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No, insurance companies created HMO's and PPO's to maximize their prophets. And ACA is written by insurance for insurance, it will not benefit you and me.
Here is a little information concerning HMOs as it relates to healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente WAS the major HMO supplier, as history shows.
HMOs were based on the model pioneered by health organizations like the for-profit Kaiser Permanente in California and non-profit Group Health in Washington State, which offered medical care on a pre-paid basis.
History News Network | HNN's History of Healthcare Reform
And here's a little bit more information. It was Edgar Kaiser, president Nixons friend that influenced the promotion of HMO' and the subsequent 1973 act.
Though some forms of group "managed care" did exist prior to the 1970s, they came about chiefly through the influence of U.S. President Richard Nixon and his friend Edgar Kaiser. In discussion in the White House on February 17, 1971, Nixon expressed his support for the essential philosophy of the HMO, which John Ehrlichman explained thus: "All the incentives are toward less medical care, because the less care they give them, the more money they make."
It always has and always will be about maximising prophets for the insurance industry. At least that is, if and when we ever get a true single payer system. Most people are supporting something they know truly little about.
NHS rationing 'forcing patients to go private'
NHS rationing 'forcing patients to go private' - Telegraph
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent3:25PM BST 24 Sep 2012
More patients are going private because the NHS is increasingly cutting back on providing a range of treatments.
GPs believe the numbers of patients asking about paying for operations including cataract removal and joint replacements has increased markedly in the last year, according to a poll.
NHS charging and rationing 'may be needed'
BBC News - NHS charging and rationing 'may be needed'
By Nick Triggle
Health correspondent, BBC News
4 July 2012 Last updated at 01:16
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the coming years will be the toughest since the early 1950s when dental and prescription fees were introduced.
Other measures, including tax rises, could also form part of the solution.
And the review says decisions on the NHS - and social care - will have an impact on other public services too.
The NHS alone accounts for nearly a quarter of public spending.
When it comes to waiting for health care, Canada is last in line
A major international survey says Canadians wait longer for health care
When it comes to waiting for health care, Canada is last in line - Week in Review - Macleans.ca
by macleans.ca on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:00pm
For decades, wait times have been a consistent and much-lamented component of the Canadian health care system. Within the strictures of medicare, we endure lengthy waits for family doctors, specialists, tests, therapy, beds and on and on. Canadians, in fact, wait longer and more often for health care than citizens in all other developed countries.
Earlier this month, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a major survey on international health care waiting lists and policies. Canada is at the bottom of the pack in almost every category. One example among many: 25 per cent of Canadian patients waited more than four months for non-emergency, elective surgery, the highest proportion of any country reported. The figure is 18 per cent in Australia and seven per cent in France, Switzerland and the United States.
Prescription drug expenses in Canada a health-care barrier, researchers argue
Even those with insurance coverage face difficulties, article suggests
Prescription drug expenses in Canada a health-care barrier, researchers argue | UToday | University of Calgary
High drug expenses in Canada are a significant barrier for people to access prescription drugs outside of hospital, according to an analysis article in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Even those with insurance may face difficulties affording medications as most insurance plans require copayments by patients, thereby presenting a barrier to accessing needed drugs. While provincial governments cover most or all drug costs for seniors and those receiving social assistance, the working poor (households with an annual income less than $29,999) do not have the same benefits, which can result in high rates of noncompliance and failure of patients to fill their prescriptions.
