What are the main points of Obamacare?
The law has 3 primary goals:
- Make affordable health insurance available to more people.
- Expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the FPL.
- Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health care generally.
Was Obamacare any good?
Benefits of the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act has both increased the number of insured Americans and improved the coverage offered by health insurance companies. Millions of previously uninsured Americans have been able to obtain health insurance because of the ACA.
What were the 3 goals of the Affordable Care Act?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has 3 main objectives: (1) to reform the private insurance market—especially for individuals and small-group purchasers, (2) to expand Medicaid to the working poor with income up to 133% of the federal poverty level, and (3) to change the way that medical decisions …
How has Obamacare affected health care spending?
FACT: Due to ObamaCare’s cost-curbing provisions, health care spending growth has been curbed under the Affordable Care Act. In 2014 costs grew at the slowest rate on record (since 1960). See data from HealthSystemTracker.org and CMS.Gov.
What happened to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
The ACA was upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012, and has since been subject to a number of changes over time due to executive, legislative, and judicial action. Currently, the fate of the ACA is somewhat uncertain as a Texas federal judge ruled the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) unconstitutional on Dec 14 2018.
Does Obamacare regulate your health care?
FACT: ObamaCare doesn’t regulate your health care; it regulates health insurance along with some of the worst practices of the for-profit healthcare industry. The video below will tell you Everything You Need to Know About ObamaCare in under 7 minutes. The video below was made in 2014, but everything outside of a few dates is still applicable.