Woe be to ObamaCare. What started as, in some eyes, a great notion has now become the source of consternation and the brunt of jokes. It's too complex, it's too expansive, and it doesn't deliver on what it promised. Many are now calling for a return to The Affordable Care Act.
Poll on 12/4/13 of 2117 registered voters who indicated that they supported Federal healthcare reform.
To understand the difference, please see the table below, which compares the two plans:
As can be seen, ObamaCare is extraordinarily complex, and appears to offer much without any real detail as to how that implementation will be carried out.
The Affordable Care Act, on the other hand, offers many of the features and reforms that the average voter has been hoping for. Perhaps that is why a recent ABC News poll indicated that 79% of voters who favor health care reform prefer The Affordable Care Act.
| ObamaCare | Affordable Care Act |
| Covenant of Issue | No denial coverage for pre-existing conditions |
| Subjacent plan eradication | Inferior healthcare plans no longer legal |
| Non group fiat | Everyone must be covered by plan, Medicaid or Medicare |
| Young adult augmentation | Plans that cover children apply to age 26 |
| Terminate capricious relinquishment | Insurance cannot be canceled because you make an honest mistake |
| Boundless remuneration | No lifetime payout limits on most coverage |
| Prospective prevention | Broader range of wellness services covered |
| Accountability provisions | Insurance companies must justify rate increases > 10% |
| Efficiency precepts | At least 80% (small biz/individual) or 85% (big business) of premiums must go towards benefits and improvements |
| Institute Care Exchanges | You can buy insurance from a website designed for your state |
| Federal appropriation for non-prosperous | If you make no more than 4x the poverty level, your healthcare price will be lowered |
| Medicaid aggrandized | Free government provided healthcare pool is expanded to 133% of poverty level |
| Medicaid coding aggregated | Healthcare providers now paid for bundled full malady as line item, not piecemeal |
| Enterprise directive | Companies of 50 or more must pay for employee healthcare or face a fine |
As can be seen, ObamaCare is extraordinarily complex, and appears to offer much without any real detail as to how that implementation will be carried out.
The Affordable Care Act, on the other hand, offers many of the features and reforms that the average voter has been hoping for. Perhaps that is why a recent ABC News poll indicated that 79% of voters who favor health care reform prefer The Affordable Care Act.
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