The New Health Care Law – Affordable Care Act | The Law Offices of Schlissel DeCorpo

The Republicans in Congress are challenging the health care law passed in 2010 by President Obama and the Democratic controlled Congress. Question: How does the health care law affect you?

Americans between the ages of fifty and sixty-four will be significantly affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Unfortunately, due to the economic slowdown in the United States, more and more Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 have not been able to afford health insurance.

One Million Americans Lose Health Insurance

It is estimated that more than one million Americans between the ages of fifty and sixty-four lost their health insurance during the 2009 calendar year. Altogether, approximately ten million Americans between the ages of fifty and sixty-four no longer have health insurance. As long as unemployment remains high, the number of Americans in this age group without health insurance will continue to rise. Americans between the ages of fifty and sixty-four often have health problems that cannot be addressed without health insurance. Recent bankruptcy filings indicate that more and more Americans are being forced into bankruptcy because of spiraling health care bills that they cannot afford to pay.

More Americans Given Healthcare Coverage

When the Affordable Care Act comes into effect in the year 2014, approximately seven million Americans who currently don’t have health insurance will obtain subsidized health insurance. Starting in the year of 2014, the Affordable Care Act will expand eligibility requirements under Medicaid to cover adults who have incomes below 133% of the Federal poverty level. The Federal Government will have to provide significant cash payments to the states to meet demands for this increased medical insurance.

Starting in the year 2014, insurance companies will no longer have the ability to reject individuals with preexisting medical conditions or to charge individuals who currently are suffering from illnesses higher premiums for medical insurance.

There are a number of court challenges to the Affordable Health Care Law. Several Federal Judges have set aside the law for various reasons. It will be interesting to see how the Appellate Federal Courts deal with this issue.

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