Affordable Care Act

The concerns over health care has never been greater for many Americans

, including those that depend on Medicare and the government has stepped in with help about issues regarding the new Afford Care Act. The Administer Donald M. Berwick, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services and MD in a recent press release said that "Thanks are in order to the Affordable Care Act, that will allow seniors to afford and get cheaper prescription drugs and free preventive care.

As a nation the message has always been told by many fitness gurus, in shape celebrities, and doctors with television shows that the key to being healthy is prevention, yet the people who need health the most, seniors, have not been able to receive preventative health care through Medicare. Thanks to the new Affordable Care Act, those who have Medicare are now entitled to many preventative services, which is a great step for Medicare. Patients can receive various preventative screenings including for diabetes and some cancer, Medicare has even gone as far as to offer a program to help people quit smoking.

Most everyone who pays the cost of prescription drugs, will not deny that the cost continues to increase, but the good news according to a news report from CMS, is that seniors who can take advantage of the Affordable Care Act will save $1.2 billion this year alone on prescription medications. CMS estimates that each person under this coverage will save on average $550.

Along this same vain, research at CMS has shown that the average cost of living increase through Social Security is actually far outweighing the increasing costs of a doctor's visits. Based on their calculations, less than ten percent of the increase payment per month for those on social security will have to go toward visit with the doctor for most people covered under Medicare part B.

Medicare Part D has continue using its doughnut hole philosophy to slowly close the gap of coverage, and are up to fifty percent coverage on brand name prescription drugs. Many think that Medicare is being unfair, but when you look at the numbers of the past years, the coverage limit has gone up nearly thirty percent, while the deductible has only increased by $70, so the extra money entitles beneficiaries to an addition $680 in initial coverage, and over an addition $1500 in prescription drug coverage (numbers from 2006 to present). While it may seems that Medicare is doing less and less for it beneficiaries, it is doing a lot to make up for the losses that people are experiencing, by offering what it can without losing its assets.

by: Ethan Kalvin

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