How Kids will be Impacted by Affordable Health Care Act

Over the past few weeks, we have discussed the Affordable Health Care Act and tried to break away from the media’s normal approach of either praising or criticizing, aiming instead for a balanced approach that presents all sides and ways that businesses and people will be affected.

In the fourth part of our series, we are going to talk about something that has undoubtedly been on everyone’s minds, as it has been on ours too. How will this Affordable Health Care Act affect our children?

Good for the Children

Whether you hate it or love it, if you have kids, then you are going to love this. One of the main things there have been outcries over with the Affordable Health Care Act has been the health care tax that will be implemented come 2014. When that time comes, if you don’t have health insurance, then you will have to pay a tax that will increase significantly over the course of two years.

Many people must be thinking how unfair that is to our youth that our struggling to get by in this economy, well apparently so were big men in charge when they wrote the bill. 

Parents everywhere should rejoice for your health insurance will now cover your children until they are 26 years old.

This extra time is perfect for your child to get a job that offers its own health benefits and to stay insured while they go through college or trade school. 

Also, when you take into account that the bill is encouraging and enticing employers with major tax incentives to offer healthcare to their employees, one can be reassured at how easy it will be for little Jonny to get himself insured.

Other Benefits of the Bill

Your children can now be covered under your employer’s health insurance benefits as long as you employed. The government is issuing very nice tax benefits to companies that take on or already offer health insurance to their employees.

It is now easier than ever to get health insurance through a variety of processes. There are various government aid programs that are perfect for the struggling student or young person that falls out of the 26-year old age bracket and, of course, many other families will qualify. Prescription prices are dropping dramatically, also making things easier on people of all ages.

So, whether you like it or not, the bill is here and the changes are being made every day. Nothing is perfect, but it could always be worse. 

With the Affordable Health Care Act passed, millions of Americans, including their children, will be able to enjoy healthcare when they didn’t even dream of affording it before.