President Barack Obama launched the idea to reshape the public health insurance. He has not given details jet. But some Republicans and the insurance industry are already concerned about the idea.
Previously, Obama signed a proposal in which he promised to change the healthcare system. The American system is the most expensive one of the world and this even with 46 million of Americans who have no health insurance at all.The other Americans, around 170 million, get a private health coverage from their employer or they buy a private insurance themselves. There are also some public programs like:
· Medicare for the elderly and disabled people
· Medicaid for the poor
· State Children’s Health Insurance Program for the low-income children
But still a lot of Americans have no coverage, they try to pay the medical help themselves or even do it without medical help.
Obama’s program would likely offer coverage for those who do not have an insurance or for those who do not want a public one.
Like I said before there are people against it and people who encourage the plan. Robert Moffit a healt policy expert said “It's a Trojan Horse for national health insurance where you basically rig the competition against private health insurance and you set up the economic incentives to encourage employers to dump people into the public plan”. The insurance industry is concerned about the impact on private insurers.
History tells us it will become a hard fight. In 1993, the plan of Bill Clinton already failed because the Congress didn’t accepted it.
I really hope that the plan will be a success! This because medical support is very needed in America. There system means nothing compared to our system. So the Republicans cannot be against it when they want the best for their nation. These days only the wealthy persons can close a health insurance. Some actives become an health insurance from their employer but others have none at all!
De Ridder Steffie
Source : //www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE52B4BK20090312
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In America no one is obliged to sign a health insurance contract. The new president of the United States, Barack Obama, came up with a new plan that will “force” people to sign this kind of contract, because if they don't lots of people will get in trouble. There are people who get support from their employer of from another private institution, but these will not cover the whole picture.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNowadays there are much more sick people then 20 years ago and not everyone is capable to pay the medical costs. Especially people with very serious diseases like cancer or diabetic patients. The medication people have to buy for their treatment is very expensive and not everyone can afford it.
I fully understand that the government and the parliament is concerned about the new plan. America has never known this kind of system and it’s a whole change. But I think that they have to give the new president some credit. In his campaign, he said that change would come to America and he often used the slogan: “Yes, we can!”. The people of the United States have elected him as their new leader, so I think, they have put their believes in him and see where this new plan will take them. America has never had this kind of insurance system, so perhaps it wouldn’t be that bad if they just take a look and see where this whole new idea will take them. My opinion is that it can only mean prosperity for the United States.
Nathalie COUDEVILLE