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Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout

          We know about the Health care reform which was passed three years ago. Some people supported the law as it makes it easier to get and keep the health insurance and some did not agree because, they were concerned about the financial conditions. Even though it helped a lot of people, there were news that there are concerns about the health care reform. Companies who has more 30 full time employees are planning to lessen the number employees, as they could not pay for them. Many other small businesses are experiencing financial issues because of health care reform. The article, "Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout" written by Robert Pear published on 25th April 2013 on New York Times reports the Denis R. McDonough, President Obama’s new chief of staff’s question on the concerns of the health care law with other Democratic senators. The article states the views of different senators being cautious about the health care law. As there are issues that need to be fixed regarding the health care law, the Obama Administration worked on making the law “optional” for the workers which is known to be health care premium.

         Jeffrey Young in Huffington post reported that the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield submitted a proposal to Maryland regulators on Wednesday that would take effect in 2014 for people who buy their own health insurance, rather than obtain it from their jobs.  Robert Pear in the article, "Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns about Health Care Law Rollout" said that the company said the higher premiums reflected costs of complying with the new law. However, the health care is optional for the workers, I think it will still benefit the people who need health insurance.