Obamacare

Your sources are very biased; the heritage foundation recently supported the shutdown of the government to try to stop Obama care. Also it was started by one of the founders of the tea party, which is known for being anti-Obama and believe that anything he does is not god for the country. Your second source uses estimates from the CBO fro some parts of its argument but then ignores other parts and contradicts them. Also it automatically includes states that are leaning towards opting out as opting out which changes the numbers. One claim you make is that having all Americans insured by the same insurance company will create problems for Americans, doctors and hospitals. However that is not how Obama care works, in reality what actually occurs is a competition between many different insurance companies whose prices are listed on a government website. Our government doesn"t allow monopolies and there are laws against it. One example is the USPS, another government organization that certainly doesn"t have a monopoly and has many competitors, as well not requiring any U.S tax dollars. The reason that healthcare insurance will decrease overall is due to a variety of reasons. While it is true that seniors will use more health insurance and cause an increase for younger Americans it is not as drastic as you suggest. Also while Medicare advantage is losing funding, regular Medicaid is increasing and will pick up more seniors. In addition increased competition cause by an open market will decrease costs and the more people paying insurance the more it will decrease. Furthermore the taxes don"t increase the cost that much, and Americas medical expense is already overpriced compared to almost every other country. Your last argument contradicts itself by saying that millions of people are being added to public health insurance but then says when private health insurers are left alone doctors receive 70% average. Yet private health insurers are being left alone, they"re required to not deny coverage now but that doesn"t mean they will pay less to hospitals. One of the "harmful" increased regulations you talk about actually requires insurers to put more of the money they receive into actual insurance instead of profit or management helping offset people with preexisting conditions. Finally health care reform was needed, health insurance and healthcare costs were rising at ridiculous rates, and compared to other countries our healthcare costs are still some of the worst in the world. Other solutions to this problem were suggested yet were shot down by the Republican Party and this was the only one that could be passed. The basis of Obama care itself is republican yet even now the bias of the right wing tea party rejects it because it came from Obama and the democrats not because of any real concerns. Buzenberg, Bill. "Obamacare facts separated from spin by Wendell Potter, FactCheck.org." www.publicintegrity.org. 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2013. Johnson, Avery. "What You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act." online.wsj.com. 28 Sep. 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2013. Lazo, Luz. "Left Behind: stories from Obamacare's 31 million uninsured." Washington Post. 8 September 2013. Politics. Web. "The Impact of Obamacare." Heritage Foundation-Leadership for America. 2013. Web. 16 October 2013. G. F. Anderson and P. Markovich, Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2010 (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, July 2011).