Altman Part 4

In part four of the book, the plan Obama has developed is the focal point.  Obama came up with the health reform. Many republicans opposed this plan because of the high cost, they also did not like the fact that there would be an increase in the amount of federal regulation and millions would be added to the public sector Medicaid program. The public option was to reduce health insurance price premiums by lowering cost. Many people opposed the public options because they thought it would eventually lead to lowering of reimbursements to providers and expand eligibility to individuals and providers. The Obama health plan would add millions of people to state Medicaid programs, with the federal government paying a bulk of the cost and the state still paying a portion. In my opinion I believe that Obama Plan was a good plan but it just had to be executed correctly to get the maximum results. There were are still currently are people who greatly oppose Obama Care and they would rather not pay extra money with taxes to ensure the health of others, although the health of others does impact their health in some way shape or form.