Open Post to Peer Reviewers

In this post, I will only present the script for my video essay. I will also include what videos and pieces of evidence that I will use to support my argument.

(P.S. this is very republican. I'm not even a republican LOL I just thought it would be easy to support this argument. )

Opening Section:

“Imagine this: Born into a middle class family, where your parents worked hard their whole lives, and made responsible choices regarding how they spent, and saved, their money. They “played by the rules”, doing what was right and just, they paid taxes on time, and always felt the need to have good auto, home, life and health insurance. As health insurance cost continued to rise, it became a larger and larger part of our family’s budget.

Hi, my name is Sofia Haserot and I will be discussing the public controversy over ObamaCare. The main issue that the United States deals with is the fact that health insurance is becoming far too expensive for the majority of the society to afford. There are many things that people in this country disagree on, but everyone appears to agree that health care costs were becoming so high that more and more families were unable to pay for it. ObamaCare, also referred to as Medicaid, was an attempt to change the health care system in America, with the intent of lowering costs and providing coverage for those who did not have health care.

But the reality is that after all the politics and time spent on revamping the health system, most people have seen their health care costs increase dramatically. So, yes, Obama Care was born, but rather than lowering costs, it has done the opposite. It has essentially accomplished the following…it gave something very expensive, to a group of people that either could not afford it, or didn’t want to pay for it, commonly know as the uninsured. Billed as something that would not cost the country nothing, but providing expensive insurance to 30 million people at no charge ended up costing someone…this is where my family comes back into the health care equation. Under Obamacare, the poor get insurance for free, and the rest pick up the bill. The rich are rich, so they aren’t that affected by the increase in costs, but the middle class has been hit hard. Not qualifying for subsidies, and costs rising yearly, this new system is hurting the hard working middle class. Simply because of the fact that you’ve been responsible your whole life, the government decides you are a perfect candidate to pay extra for those who either haven’t been so responsible or just haven’t been able to fortunate enough to get ahead in life.  This is exactly what happened to my father, and it hit our family hard.

 (Photo of ObamaCare logos will be provided as well as impoverished families for pathos effect)

Body Section 1:

In order to understand the situation and its entirety, each stakeholder must be introduced.

Obviously Obama is the biggest stakeholder, considering the fact that ObamaCare was his doing.

 (Photo of Obama will be included)

He states, “In the United States of America, health care is not a privilege for the fortunate few, it is a right. And I knew that if we didn’t do something about our unfair and inefficient health care system, it would keep driving up our deficits, it would keep burdening our businesses, it would keep hurting our families, and it would keep holding back economic growth.”

Additionally, we have the key player fueling the “defund ObamaCare” movement, Jim DeMint. This man has done everything in his power to thwart the president’s health care law. He is an American politician and a member of the Republican party. He is also the president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative thinktank. 

 (Photo of DeMint will be included)

Body Section 2:

So, what exactly are the so-called benefits of ObamaCare? According to obama... tens of millions of uninsured people will get access to affordable, high-quality health insurance through Medicaid expansion and over half of uninsured Americans can get free or low cost health insurance.

However, what Obama fails to consider is that in order to get the money to insure all these people, there are new taxes that may affect you directly, like the individual mandate and the employer mandate.

Video: "A republican response to ObamaCare"

Jim Demint wrote an article for the wall street journal and states, “We know that premiums are going up due to ObamaCare. Americans are getting notices in -their mailboxes every day. In North Carolina, for example, many consumers will find their premiums almost double when shopping on the government exchanges. The hardest-hit states, such as Georgia, Arizona, Vermont and North Dakota, will see premium increases up to 150%.”

Body Section 3:

Additionally, some people, like men in good health with no preexisting conditions, who were not responsible for anyone but themselves, and who remained healthy, were benefiting from being in a low risk group. They may have had cheap limited coverage before the premium hikes took place in 2014.

Video: "The Good The Bad & The Ugly Side of ObamaCare (time @ 2:00).

Conclusion:

It is clear that ObamaCare has good intentions, however, I am not sure how good this solution is for America's increased health care costs. Yes, ObamaCare retains a free market and allows our 3 trillion dollar healthcare industry to thrive in some ways. However, Americans still have higher healthcare costs than other countries, which have more universal healthcare systems. Hopefully, one day it will be possible to take the positives from ObamaCare and merge them with a more ideal and fair healthcare system in the future. Health truly is the most important thing and number one priority for a person, however, that person's healthcare should not be made another's responsibility.