THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT - OVERVIEW

Running head: THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
The Affordable Care Act
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THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT1
Effect of cost-benefit analysis to repeal/reelect the ACA:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was introduced in 2010 to increase insurance coverage to a
broader section of the population of the United States and thereby improve the healthcare
system of the country. Through this act, about 24 million people received access to free
healthcare services or these facilities at a reduced rate, primarily through the Medicaid
expansion (Frean, Gruber & Sommers, 2017). Though this plan crosses the allocated budget
plan, repealing the ACA altogether without a suitable alternative would drop the number of
uninsured Americans by 19.7 million. The repeal would raise the federal deficit significantly
by $33.1 billion per year. For a majority of the American population, the controversy and
debate over repealing/replacing the ACA is more than just political manoeuvring and about
their concern of continuity of their health insurance coverage. Moreover, a significant impact
of the outcome of this act will be on the entire healthcare sector including the patients,
physicians, medicine industries and other industries providing healthcare services
(Thompson, Gusmano, & Shinohara, 2018). For most American families, it will determine
whether they can afford their initial prescribed doses or not. In context to the healthcare
providers, this debate decided the fate of their service to the patients in the absence of
overwhelming costs and expenses of uncompensated care.
Impact of vote analysis on the Legislator’s decisions on national policies:
The decisions of the Legislative on implementing or amending national policies are primarily
influenced by their potential impact on the vote analysis. When the officials are given votes,
the only expectation from them is that they will bring reforms in the national policies in
favour of the general population. The votes of the people are thus, directed towards the
candidates that address their issues more closely. It is the reason that the national policies are
recommended based on the public demand to gain maximum votes. Hence, despite the cost-