奥巴马医改可能导致医保费用增加(1/2)
奥巴马医改在短期内可让需要医保的公民获益，但如果不经改革，长期内可能导致医保支出面临通胀压力，从而影响到每个人。Hints:
Affordable Care Act/Affordable Health Care Act
Obamacare
James Matthews
Medicaid
Ny Whitaker
Christopher Condeluci
Senate Finance Committee
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201310/201310110909407672855.mp3The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, makes it possible now for James Matthews to get coverage through the expanded federal Medicaid program for low-income families, even though he has been diagnosed with diabetes.
"I'm excited to know that they can't use that pre-existing condition, you know, as a way to discriminate against me and not provide insurance or to limit my coverage because I do have diabetes."
And Ny Whitaker, a self-employed single mother, will now receive a federal subsidy so she can purchase private insurance being offered on newly created health exchanges.
"I think it's time for us to just take care of our citizens, make sure everyone is insured and that we have a level playing field."
But if Obamacare is successful only in expanding coverage to those in need of health care, the program will likely fail in the long run.
Christopher Condeluci is a former counsel to the Senate Finance Committee that helped develop the Affordable Health Care Act.
"If more people are covered by health insurance and they utilize health care services to a much greater degree than we would have ever expected, that's gonna put inflationary pressure on health care spending and that's gonna increase the cost of health care overall and that's gonna impact everybody."平价医保法案——也就是人们所熟知的“奥巴马医改”——扩大了对低收入家庭的联邦医疗补助计划，现在，詹姆斯·马修斯虽然身患糖尿病也可以参保了：“他们现在不能因为我参保前患有疾病而对我区别对待，不能因为我有糖尿病就不给我保险或者限制我的保险范围，这让我很高兴。”
单身母亲奈·惠特克是一位个体经营者。她将得到联邦政府的补贴来购买在新建医保市场出售的私营保险：“现在是时候关心公民了。要确保人人都参保，确保大家都得到公平对待。”
但如果“奥巴马医改”只是成功地将医保范围扩大，覆盖到需要医保的公民，那么从长远来看，这个医保计划很可能失败。
克里斯多夫·康德鲁奇曾担任参议院财务委员会的法律顾问，该委员会协助起草了平价医保法案。他说：“如果更多的人参与医保，然后他们使用的医疗服务远远超出我们的预期，那么医保支出就将面临通胀压力，总的医疗成本就会上升，每个人都会受到影响。”
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