill to pass without following the normal rules and processes. There are no filibusters and no requirement for the normal 60 Senator Supermajority, it only requires 51 votes are required to process and pass a bill. To formally bring the bill before the Senate for a vote, they need to show budget savings to allow the bill to be processed under the reconciliation process. The House Ways and Means committee found over a billion dollars in savings, whether real or fictitious, they were able to accomplish the needed potential savings to show the Affordable Care Act would be a budget savings. This is a total detour from the way normal bills are presented and this

Then two days later on March 25th, the Senate passed the Bill by a vote of 56 to 43 vote with 2 major provisions. Obama also made revisions to the bill without going through normal channels to make the changes. The House passed the bill a few hours later by a vote of 220 to 207. The Obama Care Law was executed by the 11th U.S. Congress. Shortly afterwards, the Obama administration again went around the check and balance system. The Health and Human Service Secretary created Obama care implementation, completely without Congressional oversight. “Acting without authorization, the President has altered Obama care, choosing not to enforce sections harmful to his friends and donors in government, unions and big