Argumentative Essay On Obamacare

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act commonly known as Obamacare was signed into a law on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama.1 In July of 2009, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi along with a group of Democrats from the House of Representatives disclosed a plan that included reform within the healthcare system introducing the Affordable Care Act.2 On September 17, 2009 this bill was introduced in the House and a few weeks later the bill was passed/agreed on. In December 24, 2009 the law was then passed in the Senate. On March 21st, 2010 with resolving differences, the house agreed to the changes to the law made by the Senate and the plan was approved by the House in a 219-212 vote. On March 23, 2010 the law was signed into an

This is a major positive effect on health and nutrition services. Registered Dietitians will now be reimbursed by Medicare when working with primary care providers for primary prevention steps and treating risk factors of cardiovascular disease and obesity.3 A major provision that the act provides is that it requires that the majority of U.S citizens have health insurance. Additionally, the Medicaid program expands to the nation’s poor and private insurances cannot deny anyone coverage who has prior conditions or diseases.4 According to Dalen, et al., since the law became an act, “Americans without health insurance decreased from “18% in 2013 to 13% in 2014”.5 Young adults now have the option to have coverage available until the age of 26 which reduces the worry of graduating and not having insurance

It positively affects those services because it is requiring that all restaurants which include fast-food chains and vending machines to display total calories of food items and have nutritional information in writing. This is a major step forward in improving the nation’s health. By giving people the option to see how “healthy” and “unhealthy” the food they are consuming is, people may now be prone to making better choices rather than having negative health effects down the road. The major groups that support this policy are Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technician’s. This group is seeing preventive steps occurring that support obesity and cardiovascular disease which therefore can hopefully improve the health of this nation. Through this policy RD’s now, while working with primary care physicians, can be reimbursed by Medicare for preventive actions and treating risk factors for cardiovascular disease and obesity.3 This policy assists customers in selecting healthier options and fewer calorie food items by displaying visual information for the public to see. Ideally this will encourage people to be more conscious when choosing a food