So now that the Affordable Care Act and Patient Protection (I'll be calling ACA) is a reality I have been attempting to wrap my brain around it. Other wise know as come to some type of understanding.
I am going to start with this statement; I am wholly against more rules, regulations, laws and the such, but as less and less Americans endeavor to have that thing called honor, righteousness or the like I do see a need for more of what I am against. So to those who oppose more of what I am against; teach others to behave.
We live in a world that will destroy the idealistic, we can thank quite a few movements for that, but at the same time with greater ability to ignore "righteous" behavior comes greater ability to do real and lasting good. Thus as a country, it is my opinion, we have come to a cross roads where we can continue to be the greatest and longest lived of our kind by increasing our base level of maturity or we can go the way of Rome.
But I digress, so back to the topic at hand. The majority of my opinion is based off of the information provided on Wikipedia about ACA due to it being the easiest for me to read without a legal dictionary at my side. Not to mention it is also significantly shorter than the 900+ page act to read.
The questions that I have not been able to answer about ACA are the following.
Does a company have to sign up their newly hired employee for ACA if they have insurance that meets ACA requirements?
What happens with an employee is fired, does the company have to continue to pay for ACA coverage for said employee?
Can a person stop accepting ACA insurance if they find a plan that offers acceptable coverage?
Who is providing/underwriting the insurance plans? Is it a company like Blue Cross or is the government becoming an insurance provider now?
I will continue to search for the answers and hopefully be able to find them, when I do I will post them
