Repealing the ACA Without a Replacement

For this blog post I chose to use an article I found for another class of mine. The article was titled, “Repealing the ACA without a Replacement- The Risks to American Health Care”, by former president Barrack Obama. In the article, Obama discusses how like most things policy changes with the country’s leadership. Although some changes can improve the state of the United States not having a plan before repeal can not only not improve but decline. Adopting the ACA gave many Americans health insurance, more than ever before. Not only did the ACA provide coverage to more people it also rewarded providers for providing better quality care rather than quantity.  Repealing the ACA would take benefits away but also would prevent others from getting a job due to preexisting conditions.

This article is very recent because just last week the GOP’s voted to repeal the bill. The effect that this event could have would not only effect patients but hospital administrators. Administrators would have to meet to discuss the effects it has on patients that may be in for long term care but unable to pay, or patients that have been seeking treatment for an extended period of time and surgeries are upcoming but they will no longer have coverage. Another discussion that will need to take place is what positive changes could come out of a repeal of the bill. Unfortunately, no one will know the effects of repeal have until it happens but it is just a matter of time.



Obama, B. H. (2017, January 26). Repealing the ACA Without a Replacement- The Risks to American Health Care. Retrieved September 19, 2017, from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1616577

Comments

  1. MelissaSeptember 28, 2017 at 5:23 PM

    Ryan, this is a hot topic of discussion in the healthcare sector and among Americans. While the Affordable Care Act had some good outcomes, not all outcomes from it were good and I believe that it could be better. While I totally agree with covering pre-existing conditions and for making healthcare coverage affordable for everyone; it still isn't affordable for everyone and many people are choosing to pay the low cost penalty which is less expensive than monthly healthcare premiums for coverage. I am not saying we need more government regulations, but insurance companies seem to have raised premiums, lowered coverage, all in the past few years under the ACA. I have family members that never had health insurance before and now they do because of the ACA, and that is a good news story. I believe that it will take our government leaders a long hard look at healthcare reform before they come to a consensus to repeal the ACA and right now it does not seem that the repeal is in our near future, as many of our congressman and woman and senators do not like the replacement plan. Great topic to stay abreast of as you move forward in your healthcare career, because it all impacts the bottom-line for our healthcare facilities, providers, but most importantly our patients.

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  2. Mark BonicaOctober 1, 2017 at 6:03 PM

    The ACA created a lot of uncertainty when it was first implemented; now all this talk of repeal is creating more uncertainty. Why do you think that is bad?

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