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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@928M2663yrs3Y
No, healthcare should be free
@9RXQ7CB11mos11MO
Yes, but a non-mandatory single payer system with allowances for private healthcare options would be even better
@9NX299F1yr1Y
Can we just help those who need it and make paying for health care cheaper and more widespread? And not turn down those who seriously need help.
@9HGDJ992yrs2Y
Medicare for all... all Federal Employees should only be offered Medicare as their employment benefit same with social security.. no matching 401ks
@9FT5RY72yrs2Y
I support the principle and ideology behind it but i think there is still a long way to go to make it what it's supposed to be.
@9F9HRBT2yrs2Y
Instead of spending exuberant amounts of money on free healthcare we should adress the volatile healthcare market monopoly.
@9DFSN762yrs2Y
I don’t really know nothing about it.
@9DCFKZC2yrs2Y
ive heard about obamacare but i never learned what it meant
@8P42VZX5yrs5Y
Only people with preexisting conditions, other than that I think healthcare should not be controlled by the government.
@8MTP7525yrs5Y
No, the idea is good but not the way it is being done
@9943K4YIndependent2yrs2Y
Really just have affordable health care to those less fortunate.
@95LPKGK3yrs3Y
I dont even know what that is.
@93NG3HV3yrs3Y
No not universal healthcare
@92J6MTG3yrs3Y
No, a single payer system would be better - the problem is insurance co's and Obamacare only holds us hostage to them.
@925Y9C43yrs3Y
yes although its not perfect and allow consumers to import pharmaceuticals from other countries
@8ZLH4CT3yrs3Y
All I know is Healthcare should not be for profit
@8ZJFGLN3yrs3Y
support majority allow consuemrs to chose providers and improt from other coutnries
Yes, but needs improvement
They should make it cheaper or of not even better for free because the United Kingdom have it that way.
@8YP9SGD3yrs3Y
No, but I think healthcare should be more widely available
@8YKT7BX3yrs3Y
No, It is wasting peoples money for other people to get health care
Health care should be free, other countries like the UK and Russia have free health care, we could possibly use there ideas.
@8Y5N5XZ4yrs4Y
Let's have a Universal Healthcare system instead
@8WTMHGKLibertarian4yrs4Y
the individual mandate is clearly a troubling overreach of government power to force someone to buy a commercial product, drug imports should be allowed, prescription drugs should be made OTC whenever possible and we need to overhaul liability law regarding malpractice and have a "patient bull of rights" that forces clear and consistent pricing.
@8W6MZQ84yrs4Y
To an extent. I believe that Governmental Healthcare provided to Tax Payers should be a viable option, but privatized healthcare should similarly be available.
@8VCTFGG4yrs4Y
health care should be universal and be for the people by the people
@8TVTSD8Independent4yrs4Y
not really sure what it is or what it does for people
@8SYS5CVProgressive4yrs4Y
Yes, but I would prefer we have universal free healthcare.
@8STKB3W4yrs4Y
i think it was a great idea with awful execution
@8SBN89G4yrs4Y
yes if it actually helps people
@8RVX2MR4yrs4Y
yes but there should be no single payer system and allow consumers to choose providers and import pharmaceuticauls from other countries
@8RSHTFC4yrs4Y
Yes, but don't affect those who don't need it.
Yes, but there should be free healthcare for all
@8R2JXDT4yrs4Y
No, a single payer or privatized approach is better.
@8Q8L39K4yrs4Y
I do support the idea. But Obamacare is very bad.
@8PSFNPP5yrs5Y
I like some aspects of the program but also think we need open markets.
@8PGZGT4Progressive5yrs5Y
No, we should implement universal healthcare.
@8PFJPCC5yrs5Y
i support a majority but not all aspects and allow a private option and allow consumers to import pharmaceuticals from other countries
@8PBV5265yrs5Y
yes but keep the private option and allow to import pharmaceuticals from other countries
@8NPLTWR5yrs5Y
Obamacare is a worse failure than Detroit after the 60's
@8MKR54F5yrs5Y
Yes, but I believe in free healthcare
@8M4DXB75yrs5Y
No but continue coverage till age 26 and no preexisting conditions
Yes, and we need a more comprehensive restructuring of our healthcare system than the act entails.
@8LV7W875yrs5Y
with modifications that align with constitution
Universal Healthcare for all is the true solution.
@8LBPT795yrs5Y
The concept is fair, but it is extremely expensive.
@8KT6Y4T5yrs5Y
I support Patient Protection
@8JSX5MR5yrs5Y
As long as healthcare companies don't use monopolistic practices, the government can opt-out of healthcare
@8J85SX8Republican5yrs5Y
No. I support the goal, but I do not think this was a great plan. It created more problems and allowed more loopholes to prevent people from receiving the healthcare they need. Socialized healthcare only takes away incentives to provide adequate health services.
@8H74PKB5yrs5Y
There should be set limits on all healthcare, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. And the government shouldn’t be able to tell you what you have to do. Like making it mandatory to wear masks. That should be personal decision.
@8H5GJMJIndependent5yrs5Y
The USA should realocate all funds and budget to public services, military, police, fire fighting, EMS, medical, schools.
@8GSZVTH5yrs5Y
No, people should decide if they want healthcare or not. Not everyone can afford healthcare so forcing them to have healthcare and pay for it isn't fair.
@8GSFJVH5yrs5Y
Only support pre existing conditions and ensuring yearly physicals for preventative care
@8FBBFHD5yrs5Y
No, it made us captive in forcing us to do business with a corrupt, obscene industry
@8F6QF535yrs5Y
No, the government should fully pay for health care.
@8CD9YYZ5yrs5Y
No, obamacare only makes us captive to the insurance companies. Might as well just pay slightly more taxes and make healthcare single payer
@8CD5MXR5yrs5Y
Yes, but allow employers to opt out providing abortifacient services.
@9C48WZJProgressive2yrs2Y
We need medicare for all
@98K7ZMK3yrs3Y
They should not put loads of money into the healthcare that's being taken away from the army
@984B8RY3yrs3Y
Bruh I hate Obama and Biden
@97S2L9M3yrs3Y
Neutral; I don't really have an answer and don't really care.
@8TLZJ7K4yrs4Y
Don’t have enough knowledge on this, personally.
@8P5L2LY5yrs5Y
Medicare for All is the bare *minimum* we should accept
@8LHY5LJ5yrs5Y
@8K4W28T5yrs5Y
Yes, but a single payer option or baseline for care would be better
@8G3ZXBLRepublican5yrs5Y
No but it should be improved.
@8FX87NP5yrs5Y
I agree that pre-existing conditions should not be able to be a reason. To deny coverage. I also think that a system to provide Healthcare to all is a good thing. I do not however feel that it should be mandated to purchase insurance and/or opting into Obama care.
@8FGRLW55yrs5Y
No because for some people it is way too expensive and we need a cheaper one.
@8VBBFXY4yrs4Y
Only if the prices go down because healthcare is so expensive
@9FP2KHQ2yrs2Y
Yes, but a multi-faceted-regulated single-payer system run and managed by multiple extensions of government would be even better, of course, approved and verified by medical professionals who would be the highest management power in that sector.
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