Questions - Obamacare

CORE QUESTION
- Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Good for America?
Abortion
- Does Obamacare Fund Abortion Services for Cases Other Than Rape, Incest, or to Save the Life of the Mother? – DEBATED
Bankruptcy
- Has Obamacare Significantly Reduced the Risk of Medical Bankruptcy? – DEBATED
Birth Control
- Does Obamacare Require Health Insurers to Cover Birth Control? – YES
- Are There Any Exemptions to the Obamacare Requirement That Health Insurance Policies Cover Birth Control? – YES
Congress
- Are Members of Congress and Their Personal Staffs Required to Purchase Their Health Insurance Plans through the Obamacare Health Insurance Exchanges? – YES
Costs
- Have Health Insurance Premiums Been Rising at a Faster Rate Under Obamacare? – DEBATED
- Does Obamacare Provide Tax Credits to Help Some People Purchase Health Insurance on the Exchanges? – YES
- Does Obamacare Place Limits on Co-Payments and Deductibles? – YES
- Are There Penalties for Businesses with 50 or More Employees That Do Not Provide Insurance for Their Employees? – YES
- Are There Penalties for Businesses with Fewer than 50 Employees That Do Not Provide Insurance for Their Employees? – NO
Coverage
- Does Obamacare Cover People with Pre-Existing Conditions? – YES
- Can Children up to Age 26 Remain on Their Parent’s Health Insurance? – YES
- Does Obamacare Eliminate Lifetime or Annual Limits on Insurance Coverage? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Insurers to Offer Coverage for Treatment of Mental Illness? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Coverage for Substance Abuse? – YES
- Are Individuals Currently Covered by Veterans’ Health Benefits Considered Covered under Obamacare? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Dental Coverage for Children? – YES
- Does Obamacare Allow Health Insurance Plans to Cover Alternative Medicine? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Insurance Plans to Have a Minimum Basic Coverage Level? – YES
- Does Obamacare Apply to Health Plans Offered by Colleges and Universities? – YES
- Does Obamacare Allow Individuals to Appeal Medical Service Denials? – YES
- Has Obamacare Resulted in More People Overall with Health Insurance (Including Medicaid Recipients)? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Health Insurers to Present Health Insurance Information in Clear and Easily Understandable Terms? – YES
- Did Obamacare Allow Everyone to Keep Their Insurance Coverage? – NO
- Under Obamacare, Can Insurance Companies Cancel Coverage If a Person Gets Sick? – NO
- Does Obamacare Require That Retiree Health Plans Cover Children up to Age 26? – NO
- Does Obamacare Require Dental Coverage for Adults? – NO
Deficit
- Is Obamacare Decreasing the Federal Deficit? – DEBATED
Emergency Care
- Are Fewer People Relying on Emergency Rooms for Health Care Under Obamacare? – DEBATED
Employers
- Is Obamacare Financially Burdensome for Businesses? – DEBATED
- Is Obamacare Leading to a Decline in Employment-Based Health Insurance? – DEBATED
- Does Obamacare Provide Any Funding for Workplace Health Programs? – YES
Health Insurance Exchanges
- Do the Health Insurance Exchanges Benefit Consumers? – DEBATED
- Is Long Term Insurance Offered in Health Insurance Exchanges? – NO
Health Insurance Mandate
- Are There Any Exemptions to the Mandatory Health Insurance Requirement? – YES
- Under the Obamacare Mandatory Health Insurance Requirement, Are There Penalties for Most Individuals Who Do Not Obtain Health Insurance? – YES
Home Care
- Does Obamacare Provide Any Funding for Training Additional at Home Care Professionals? – YES
Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
- Does Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Ration Medicare or Create “Death Panels”? – DEBATED
Insurance Industry
- Has Obamacare Increased Health Insurance Competition? – DEBATED
- Would Repealing the 1945 Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies Lower Premiums? – DEBATED
- Has Obamacare Led to Fewer Health Insurance Agents? – DEBATED
- Does Obamacare Restrict Insurance Companies’ Profits? – YES
- Under Obamacare, Are Insurance Companies Still Exempt From Federal Antitrust Laws? – YES
Medicare and Medicaid
- Has Obamacare Improved Medicare? – DEBATED
- Has Obamacare Improved Medicaid? – DEBATED
- Does Obamacare Close the “Doughnut Hole” in Medicare’s Prescription Drug Coverage [Medicare Part D]? – YES
- Are More People Eligible for Medicaid Under Obamacare? – YES
- Under Obamacare, Does Medicare Reduce Reimbursements to Hospitals with High 30-Day Readmission Rates? – YES
- Does Obamacare Require Payment Cuts to Medicare Advantage Plans (Medicare Part C)? – YES
Physicians
- Has Obamacare Worsened the Primary Care Physician Shortage? – DEBATED
- Do Physicians Support Obamacare? – DEBATED
- Does Obamacare Make Any Changes to Physician Payments through Medicare/Medicaid? – YES
Prevention / Wellness
- Is Certain Free Preventive Care Required under Obamacare? – YES
Second Amendment
- Does Obamacare Contain Provisions Related to the Second Amendment and Gun Ownership? – YES
Single Payer Health Care
- Can States Set up Their Own Single Payer Systems under Obamacare? – YES
Socialism
- Is Obamacare a Socialist Law? – DEBATED
Taxes
- Does Obamacare Raise Any Federal Taxes? – YES
- Does Obamacare Contain a New Tax on Unearned Income, Including Some Real Estate Sales, for Individuals with an Adjusted Gross Income of $200,000 or More? – YES
Tort Reform / Medical Malpractice
- Did Obamacare Contain Provisions to Reduce Health Care Fraud? – YES
- Did Obamacare Change Medical Malpractice (Tort Reform) Law? – NO
Undocumented Immigrants
- Are Undocumented Immigrants Allowed to Purchase Health Insurance through the Obamacare Health Insurance Exchanges? – NO