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.
In theory, I suppose the health care reform sounds very nice, but after it's been processed- not so much. Yes, it may be easier for anyone to obtain health insurance and therefore care, but how will budget cuts and less employees in the workplace ensure that this will be quality care? If the care we recieve may not be any help to us at all, wouldn't it be better to put a price on it? Maybe free health care isn't so "free" after all.
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