Minorities and Healthcare Is Not Essay

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It is true, healthcare is not free. Yet, in an environment where so many are uninsured, it is clear that the free market method of private insurance is not working. This is where the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act comes into play. All tax payers will see an increase in tax rates in order to help provide quality healthcare for the millions of uninsured Americans in need. Still, "the wealthiest 2% of Americans will take the biggest hit," with the majority of average Americans seeing very little increases in their taxes (Cass, 2012). This ultimately means that individuals making more than $250,00 annually will take the brunt of the tax increases.
Also, increased taxes on certain activities, like smoking and tanning, will also help allocate funding for the healthcare reform bill. Still, the government is also allowing for greater tax credits "that start in 2014 to help them pay insurance premiums" (Cass, 2012). Yet, Louisiana may be affected differently than the majority of other states. Louisiana has not opted to participate in an expansion of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As such, this means that there will be fewer increases for tax payers of the state to have to pay, because of the fact that Medicare budgets in the region will stay similar to how they have been over the past.....

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