National health reform is designed to help everyone who lacks medical coverage, but minority groups stand to benefit most — simply because they have the farthest to go.
One-third of Hispanics and more than 20 percent of African-Americans nationwide lack health insurance. But the law’s provisions — most of which take effect in January 2014 — will effectively cut by half the number of African-Americans who are uninsured, and significantly improve coverage rates for Hispanics.
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And for those of us who had private coverage before Obamacare was passed, the costs are skyrocketing to pay for all this "free" preventive care...it is not free, people, that money isn't coming out of the goodness of the insurance company or the doctor's heart...I have taken to finding out how much the copay will be on my meds and then sometimes just not picking them up...
I think the opening statement of this article has it exactly correct "National health reform is designed to help everyone who lacks medical coverage". Cost savings or improvements for those of us that pay the bills will be a long after afterthought.
I'm amongst those who think it didn't go far enough ... my healthcare is still tied to my job? This connection is a drag on the economy and on individuals ability to move between jobs.
Will "health reform " improve disparities? Perhaps slightly. The so called ACA does not provide healthcare to most people. It requires and may help purchase insurance. Health insurance and healthcare are completely different things. If co pays and deductibles are too high as in some policies designed for low income employees approved by the MA connector, you will have insurance but not be able to afford to access healthcare.