What is ObamaCare and why is it so good/bad?
Speaking as someone from the UK, I have no idea what ObamaCare is. Why did Obama create it and why does Trump want to get rid of it?
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CaptainCanadia · 41-45, M
To give you a real answer:
The US has private health care so nothing like the NHS. The goal of the ACA (Obamacare) was to insure as many people as possible. It did this by trying to put everyone on private insurance - if all the healthy people are paying in, the premiums go down. Join, or pay a fine. The ACA also tried to give people subsidies to make premiums cheaper, and guaranteed insurance for people with pre-existing health conditions. Previously if you had a chronic heart issue you would never get insurance.
Republicans always hated it because they see the individual mandate (fee for not participating) is an assault on liberty.
The ACA has kind of half-worked. A lot more people got insurance who couldn't get it before... but a lot still aren't on it. So the premiums got really expensive for some people and they can't afford their health care. Trump wanted to get rid of it because Republicans want it gone, and enough Americans want it gone.
However, the problem is that Trump's new health care plan is the same thing, done worse. So nobody likes it.
The US has private health care so nothing like the NHS. The goal of the ACA (Obamacare) was to insure as many people as possible. It did this by trying to put everyone on private insurance - if all the healthy people are paying in, the premiums go down. Join, or pay a fine. The ACA also tried to give people subsidies to make premiums cheaper, and guaranteed insurance for people with pre-existing health conditions. Previously if you had a chronic heart issue you would never get insurance.
Republicans always hated it because they see the individual mandate (fee for not participating) is an assault on liberty.
The ACA has kind of half-worked. A lot more people got insurance who couldn't get it before... but a lot still aren't on it. So the premiums got really expensive for some people and they can't afford their health care. Trump wanted to get rid of it because Republicans want it gone, and enough Americans want it gone.
However, the problem is that Trump's new health care plan is the same thing, done worse. So nobody likes it.