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Essay On Health Care Reform

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The American Healthcare system has been criticized for many years. Politicians make Healthcare reform as one of the main issues, trying to earn extra votes on presidential and others political elections. People can’t afford to go to hospitals because it costs too much and health insurance companies set high premiums for those who have had or have an illness. I believe the solution to the healthcare crisis will be the introduction of free basic health care services, such as emergency services, physician care, outpatient medical services, preventive care and basic child and maternal health care, along with the well-developed private healthcare sector. There are many great examples of countries that follow this basic example: France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Norway and Russia, where free health care has been practiced for …show more content…

ObamaCare regulates medical insurance, creating quality and availability of Private Insurance. A private Insurance Plan can be purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The PPACA requires that all American citizens obtain health insurance and those who can’t afford it will be qualified for an insurance plan that is covered by the government. The uninsured individuals are subject to a penalty that is paid on their tax return. The uninsured rate of 2015 is 9.2% and it is the lowest for the last 50 years, comparing to 15.7% in 2009. From the statistics of 2015, the increase of insurance premiums averaged 4.2%. There was much opposition before, during and after Obama signed the PPACA, but according to the recent numbers it works and more people are now insured than just a few years ago. The number of uninsured citizens dropped by an impressive 16.4 million and I believe with time the uninsured will decrease even more, which will lead to a higher rate of life

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