Is Obamacare playing out the way it should?
The controversy, rumblings and conspiracy theories surrounding Obamacare refuses to die down. Just when you thought, that everything that could be ever lauded or criticized about, Obamacare was over. John A Boehner’s current controversial statement of Obamacare resulting in net loss of patients with insurance coverage has raised eyebrows and voices of dissent.
Millions and millions of Americans are losing their coverage due to Obamacare, seniors in particular are facing the brunt of a healthcare law that is snatching away benefits, they’d enjoyed for years.
What do those thousand plus pages mean to the healthcare industry?
According to a recent statistic as many as 4.7 million Americans have had their healthcare plans cancelled. Stopgap measures, such as the one year exemption for those who’ve had their coverage plans cancelled, to have healthcare coverage, have proved to be equally unsuccessful and unpopular.
Damage control measures can ironically be counterproductive as eleventh hour changes can cause more mayhem and instability. It further proves that the thousand plus page law may not be the magic fix to bring down costs, as it was hoped to be.
Like your plan? Lose it…
The president’s promise to citizens that if they like their healthcare law they can keep it has turned out to be a false and hasty promise. Apart from the millions of individuals who’ve lost coverage, nearly 80 million people with employer healthcare plans stand to lose their benefits as well. Employers are gob-smacked by the high prices of Obamacare.
Jumping at shadows?
The enrollment phase has just reached the half way mark and it may be a tad too early to jump at conclusions. The number of people who’ve lost coverage is slightly jacked up and the paranoia surrounding the new law will have to abate. It is being widely hoped that Obamacare will elbow out archaic healthcare plans and usher in more affordable and well planned coverage plans.
Several healthcare experts feel that the counterbalancing efforts taken by the Government have been largely ignored by the rabble rousers. The ACA can end the fear of medical bankruptcy for millions of Americans and reduce costs in the long run. It can improve healthcare and make good quality medical treatment affordable for all. People across the USA are praying hard that these don’t turn out to be failed promises as well!
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