The Affordable Care Act needs to be repealed in its entirety. There are too many problems with it to mention them all here, but here are some of the things I have found:
1) Raises premiums by 65% with no appreciable benefit.
2) State will lien your heirs, and take your house, if you don't make at least 135% of the federal poverty rate.
3) Elimination of market competition because the exchanges won't let you sell coverage unless you have a provider network in every county that you wish to sell insurance.
4) US HHS and the IRS, have openly stated they will not enforce the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act. (There are citations on the net about this).
Congressman McDermott has introduced legislation, that would allow the states to opt out of the Affordable Care ACt, and use their federal money to create their own single payer plan. This is a good bill, but the states definitely don't need money to move forward with their own reform. In spite of the financial status, I am still recommending people contact their congressman, and ask them to endorse Jim McDermott's bill. We need to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, and the exchanges that were created.
If you lived in Taiwan, your premiums would average around $1300/year, and you would usually pay around 60% of this, and the government would pick up the rest. Additionally you would have access to many treatments that the US medical community has never heard about. To get an idea of what you are missing, take a look at the data in the following URL http://www.nhi.gov.tw/English/webdata/webdata.aspx?menu=11&menu_id=591&WD_ID=591&webdata_id=3153 There is no Medicaid, no Medicare, no politics, no collection agencies, no bills, much lower taxes than the US, and a truly responsive system.
1) Raises premiums by 65% with no appreciable benefit.
2) State will lien your heirs, and take your house, if you don't make at least 135% of the federal poverty rate.
3) Elimination of market competition because the exchanges won't let you sell coverage unless you have a provider network in every county that you wish to sell insurance.
4) US HHS and the IRS, have openly stated they will not enforce the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act. (There are citations on the net about this).
Congressman McDermott has introduced legislation, that would allow the states to opt out of the Affordable Care ACt, and use their federal money to create their own single payer plan. This is a good bill, but the states definitely don't need money to move forward with their own reform. In spite of the financial status, I am still recommending people contact their congressman, and ask them to endorse Jim McDermott's bill. We need to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, and the exchanges that were created.
If you lived in Taiwan, your premiums would average around $1300/year, and you would usually pay around 60% of this, and the government would pick up the rest. Additionally you would have access to many treatments that the US medical community has never heard about. To get an idea of what you are missing, take a look at the data in the following URL http://www.nhi.gov.tw/English/webdata/webdata.aspx?menu=11&menu_id=591&WD_ID=591&webdata_id=3153 There is no Medicaid, no Medicare, no politics, no collection agencies, no bills, much lower taxes than the US, and a truly responsive system.