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THE CONSERVATORY OF MEDICAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
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THE SEARCHLIGHT MESSENGER
THE SEARCHLIGHT MESSENGER
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"The Affordable Care Act" (and Its Impact)
| Posted on January 31, 2016 at 12:14 AM |
 In the United States, The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a
health care ordinance established by the federal government (it is commonly
referred to as Obamacare). The Act was adopted as a law by US President Barrack
Obama on March 23, 2010. The goal of this law is to reform the United States
health systems by providing and improving access to quality and affordable
health care, health insurance, and providing American citizens with more rights
and protections by reducing health care expenditure for both individuals and
the government. The law also aims at expanding private and public insurance
coverage, as well as, regulating the insurance industry. It is a fantastic
thought, if it only worked as planned. As we all know now, it is not completely as advertised. For
those of us in the middle class we have realized all too well that it crushes
us. It means more taxes. A staggering Five Hundred Billion Dollars in increased
taxes and fees. This is passed down to us through higher pricing on medical
expenses that we need. You must purchase insurance, if you do not, your federal
income taxes will be penalized. You will no longer get the return that so many
count on every year. If you are covered with insurance through your employer,
you should tread lightly. Thirty-five million people could lose existing
coverage because the government has created incentives for employers to drop insurance
benefits.
There are higher premiums and costs associated with
the ACA. For a family of four earning ninety thousand dollars annually, take
home income would be about sixty-nine thousand dollars after local, state, and
federal taxes have been taken out. If these families lose their workplace
coverage and move into the exchanges, they could find themselves paying as much
as twenty-five percent of their take home pay on an average policy. That is a seventeen-thousand-dollar hit to their annual pay. That's the money they could have used to buy a car, save for college, or payoff their house. Throughout my research I have interviewed
Doctor Kem Hor, Doctor Charles Counce, and have read many articles both for and
against ACA. I have also learned that the ACA really hurts Doctors. At the
beginning of 2014 it has dumped an additional twenty million Americans into
Medicaid. I personally had to start receiving Medicaid. What I have noticed, is
that it is very hard to find a Doctor who accepts new Medicaid patients, let alone see them at all. For
my family of five, that is very difficult. We have three younger
children who need medical attention from time to time, and it can be extremely
difficult to get them seen, sometimes taking up to a month to get an
appointment.  Doctors feel overran by Medicaid patients. Some have stated
that they don’t have enough time with their patients any longer. It feels to some patients
that we are just a number. It shouldn’t be that way. Doctors are healers. Sometimes a little extra time with the patients can go a long way. Medicaid only
pays Doctors approximately fifty-six percent of what private insurance pays. [Understand that insurance systems are also a discount contracted with doctors to lower their fees to see a group of patients. This means that Doctors lose as much as eighty percent of their fee everytime they see a Medicaid patient. They can't even pay the overhead associated with the patient's visit.] Doctors are put
in a tough spot, whether to accept Medicaid patients at a lesser rate or not
accepting Medicaid patients at all. America is projected to face a shortage of nearly ninety-two thousand doctors by the year 2020. Just here in the greater Colorado Springs area
there is a shortage of two hundred sixty doctors. Many surveys state that doctors have a
negative view on the ACA and its impact on the medical field. One survey found
that the ACA on top of all the other mandates like Tort Law costs, Skyrocketing Liability Insurance, this year's "ICD10", "CLIA", "OSHA", and "HIPAA" has become too much to bear, motivating forty-three percent of doctors to move up
their retirement within the next five years. My overall thoughts on
this Affordable Care Act, is that it might be a good idea on paper, but after seeing it in action, it
has caused many more headaches than not. It has forced many doctors out of the
field to pursue other options. Doctors should not have to wait four to six months to
get paid by Medicaid or Medicare. I understand that doctors need to get paid for services
rendered in a timely fashion. They have bills as well as employees to pay, in addition to college and medical school tuition loan obligations and
bread for their table. It should not take patients a month to see a healthcare provider either.  I have been waiting to see a specialist (a ninety minute drive north to Denver) for two and a half months now. The system is not working, and should never have been approved in its present form. Unfortunately, it is here to stay. So says the Supreme Court. We will all have to get used to it.Obviously the Affordable Care Act does need a lot of improvements to actually do what it was meant to do, giving Americans better access to quality healthcare. [It has managed to do almost the opposite, by draining our pocketbooks, and scaring away the only people who can care for us.]  |
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My general considerations on this Affordable Care Act, is that it may be a smart thought on paper, yet in the wake of seeing it in real life, it has brought on numerous a greater number of migraines than not. It has constrained numerous specialists out of the field to seek after different alternatives. Specialists ought not need to hold up four to six months to get paid by Medicaid or Medicare. I comprehend that specialists need to get paid for administrations rendered in an auspicious manner. Thanks!
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