You don’t need to look far these day to hear something negative about the Affordable Care Act. The media projects the Affordable Care Act in a negative light and rarely do you hear anything positive that has come out of this system. With every new policy there are negatives. Every system cannot be perfect 100% of the time. There are both pros and cons to the Affordable Care Act and it’s difficult to determine what you might be getting affected by. Politics aside the Affordable Care Act has made a lot of changes and some of these changes are good and bad and they are already affecting the American citizens. It is very important to understand how the Affordable Care Act is affecting you. The Affordable Care Act was created to decrease health care expenses through services presented to individuals that can’t acquire insurance. People with no healthcare insurance typically use the emergency department as their primary care physician which increases the cost of healthcare for everyone.
The Affordable Care Act has a lot of benefits that most people don't know about. That's because Americans have been hit with more negative than positive messages about this system. One of the major benefits that came out of the Affordable Care Act is that it lowers the overall healthcare costs by providing insurance to millions. This is making preventive care free, so patients can get the preventative care that they need and in the long run will lower the cost of healthcare because less people will be utilizing the emergency room for preventative care, keeping healthcare at a lower cost. While individuals are handling illnesses in advance so they won’t reach an expensive crisis. Also included in this is that patients can now get health insurance for pre-existing conditions and insurance companies cannot turn a person down due to a pre-existing condition or raise their premiums once the patient has been diagnosed with an illness. Parents can now keep their children on their...