I'm not saying the Affordable Healthcare Act is perfect. It's far from perfect. But I find it funny how most of the people complaining about it are white middle class citizens with health insurance. I just finished a week working with inner city children. All were minorities who live in often nightmarish conditions. For many the AHA is the only way they can get health insurance.
The AHA insures over thirty million people who were previously uninsured.
According to the bi-partisan CBO it actually lowers the national deficit by $143 BILLION in the first ten years of its existence. It reduces the deficit by over 1 TRILLION in the second ten years.
It eliminates the pre-existing clause.
It prevents people from being dropped if they get sick.
Only those making more than $250,000 a year will see an increase in their taxes.
This Act is based on a system designed by a prominent Republican who is actually running for president this year. Romney's mandate system in Massachusetts has been deemed a success by Republicans and Democrats alike in the state. Romney only recently distanced himself from the plan to court Tea Party and Libertarian Republicans.
These are all good things. Again there are aspects of the Act that seem shaky. But I think this Act is a risk worth taking to help all Americans gain access to affordable healthcare.
