public policy analysis

Running head: Public policy

Historical Perspective

Rodriko Sankey

Dr. Rick Humphress

Public Policy Analysis

April 23, 2017

Week 3 Assignment 1

President Clinton’s and Obama’s healthcare policies

The main reason for the development of Obamacare was to ensure there is patient’s protection as well as avoidable health care in the United States for both the rich and the poor alike. Healthcare is one of the best need for better survival of people, and that is why both President Clinton and President Obama fought for it so as to assist the entire population. The policy was enacted on March 10, 2010, and was signed by Obama and thus it became law. The process of Obamacare policy making was initiated by the former President Clinton but was implemented by President Obama during his tenure. The policy became into effect under the leadership of the former President Obama and had served a great deal in helping people access to medication and better healthcare (Manchikanti, 2015).

The policy was fueled by the state of most of the citizens of the United States who are poor and thus they could not afford the medication and other healthcare facilities. Most of the people in the United States are immigrants who came to America in search of better working conditions and thus most of them are poor, and they are the one working hard in improving the economy of the entire nation. President Clinton and Obama did promise the citizens on the better health care through the implementation of different policies and thus the enactment and use of the Obamacare which played a critical role in assisting Americans to have access to patient’s protection as well as better health care facilities. The main urgency of the policy was as a result of the poor Americans who were provided unskilled labor in the country. The US government were in a position to provide the service and thus the passing of the policy (Oberlander, 2016).

During the time of policy process making, United States had improved economic growth, and this was as a result of the unskilled labor in the country. Since there was the most working population in the entire country, the leadership came up with a policy to cover them regarding medication and allow them to have access to medication. The economic growth of United States is one of the best around the globe and thus the need to help its citizens in living a better life, and one of the best ways is to ensure that they all have access to better healthcare facilities since health is the first step to wealth.

Socially, Americans diverge when it comes to their beliefs, norms and the customs that they hold on to like the country. To bring different cultures together and out the interest of the entire country as the priority, there were a need to unite all Americans using some policies that will apply to them all as one. One of the policies that played a very paramount role in uniting Americans across social differences is the Obamacare which became available to them all. By virtue of being an American, the Obamacare were functional and this united and brought some sense of ownership among Americans and patriotism as a whole (Romney, 2015).

In the world of politics, the Obamacare received a lot of rejection both from the locals and also in the international world. It is normal for any policy to receive critics from the political world and this was one of the main challenges during the implementation of the policy because of the differences which were fueled by the politicians. Obama was seen as winning more Americans both the republicans and the democrats because of the policy which assisted all regardless of the political difference and thus more rejection from the opponents. Even though the policy were one of the best since it aimed at helping the less fortunate in the society have access to medication, it faced a lot of rejection from the political arena and even the current president of the United States, Donald Trump wants to get rid of it completely instead of changing it to fit the current situation in the United States.

The policy was more effective at the time of amendment due to the situations which were prevailing at that particular time. The policy helped a lot of people have access to patient’s protection and much better health care facility at that particular time, and since there has been a lot of changes in the United States, there was a need to advocates for policy change so as to fit the current prevailing situations. The current leadership wants to completely to get rid of the policy because of some few issues, and this is not the most feasible solution since Americans have tasted and seen the importance of the policy. The differences regarding social and political need to be put aside and address the real issues affecting the people of American (Kilkenny, 2016).

In conclusion, the Obamacare plays a critical role in setting a great history and picture in the entire world in which different government can approach medication to its citizens and thus help them live a good life. This policy ought to serve as a lesson to different leadership on the different steps and sacrifices that a country ought to take so as to achieve a better living standard of its people at large .

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