Obamacare is wrong for America (1500 words, Need within 24 hours)
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Research Paper
The goal of the research paper is to persuade your audience to accept, or at least consider, your position on a particular topic, to inform, or to educate. Your paper will follow the classic argumentation format.
Classic Argumentation Format Introduction: Introduces topic, gives background, creates interest, states thesis (claim) Confirmation: Use at least four (4) major points to support your claim. This does not mean that you will have four paragraphs. Each major point may take two (2) or more paragraphs to address the issue. Make sure you include your evidence.
Counter-Argument: Acknowledge opposing argument(s) or claim(s) Rebuttal: Refute the opposition using evidence Conclusion: Restate your claim and provide completion, a sense of closure
Basic Information If your thesis (claim) is debatable, take a stand on one side of the issue or the other.
Your conclusion will reflect your informed stance on the issue. You cannot take a neutral position. This not only prevents a strong and lively discussion, but also negates the argument.
SOURCES
1. Atlas, Scott W. Reforming America's Health Care System: The Flawed Vision of Obamacare. Hoover Press, 2010. Hoover Institution Press Publication.
Health policy expert, Scott W. Atlas, discusses both what to expect from the recent health reform legislation and alternatives that should still be considered. The contributor argues that Americans already have a superior health care system and that if Congress enacts reforms that remove artificial barriers and constructively open markets to competition, private-sector creativity will generate innovative, low-cost insurance products for tens of millions of consumers. Atlas mentions “the new legislation will only centralize power to the government”. Moreover, because the health legislation was passed by the Congress and the Obama administration, it creates massive new government authority that controls access to medical care and insurance benefits. “It will reduce choice, shift more regulatory power to bureaucrats, hinder innovation, and ultimately be likely to serve as a rationale for shifting Americans to public plans that restrict access to care”.
2. Goodman, John C. and Calif.) Independent Institute (Oakland. A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America. Independent Institute, 2015.
Despite having surmounted numerous obstacles, the Affordable Care Act—also commonly known as “Obamacare”—remains highly controversial and faces ongoing legal and political challenges. The law's staunchest critics want to repeal and replace the entire law, while even its supporters acknowledge that serious changes are needed. The question is: replace it with what? In A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America, economist and John C. Goodman answers the question clearly and concisely. Goodman says, “the great fear of the Obama administration was that millions of healthy people would avoid enrolling in the insurance exchanges during the first open-enrollment period”. “In Massachusetts, people who game the system are called “jumpers” and “dumper.” They wait until they are sick to enroll and “jump in.” Then. After they got the care they need and get their medical bills paid, they drop their coverage. Of course, if the only people who have health insurance are people who are sick, the cost of insurance will go right through the roof.”
3. Office Of The Legislative Counsel. "Compilation Of Patient Protection." 1 5 2010. HealthCare.gov. Web. 28 11 2017. http://housedocs.house.gov/energycommerce/ ppacacon.pdf.
This document was prepared by the attorneys and staff of the House Office of the Legislative Counsel (HOLC) for the use of its attorneys and clients. It is of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (‘‘PPACA’’; Public Law 111–148) consolidating the amendments made by title X of the Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (‘‘HCERA’’; Public Law 111–152). The text of the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 (S. 1790). The comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 (sometimes known as ACA, PPACA, or “Obamacare”).
4. Selker, Harry P. The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment. New York: Springer New York, 2014. Web. 28 11 2017.
This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. This book adds to the public conversation about the ACA and its role in shaping health policy and contributes to a more realistic, nuanced, and productive understanding of this ground-breaking legislation by physicians, policy makers, and the public. It also provides a framework for next steps in continuing to improve U.S. health policy. In the book, “the June 2012 Supreme Court ruling made it optional instead of mandatory for individual states to participate in the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to low-income individuals as means of covering people who cannot afford to purchase health insurance.”
