Affordable Health Care Act Pros And Cons

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TAXATION:
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT

The Affordable Healthcare Act is a fairly new form of taxation that commence implementation in the year of 2010. Many individuals have a rough understanding of what this particular taxation method is and how it is applied; and many individuals on the other hands, do not understand what this truly encompasses. In order to understand what the Affordable Healthcare Act, we will need to proceed and examine the statue that sets forth its meaning.

Pursuant to, 42 U.S.C.A. § 18091, titled as the “Requirement to maintain the minimum essential coverage.” The statue explains that 17.6 percent of the economy in the Untied States of America pertains to the medical industry, particularly healthcare insurance. The
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Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012), it addresses the individual mandate and whether it is constitutional to impose the people of the Untied States of America to purchase a product, in this case the minimum essential coverage of health insurance. Pursuant to analyzes above, the Affordable Healthcare Act, specifically in the individual mandate portion, indicated that individuals are required to purchase the minimal level of coverage, therefore you are not in compliance with the law of the land. The National Federal of Independent Businesses presented in oral arguments to the Supreme Court that the the tax penalty that is imposed by the Affordable Healthcare Act is unconstitutional and therefore violates the consumer’s …show more content…
Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012), needs to address the judicial question as to wheatear or not the individual mandate violates the constitution.
The Honorable Judge Roberts wrote his opinion on the Affordable Healthcare on the Individual Mandate. He expressed that Congress has the power, granted by the constitution to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, in order to pay debts for the defense and common welfare if the country. Therefore, this provides the Federal Government the ability to influence areas, such as healthcare, that it cannot directly regulate; for example, by imposing a tax on an activity.

The Honorable Judge Robert further explains in his opinion that the the individual mandate is Congress’s solution to the the problem of individuals that are unable to obtain health insurance coverage due to preexisting conditions. The Affordable Healthcare Act insures guaranteed acceptance to these individuals, therefore coverage cannot be denied or charge higher premiums. Even if you are a healthy individual and see that the health expenses are in the longer run lower costs than an insurance premium, these healthy individuals are still forced to enter the insurance risk pool. By requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance, it will prevent any cost shifting due to supply and demand because it is