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Friday, February 8, 2013

Affordable Health Care Act


Okay, so with the new health care reform that Obama has put into place, one of the main points is the Affordable Health Care Act. One goal of this Act is to cover everyone below the Federal Poverty Line. It helps reduce the inequalities that occur in the health care system by requiring all citizens to have medical insurance. 
From a sociological standpoint, this new act seems like a great addition to our health care system. It ensures that everybody has a fair opportunity to great doctors and the help they need, especially if they were too poor to have a personal doctor before. The one thing that seems to be missing in consideration from this law is that even though everyone has an opportunity to doctors, not everyone will still have the same level of care. The upper class will still use higher quality doctors while the lower class will have the option to use lower quality medical care. Also, the lower class doesn't always have healthy options available to them. They still will have to work in harmful conditions, eat cheaper food, and thus suffer from illnesses rather than a lack of health care. I think it is a good step in giving everybody equal opportunity, but there is more reform to be done to make sure that everyone is healthy.

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