Why Not ObamaCare? Part Two

   Obama had a specific goal when he came up with the Affordable Care Act. His primary goal was to provide a substantial way for poor people or low income people with an opportunity to protect them. His ACA provided a way for the less fortunate to receive health insurance no matter what type of condition they were in, but is it fair to others? ObamaCare has its advantages and disadvantages when it comes to our citizens. These people may be able to receive health insurance now but at what cost? Somebody has to pay for them to have insurance and I assure you it isn't our government who pays for it. That money comes out of our pockets and it puts people of lower income in a bigger hole because they now are paying for yet another bill that they can't afford. For example, my mother works 10-7 every day and gets paid the same amount of money as your average fast food worker. Everybody knows fast food workers average between $200-300 per week, which isn't very much for a single mother of 4. My mom works very hard to make ends meet with the little bit of money she has, but the government adds on to the amount of money she has to spend by putting out this ACA law that makes it mandatory for her to spend up to $100 on something she may never use. So why should one person have to sacrifice for a stranger?

   ObamaCare was put into place with about 33% of the population in mind, but what about the other 67%? Is it right that they have to pay for health insurance when they're as healthy as a horse? Obama may think so, but I don't. Yes ObamaCare prevents people from paying for the health of others, but it always requires them to pay for the health of themselves. You may think this is what people are supposed to do anyway, but not everybody needs health insurance. ObamaCare just puts more people in debt and causes small businesses to lose money and employees. While these may be the disadvantages of the new ACA, there are also some advantages. You see life is a risk and every day you wake up, you are taking that risk. So maybe having the ACA isn't such a bad thing if you think about it this way. You may think you don't need health insurance now, but nobody knows what the future brings them. You could wake up tomorrow morning with cancer and your only option of survival would be treatment; however, many hospitals don't treat patients without health insurance. So what do you do then? Your only other option is to get health insurance or you can just wait around for this disease to get worse and eventually lead to death. This isn't the life you want to live, so maybe instead of completely trying to get rid of ObamaCare, we should just make a few minor changes to it.

   I suggest that Obama revise his new Affordable Care Act. The new act should've been written with all of the population in mind, not just part of it. The new law should require citizens who want health insurance to receive it without being turned down. It shouldn't have any drawbacks to it, such as the price these citizens have to pay to have health insurance. The price should be lowered to a more reasonable price, such as about $20. Either way the Government is still making money, so why overcharge citizens. We already give a good portion of the money we make to the government and I don't think it's fair that they take any more of our money. At the end of the day, we work hard to make our money and we deserve every last dime. The government does nothing but causes problems for our Country as a whole, and for that they do not deserve a dime of our money.