You're going to get a couple different answers here.
Those that qualify for the ACA, they get good coverage at a much reduced rate.=love it
For those that don't qualify, like me, their payments for insurance have skyrocketed.=hate it.
How do you feel abt Obama Care? Please b honest with me. I think its a great idea.
It's a wonderful idea on paper.
But it's terrible, in reality.
The reason Trump tried to get rid of the government subsidies, is because they were unConstitutional. Without those, the FULL price of premiums would fall on consumers - and the poor would not be able to afford the insurance.
As it stands, the system depends on the young and healthy buying insurance to offset the cost of people who use a lot. But the young and healthy aren't buying in because it's cheaper for them to pay the tax fine.
Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel ... Congress needs to see what is working in other countries, and just copy that.
It was a noble idea, recklessly rushed into law, increasingly terrible in practice.
It's a good start. But it isn't what everyone wants it to be. We're still under the control of private insurance companies. Now think about it, a public marketplace for private goods. It's not a charity, it's a for profit business and they will gouge you to the extent that the law and supply v demand allows them to.
But insurance in general, in the American sense, is something you get by getting a good job. It's something you discuss about as part of the compensation package when you negotiate your salary before being hired.
It sucks. The cost is to high and I'm either paying for things I don't believe in, or, paying for things I don't need. Africa says that health is a right in there constitution. Yet, no one has health care cause it's not affordable. I went from paying 14% to 26%. Other countries have tried this and 60% of wages goes to government. Let me break it down. For every 100 dollars you make you give 60 dollars. 1000 you give 600. I think the government should butt out. Everything they touch gets worse. If I wanted to be in a communist state, id move to North Korea, Venezuela, not where they are trying sociism, but where socialism has been successfully implemented.
Not everybody can count on neighbors and friends or 'community' which was what made Obama care such a good idea.
Many many people have been helped, but its obvious you don't really care how many are helped.