2014年10月21日星期二

Obamacare cancellations, again: Column



"Obamacare cancellations, again: Column" is written by Tim Phillips. Tim Phillips is a president of Americans of Prosperity. This article is about hundreds of thousands of Americans will soon receive cancellation letters affecting their 2015 health care plans — and that number may quickly rise into the millions.  Tim Phillips described Americans into individual and small-group policies. First, he started to use some evidence and statistics on individual market to prove on his article. He said "The first group hit will be in the individual market, the same group that suffered through at least 6.3 million cancellation letters last year. They will almost certainly be joined by millions of people in the small-employer market, which has 40 million plans and will be under Obamacare's control starting next year". In this code, we can probably have an idea how serious the Obamacare cancellations hit on Americans. Tim Phillips continued to talk about which states will affect the most. He said" Virginia will be hit the hardest — up to 250,000 Virginians will receive a cancellation notice by the end of November. Another 30,000 New Mexicans will have their plans discontinued in 2015. In Kentucky, another 14,000 individuals will receive notices in the coming weeks. Elsewhere, Colorado, Alaska, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Maine are expecting thousands of cancellations — after almost half a million notices went out last year". These are the theory and statistics Tim Phillips used on individuals market.  Then Tim Phillips started to talk about the small-group policies. Before he started on small-group policies, he said “But that's still only the tip of the cancellation iceberg. A far greater threat looms for the 40 million Americans who receive health insurance through small business employers, also known as small-group plans.” In this code, we can tell that the there are another serious problem coming up.  He said, “In New Jersey, 650,000 people with small-group coverage had their policies disrupted this year, according to the state association of health plans. And Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield — covering Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware — estimate Obamacare is affecting nearly every one of the 5.3 million people covered under its individual and small-group policies”.  Well, there are huge numbers will affect Americans if the Obamacare cancel. At the end of this article, Tim Phillips created a hint, he said" Here's a hint: Obamacare is taking away people's health care policies and replacing them with plans that often cost more and cover less.I totally agree with Tim Phillips,  Obama should focus on the problem is hurting on Americans, and health care is the most serious problem hurting the American right now. He should keep what he promised to Americans and couldn't help them at the end. Also I like how Tim Phillips used the evidence and statistics to let me know how many people will got hit if the Obamacare got cancelled. 

2014年9月20日星期六

Obama Unveils Push for Young People to Do More Against Campus Assaults

On friday, the New York Times published an article titled Obama Unveils Push for Young People to Do more Against Campus Assaults. President Obama has tried to use the power of his office to combat sexual assaults on college campuses. On Friday, he got some help.
Obama announced a nationwide public service campaign called "Its on Us" in the east room
Obama aimed at urging young people to do more to prevent campus sexual assaults.
Mr. Obama called for a “fundamental shift in our culture” in the way women are treated and in the response to victims of sexual assault. I think the article is worth reading because of this problem of sexual assaults from the past until now, there still has been no improvement. People do not even know that the annual number of the hurt of women in different ages. In this article, Obama invited a lot of celebrities to tell people how bad the sexual assault bring to women. I am very supportive of this article because how the Obama bring people a positive impact.