Analyze the importance of the affordable care actSolutionThe

Analyze the importance of the affordable care act.

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The reasons for the Affordable Care Act were unassailable. By last count, 48 million people or more were without basic health insurance coverage. Many could not get insurance because they had pre-existing conditions. For them, this was a matter of life, and, most likely, death. So, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it.

The website, healthcare.gov, didn\'t work well. Many who wanted to purchase insurance coverage couldn\'t do so right away. The site is working better now but the damage has been done.

The projected enrollments, at least initially, have been far less than expected by the Obama administration.

To add insult to injury, reports of many policy cancellations began to dominate the news cycle and have been used as ammunition by those who hate the law.

Yes, the cancellations are disappointing, as are the increased rates that a relatively few are having to pay. But almost everyone will now have an opportunity to get better insurance than they had before. And for the 48 million who never had coverage, the Affordable Care Act is a godsend. That\'s why it\'s been so well received even in red states like Kentucky.