Kategorier: Alle - inequality - security - subsidies - healthcare

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, was designed to make healthcare more affordable and accessible, particularly for individuals and families with low to middle incomes.

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Emun Ghorbani & Aryan Nassiri

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act A.K.A Obamacare

Goals 1. Make health care more affordable 2. Allow the Medicaid program to apply to more people with incomes below the federal poverty level

Lowered the federal deficit
ACA will contuine to save federal dollars through at least 2025
Mix of new spending and taxes, along with cuts to the federal Medicare Program
Reduced inequality
Narrowed the gap between the rich and the poor
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Subsidized health insuarnce for those with low and middle incomes
Made Americans More financially secure
bills in collection have declined
Protect people from catastrophic bills
More comprehensive
maternity care
treatment for drug addiction

What does this Law do? Allows health insurance available to more and more citizens that can't afford it. It also gives subsidies to more families.

Expanding Medicaid to all adults in states that embraced the program
Expanding employer coverage to millions of employees
Improving medicare for seniors and those with long term disablitlities
Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the cost of health care generally

Interest groups

Opposers
High Income individuals

Tax Increase

Republicans

When the held the vote on whether or not to pass it all of the Republicans voted against the Bill.

Supporters
National Womens Law Center

Said that the ACA gave many women the access to comprehensive care that has frequently been out of reach in the past

People with Life Threatening Health Issues

Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease, HIV-AIDS

Organizing For Action(OFA)

They used TV ads and major donations worth millions to help Obamacare