Question

What makes the Affordable Care (ACA) such a divisive issue both politically and economically?

Answer 1

Answer: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides subsidies for middle-income families. It expands Medicaid to more low-income people. It helps small businesses offer health insurance. The ACA gave everyone a lifelong guarantee that health insurers cannot, under any circumstances, discriminate against them based on pre-existing health conditions. This includes cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

One of the most important provisions of the Affordable Care Act is the expansion of health coverage to low-income families through the Medicaid program. Before the ACA, most states did not give health coverage to adults without children, no matter how poor they were. And most states only covered parents if they had extremely low incomes.