Conclusion

Conclusion:

ObamaCare has summoned a variety of strong emotions from each side of the aisle. Even though the bill has not turned out as either party predicted, they each still find plenty of issues with which to slander each other. The health care bill has raised insurance premiums, but has not increased them any more than would have occurred due to rising health care costs. Each cartoon seems to represent a strong side of the issue. The Republican cartoons we analyzed only found ObamaCare as detrimental to the public good. Democratic cartoons, on the other hand, appear to criticize and censure the Republican views about ObamaCare.

The ongoing debate about ObamaCare covers a variety of issues. First, due to the drive for insurance agencies to give insurance to all citizens, premiums have increased for the insured. Insurance companies find themselves loosing money, often times due the low deductibles required by ObamaCare. This causes them to have to pay for more medical bills out of pocket. Second, economists project that due to the bill, 2.5 million people will lose their jobs. Many have argued, however, that it is not so much the loss of jobs, as much as their desire to change their field of work. Lastly, it is still to be determined whether or not ObamaCare has been helpful or detrimental.

All of the cartoons use a variety of methods to sway the publics thinking. The Liberal and Conservative cartoons each try to change the public conversation in order to sway them to see their side of the issue. The Republicans work to demonize the health care bill while the Democrats seek to promote the bill while bashing the Republican's view of the new law. The conservative cartoons framed Obama as an inadequate and untruthful leader and how the new law crushes and harms the populous. The liberal cartoons focus on how the poor will suffer if they were turned over to a Republican system and how the Republicans take credit for all of the good but none the bad.

Most cartoonists' beliefs were visible in the cartoons they drew. If a cartoonist thought ill of Obama, then anything he did was harmful. Each party believes the side of the issue that their government leaders portray, and it is visible in the cartoons as they enhance small beliefs into truths.

Overall, political cartoons covering Obamacare help the public to see and understand the issue in a different light and to hold conversations based on biases presented. When decoding an image, the pieces are often viewed with opinions. It is therefore important because without persuasion there would be no debate.