Obamacare

This isn't a debate. Please don't start a debate if you're just looking for answers to your questions. That's what Google is for. I suggest you search for factual information about the ACA for websites the aren't a ".com". Look for scholarly sites with ".org" or ".edu", and possible even ".gov" (depending on the subject). Stay away from sites that are directly associated with the news media, that are clearly partisan (political), or related to for profit organizations like the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. If you're going to debate something, you have to already have a firm stance on a topic. Debating is about making substantive, informative, persuasive statements. You must also be as prepared to loose as you are to win. For this day forward, please base your debate topics off of logic, which is the standard for a good argument. Logic = consistency. Inconsistency leads to contradictions. A proper argument means that, using deductive reasoning as a valid method, if the premises are true, then the conclusion must also be true. An example of this would be: 1. If I am breathing, I am alive. 2. I am breathing. Therefore, I am alive You could also use inductive reasoning, which is similar to deductive reasoning, except that the conclusion is probably true. An example of this would be: 1. All emeralds I have seen are green. Therefore, the next emerald I will see will be green. A deductive argument can be valid or sound. Valid, in this context, is defined as the conclusions necessarily follow the premises. Validity is very important because it is an objective way of critiquing an argument. Soundness means that the conclusions are actually true, and correspond with the real world. 1. I have an apple. Therefore I have a fruit. (valid and sound) 1. I saw a horses with a single horn and wings. 2. A unicorn is a mythical horse with a single horn and wings. Therefore, I saw a unicorn. (valid but not sound) 1. If you have a car, then you have four wheels. 2. I have four wheels. Therefore, I have a car. (invalid and not sound = unsound) If the structure of the premises are invalid Therefore the conclusion is unsound To answer of your first questions, I'll reference the Congressional Budget Office: "The largest cost driver in what people are paying does not have to do with health care reform, it has to do with things that were happening well before health care reform and would continue to happen regardless of whether there was health care reform (www.cbo.org)." There is always more to the story. Basically, because the insurance and pharmaceutical companies are in business to make money, the idea of the ACA, regardless of it's benefits to the nation as a whole, would cause them to either oppose the ACA or increase the cost of coverage, or both. The coverage they provided before seemingly unregulated, very restrictive, conditional, and full of hidden fees and penalties. I don't know enough about your sister's specific issues to answer your second question in greater detail, but please reread my first comment starting from the 4th paragraph. With that said, health care reforms are about what's best for the nation; ie productivity. Individuals may appear to get "screwed" for a time. Everyone needs to get educated about their particular circumstances by asking the right questions from the right people. Those that seek to subjugate depend of ignorance. Don't be ignorant. No one can know everything, but doing scholarly research is the surest way to not fall for partisan/corporate propaganda.