Health insurance reform passed the House of Representatives by a slim margin late last night.
The health insurance reform bill, which is estimated to cost $940 billion over 10 years, is projected to extend coverage to 32 million more Americans.
Here are a few key points included in the bill:
- Insurers can longer exclude or increase the cost of coverage for children with pre-existing conditions. This will take effect as soon as the bill becomes law. In 2014, this will be extended to all adult Americans. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone needs to set up medical plans for their health protection. Health insurance is important in our life because we can get accident or illness in the future. We never know our future.
Health plans will make sure that we can get the best treatment if we get illness or injuries. We can protect ourselves by taking health plans that cover all our medical treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
Health insurance lobbyists are pushing lawmakers to eliminate caps on profits and other administrative spending and delay a hefty, industry-wide tax under the massive healthcare reform legislation being finalized in Congress.
Health insurers, which include companies such as Aetna Inc., Humana Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc., became ripe targets for reform as President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats slammed everything from premium costs to the denial of care. Read the rest of this entry »
While Congress debates the specifics of a health care bill, Americans wonder what reform will mean for them–and when they can expect it.
The good news is that many changes would be felt immediately or within a few months of the bill’s signing.
If the health care bill becomes law, the following changes would quickly take effect:
* Lifetime limits on coverage would be eliminated six months after the bill is signed into law.
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Over at Firedoglake, Marcy has questioned some of my assumptions regarding the financial situation of her hypothesized family of four making $66,370 per year and trying to purchase health insurance under the Senate’s bill.
That’s only fair, since I questioned some of her assumptions. So let’s go line by line through her budget, and try to reach some consensus as to what this family is in fact likely to be spending in health care and other areas. Read the rest of this entry »
Health insurance reform passed the House of Representatives by a slim margin late last night.
