Obamacare: A New Way of Life

A Look at the Benefits of Obamacare

Health care in America has been unsatisfactory for as long as anyone can remember and is still unsatisfactory as far as anyone can tell. However, there’s nothing wrong with a little optimism for the future. In other words, there’s nothing wrong with a little optimism about Obamacare.

A quick reminder of what Obamacare hopes to fix: In the not-so-distant past, insurance companies routinely denied coverage to individuals with preexisting health conditions. A few years ago, a diagnosis of diabetes might have meant goodbye to any hope of enjoying affordable health care.

Now, here’s a look at the new health care reality that is brought about through Obamacare:

• Young people can stay on their plans until they reach 26.
• Insurance companies won’t be able to drop clients when they become sick.
• Gender discrimination is prevented.
• Insurance companies are prevented from allowing their rates to skyrocket.
• Insurances companies cannot deny coverage for preexisting conditions.
• People can use rapid appeal procedures to dispute adverse decisions by their insurance provider.
• Various insurance coverage limits will be abolished.
• The costs of health insurance will be subsidized.

Critics of Obamacare always fail to address the fact that the old system was not working. Now that Obamacare is in place, new challenges will continue to arise. While we confront these challenges, we should maintain an optimistic view of the benefits that have been brought about by Obamacare–benefits that may never have been imaginable under the old system.