Barack Obama Accomplishments

BARACK OBAMA

Luke Ferrell

Mr. McKown

Government

8th Period

April 4, 2018

I am doing former President Barack Obama, I will be talking about the many positive things he has done and positive goals he has achieved. I will also be talking about major accomplishments and the lasting effects.

He has truly showed us that America is

the best and he has made America an even better place than it was before. He made us realize how much better the United States has become. From war to peacetime this president has stepped up to the plate and showed the world that we don’t back down and we take care of our own.

Barack Obama has always been a successful man from a lawyer to senator and then to president.

He was definitely a good president. Breaking the barrier and paving the way for future African Americans. From humble beginnings to our first African American President, Barack Obama has made a lasting impression on many people.

Obama has done amazing things in his term as president from Obama Care to trying to bring troops home after the attack on Bin Laden. President Obama has worked hard on making this world a better place and he for the most part has made the world a better place.

Barack married Michelle Robinson in 1992, they have two children Malia Ann (1999) and Sasha (2001). After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1991, Obama worked as a civil rights lawyer and also a part time law professor at University of Chicago Law school. “When he graduated, opulent law firms flung their doors open to him. He was offered jobs at Wall Street firms, as well as a clerkship on the U.S. Supreme court” (Sapet,74). In 1991-1996 worked his way up the political ladder. “In 1996 he ran as democratic seat and was elected Illinois State Senator” (Sapet,

78).
His accomplishments were many including changing the death penalty and child health care. “He had a hand in reforming the death penalty system. He also advocated the expansion of early childhood education. Through his work with the states health care program, 20,000 additional children and 65,000 more families were insured” (Sapet, 85)
One major achievement of Mr Obama was being the first African American President elected in the United States.

Another is his healthcare bill, which helped many low income families afford the healthcare they needed. Known as the Affordable Healthcare Act and later as Obamacare.

“My health care plan has three central tenets. First, all Americans should have access to the benefits of modern medicine. Second, we must eliminate the waste that plagues our medical system (duplicative tests and procedures that are performed because the right information is not readily available, and doctors providing unnecessary care for fear of being sued). Third, we need a public health infrastructure that works with our medical system to prevent disease and improve health,” says Mr. Obama ( N.E. Journal of Medicine, 2008).

One major conflict was the War on Terrorism. On Sept 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked and used as weapons on the American people, leading us into war. Mr. Obama fought hard to help bring the war to an end, working with Russia and other countries to bring about peace. “Finally in 2011 he ordered the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, the person blamed for the 9/11 attacks, bringing the war to an end” (Pettinger,

2017).
One lasting effect from President Obama’s legacy is Obamacare, many low income families were able to provide coverage for their families thanks to this act. “To make insurance affordable, we will give families income-related tax credits to expand access and streamline plan enrollment and transactions to reduce the administrative burden. I will also expand Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program immediately to cover all children who don't have private coverage. And I have specified how I will pay for it — by cutting out waste in the system and redirecting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to help middle-class families afford health insurance” (N.E. Journal of Medicine, 2008).
One of his major policies that was revised by the new administration was his health care act. Obamacare didn't really go over very well with a lot of Americans or the politicians. The incoming president worked to revise the plan.
“The Trump-backed effort to repeal the ACA did not succeed. So insurers can’t charge higher prices to people with illnesses, and young adults can stay on their parents’ plans until age 26. Failing to overturn the ACA left Medicaid intact for the nearly 12 million people in 32 states who qualify under the law’s expansion of the program. Some health experts believe that the repeal of the individual mandate, along with Trump administration regulatory changes allowing the sale of some health insurance plans that don’t comply with the rules of Obamacare, could inject considerable instability into the individual marketplaces that were created by the law and drive premiums up. That hurts people who don’t qualify for subsidies to buy private insurance under the law and could push even more insurers out over time (many insurers had already left, even before 2017)” (fivethirtyeight.com).
Former president Barack Obama is keeping busy. He is vacationing in different continents and has been to at least nine different countries, this is called The Obama tour of the world. He still isn't out of politics and public service, he does have plans for the Obama presidential center in Chicago. The Obama presidential center will consist of three buildings in Jackson Park, a museum, a forum building with restaurants, an auditorium, a public garden and also a library. He is still not able to detach himself from the political fray, he’s been involved with National Democratic committee trying to win back state legislatures. (Newsweek.com)
All in all Barack Obama was a really good president and really helped to change America for the better. We will all miss him, he left a great legacy behind. We were very lucky to have a great president like Obama and he has served two amazing terms and still is into politics and even though he’s not president anymore he still does a lot of good things in America because he truly is a good person. Now he is back with his wife and kids and probably is going to spend every moment with them. Goodbye Obama we will miss you.

Works Cited

“Is Trump Delivering On His Promises To Reverse Obama's Policies?” FiveThirtyEight, FiveThirtyEight, 31 Jan. 2018, fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-trump-delivering-on-his-promises-to-reverse-obamas-policie/.
Obama, Barack. “Modern Health Care for All Americans.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 359, no. 15, 2008, pp. 1537–1541., doi:10.1056/nejmp0807677.
Pettinger, Tejvan. “Barack Obama Biography”, Oxford, www.biographyonline.net, Published:11th Dec 2013. Updated 11th February 2017.
Sapet, Kerrily. Political Profiles: Barack Obama. Morgan Reynolds, 2008.
Schwarz, Sam. “What Has Barack Obama Been up to since Leaving Office?” Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2017, www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-leaving-white-house-76150