WHAT’S IN THE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL FOR YOU?We know our economy and fiscal future are tied to building on what works in our health care system and fixing what’s broken.
Here are 12 ways health care reform will help you and your family.
LOWER COSTS
• No more co-pays or deductibles for preventive care
• An annual cap on your out-of-pocket expenses-- no longer driving Americans to financial ruin
• An end to rate increases based on pre-existing conditions, gender, or occupation
• Group purchasing power of a national pool if you have to buy your own plan
• Guaranteed, affordable oral health and vision care for kids
GREATER CHOICE
• Keep your doctor and your plan if you like them
• More plan choices, including a high-quality public health insurance option that would compete with private companies
STABILITY & PEACE OF MIND
• An end to coverage denials for pre-existing conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, or cancer
• Get the care you need with an end to lifetime limits
• Job and life choices will no longer be based on health care coverage
HIGHER QUALITY
• Doctors-- not insurance companies-- in charge of health care decisions
Why are those in Congress adamant about thwarting health care reform? Could it be lobbyists? Nah.
And so it goes.
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The Republicans were against the passing of the Civil Rights law, Medicare, and Social Security. Nothing more need be said.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many people 'invested' in how it runs now, it will probably take a revolution or a disaster to change things. The lobbyists for HMOs alone will fight fight fight.
ReplyDelete"Even as we speak" we personally are battling an insurance company that is refusing to pay for a medication that the doctor feels is vital to my wife's continued health and that is refusing to pay for periodic tests that monitor my own health.
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