Is Affordable Health Care for America Act socialized medicine?
No, the Affordable Health Care for America Act is not socialized medicine. By maintaining the competitive market system, Americans will have the freedom to keep their current private health insurance plan. This is unlike the health care plan currently in place in Canada, for example, which is financed entirely by the government. The Affordable Health Care for America Act will provide the 23 percent of our community currently uninsured with access to quality and affordable health care by increasing attainable options through an affordability credits system that assists low- and moderate-income families as well as individuals who do not qualify for Medicare. According to the Congressional Budget Office, only about 3 percent of Americans will opt to choose the public health insurance option that the Affordable Health Care for America Act would offer.
