Affordable Care Act.

December 4^th 2013

As a retiree on a Medicare  Advantage plan I have found over the last six years that the government sponsored and defined medicare insurance policies for seniors operate smoothly  and have been doing so for many years.  So I look somewhat skeptically at all the negative comments in the AJC regarding the new Affordable Care Act. Of course there will be glitches at the start of such a complex program.  

So I did my own experiment and logged on to Healthcare.Gov and looked at the plans offered to single young people and families, and frankly I didn't run into any trouble finding the information. So I have to come to the conclusion that those dissing the new process are computer naifs or have an axe to grind.  

Why aren't we cheering the fact that all people now  have the opportunity to obtain health insurance and  also get financial help if they qualify? Why aren't we happy that seniors will see the infamous donut hole close as a result of the ACA? Why aren't we glad that young people can continue on their parents insurance up to age 26, again as a result of he ACA? Why did our governor refuse federal help for expanding Medicaid when the ACA would pay for it? And why aren't we ecstatic for those with a precondition who now can get health insurance?  

Given the negatives published by the AJC it seems  like we have become a herd of meanies. Why not give the ACA a chance? That seems to me like the American thing to do.