/industry-wired/media/agency_attachments/2024/12/04/2024-12-04t130344212z-iw-new.png)
/industry-wired/media/agency_attachments/2024/12/04/2024-12-04t130332454z-iw-new.jpg)
/industry-wired/media/post_attachments/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/US-Voting.jpg "publive-image")
"Health is wealth" well we've all heard the proverb since we started learning English but "Healthcare are Votes" is the issue faced by people for the mid-year elections in the US? Yes, it is!
Besides personal healthcare, it has now become a top political subject amongst the voters. It dominates the attitude towards President Trump and will be a factor determining the voters, a recent survey says. The senate voted on whether or not to start a debate on Obamacare appeal, but not every republican senator was convinced. They faced an uncertain outcome, republican John McCain returned after being diagnosed with brain cancer to cast the vote. Later a vote to simply repeal Obamacare without replacement also failed. It is the third vote republicans tried to scale back some parts of Obamacare. And unfortunately, McCain a senate of republican was the deciding vote and the vote cast was 'no'. And thus, giving a thumbs down to the debate poll.
Barack Obama the former President of the US was the democratic who founded an Act in 2010 called the Obama healthcare Act. It was for patient protection and affordable healthcare. It is for people and small groups who pay for their own insurance.
Later down the year, Donald Trump became the President who belonged to the republican and democratic, and republican always had a crack in heart, didn't it? And ACA (Affordable Care Act) was a solution to America's ever-increasing healthcare spending - which is still the highest in the world. Therefore, this issue plays a major role in the election.
Maisie Hirono delivered an impassioned plea against the latest attempt to repeat the Obamacare act, who is fighting kidney cancer. She got so many letters filled with love and compassion and where all of it is gone? She added she was lucky to have an insurance and that the 16 million people would have it too.
At a clinic in West Virginia, the patient and staff members explain why they think the system is broken. Most patients in the clinic are America's working poor, who find themselves with nowhere to go and no money to spend when they fall ill. But with Obama's signature policy, expanded insurance coverage to those unable to access program for the poor and elderly. The spending on healthcare in 2017 reads that in the US more than $10,000 was spent per capita resulting to be the highest amongst Germany (around $6000), France ($5000) and Mexico to be the least with $1000. The numbers had a slide down in 2014 but now ascending with 37 percent. The Republican efforts to destabilize the ACA ultimately made healthcare costlier. According to a study, half of republicans and three-quarters of democrats say the affordability of healthcare is a very big problem. Washington controlled by republicans for two years now have been the dismantling process of ACA.
Ronda Francis WVHR's Clinical and Pharmacy Coordinator, manages 400 physician volunteers at the free clinic as well as all pharmacy orders, says, it’s disappointing to see customers go away looking at the prices. What's the use if people can't afford it, she added. Margaret Grassie, 57 who now works as a driver taking the patient to medical appointments, says, Trump doesn't give crap about me, Hillary Clinton doesn't give crap about me. We get written off.
Regardless of the part, the healthcare system is going to remain the number one issue according to polls.
Its gonna take a miracle, she added, but I think the ACA is a good place to start fixing it.