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The Changing Face Of Healthcare

  • By Locums, Inc
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  • 06 Feb, 2019
The changing face of healthcare in America Will It Be A Question Of Either IPhone Or Healthcare? Once a glib remark about low-income Americans having to decide between a shiny new iPhone and healthcare. 

Will It Be A Question Of Either IPhone Or Healthcare?

Once a glib remark about low-income Americans having to decide between a shiny new iPhone and healthcare. This has prompted political commentators to question if the republicans understand what it is for low-income Americans to be able to afford healthcare.
And it’s not just because congressman Jason Chaffetz made that astoundingly uneducated remark, comparing the choice to buy an iPhone compared to health insurance.
The republican’s proposed health care plan—which they are hoping will get enough votes to replace Obamacare (actually named the Affordable Care Act)—pretty much puts middle- to low-income Americans as well as senior citizens in a bad place.

Healthcare In American: Then And Now

Private healthcare as it’s known today did not really come into existence until around the end of World War II. In part, this happened because employers—in an attempt to attract more labor—starting offering health insurance as part of the job description.
There was also the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act which defined health insurance as a condition of employment, and was subject to collective bargaining. By 1950 over half of Americans had some type of private health insurance.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Medicare was introduced for Americans over 65, and then a year later Medicaid was introduced for low-income families, and people with certain disabilities.
Fast forward to 2010. Because between 1966 and 2010, some healthcare and health insurance changes happened, but were mostly just a variation on the theme that came before.

The Affordable Care Act

Obama’s Affordable Care Act removed lifetime caps on claims, made coverage available to those with pre-existing conditions and generally just expanded insurance for more Americans.
Six years after the introduction of this Act, the number of uninsured Americans dropped under 9%—the lowest in decades. In contrast, only 9% had any sort of healthcare coverage pre-World War II.

The Republican’s Health Care Plan

At this stage, what the republican’s want to do is still in the planning stage—there’s lots of parts of the Affordable Care Act they want to repeal, a few things they won’t. Most likely because not repealing certain parts will make them look good.
For someone who wanted to look after all of America, Trump’s administration appears to be helping the rich and not really caring about the poor. However, as the president is want to do, he has tweeted saying this is only the first stage. There are more revisions needed to the republican’s health care plan.

Health Insurance Or IPhone

Congressman Jason Chaffetz later said he regretted phrasing his comments the way he did. He wasn’t sorry that it looks as though low-income Americans are going to struggle to afford healthcare, but he has said he was sorry for stating it so bluntly.
Of course, in comparing the purchase of a phone to the steep cost of healthcare for low-income earners, one can’t help but wonder if the rich republican congressman isn’t just a little out of touch with the world.
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