The Affordable Care Act is a federal statute signed into law in 2010 that introduces a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system. The act grants the federal government significant regulatory powers and price controls over U.S. medical service providers and insurance companies. The Act’s landmark provisions included an insurance mandate which prohibited insurers from denying coverage to individuals due to preexisting conditions and insurance requirements for individual children who did not have coverage via their families. The Act also required states to set up and main…
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I support the plan, however, private healthcare should at the same time be an option for those who can afford high quality medical care.
No, remove the requirement that employers provide health insurance to their employees.
@9ZB4YKNAmerican Solidarity8mos8MO
No. People and businesses should be able to include and exclude what they want to cover in their insurance.
No, but I would support it if it didn't force coverage for abortion for institutions that conscientiously object to the practice.
Yes; however, I would prefer the United States implement an universal Bismarck model like many European countries or a hybrid Breveridge model like Australia
Like I said everyone should have all parts of healthcare but if something better comes along that should replace Obamacare.
No, I support the concept, but requiring recipients to have private insurance for those who can't afford good insurance is immoral.
Healthcare should be government owned and have government funding put into it for robustness and effeciency, however, private healthcare companies should exist and those above a certain pay grade should be legally forced to use them to relieve strain on the public sector.
Some of the act is good; other parts are not. Markets should be open across state lines
As it stands, no; from what I've read, the original proposal was better and would have introduced much needed competition into the insurance industry
We should have semi-free health care
I think we need free universal healthcare.
Yes, if the people's lifestyles are healthy or change accordingly
No, a single payer healthcare system would be better than a mandate system
Yes, because it can help those in need but no because it also makes it harder for those who have the money for it to get a better insurance
No, it's not good for our nation's working class.
No, I support parts of the plan but not all aspects
Yes, but transition to a universal system
In principle, I am not opposed to a publicly funded medical access; however, I believe that abortion and birth control should be made illegal under any circumstance (and thus not be funded by this action).
Yes, I support a majority of the plan but not all aspects & I support a single payer system as well. No contraceptive mandate with the ACA as well to allow for religious liberty.
No, but keep it in place until a single payer system can be established
Yes, only if it contains the Stupak language preventing taxpayer funded abortions
Yes, I support a majority of the plan but not all aspects & I support a mandatory single payer system as well. No contraceptive mandate with the ACA as well to allow for religious liberty.
Yes, but an optional public option would introduce reduced costs while not being mandatory.
I support much of it as better than what was before, but the mandate is unconstitutional, and a single-payer option for healthcare is a better policy
no but common sense laws against things like preexisting conditions should be passed.
No, but there should be expansions to Medicare and Medicaid to help those who fall through the cracks of the ACA
The government should regulate the insurance companies and require easily accessed pricing. No more special pricing that cash payers don’t receive.
Yes, I support some of the plan but not all aspects. Also, open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs. State universal healthcare cost would be nice as well.
No, switch to single payer healthcare
No, replace it with a decentralized federal system mixed with private companies.
@9C78WL72yrs2Y
I support patient protection and also affordable care should be disbanded and the health care should be free
I have issues with the execution, but I support universal healthcare.
@99GV2JL2yrs2Y
No, a single-payer system is much better than Obamacare
No, legislation should remove and trivialize insurance in the context of healthcare.
I support some of it, but I would prefer a public option type system
No, I support aspects of the plan but not all of it
Yes, I believe it is a good start, but I would like to work towards establishing a healthcare system similar to Germany's healthcare system
Yes, but not to support abortions.
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