Affordable Care Act or Obamacare

[Another Fan]

Perhaps it was posted in threads in the past but what is the consensus on it?

 

Ive known some lower income people that say they were able to get more accessible insurance access due to it.  And supposedly nobody with preexisting cases gets denied.  But I see it largely as a disaster imo.  

 

Biggest negative I see from it is it influenced these Managed Care models or HMOs with private Medicaid companies.  Managed Care soon followed and might replace Medicare soon.  Most managed care companies are largely a disaster from the provider and customer side.  
 

As Biden said We Killed Medicare.  

[Pokebball]

Obamacare subsidized insurance companies more than it benefited anyone

[Joe Ferguson forever]

3 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

Perhaps it was posted in threads in the past but what is the consensus on it?

 

Ive known some lower income people that say they were able to get more accessible insurance access due to it.  And supposedly nobody with preexisting cases gets denied.  But I see it largely as a disaster imo.  

 

Biggest negative I see from it is it influenced these Managed Care models or HMOs with private Medicaid companies.  Managed Care soon followed and might replace Medicare soon.  Most managed care companies are largely a disaster from the provider and customer side.  
 

As Biden said We Killed Medicare.  

First, medicare already has managed care.  When you sign up, you can choose traditional medicare and buy separate supplemental insurance or buy a managed care product (Medicare advantage) which is cheaper but much more limited.  I agree with your assessment of current managed care programs  They make a substantial profit on the patients and providers for doing nothing to improve (and usually worsen) care.

 

Pre existing conditions are specifically protected by Obamacare.  It's part of the foundation of the program.