White House Highlights Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill
Since some opponents of reform seem too obsessed with the length of the Senate health insurance reform bill to even bother looking at what’s in it for American families, we thought we’d make it a little easier for them to find some key of provisions they’re working so hard to kill:
- On page 78 you’ll learn that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ends discrimination based on pre-existing conditions.
- On page 17, it makes preventive care completely free, with no cost-sharing. (This might be of particular interest to those who have chosen to seize on concerns about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- Recommendations on mammograms to spread baseless myths and advance their own political agenda.)
- Flipping back to page 16, you’ll find that insurance companies are prohibited from dropping your coverage or watering it down when you get sick and need it most.
- Also on page 16, you might notice that it puts an end to lifetime caps on coverage.
- Page 18 is where the bill extends family coverage eligibility for young Americans through the age of 26.
- On page 83 it requires insurance companies to renew any policy as long as the policyholder pays their premium in full – that means they can’t refuse to renew your coverage just because you get sick.
- Page 307 is home to tax credits for small businesses to help them afford insurance for their employees.
- And folks looking to scare our senior citizens about what reform means for them might be interested to check out page 923 and learn that it provides a 50% discount on drugs for seniors in the so-called donut hole.
Health Insurance Reform vs. Medicare Part D
Opponents of health insurance reform have spent hours on the Senate floor today attacking the Senate’s efforts to provide stability and security for those with insurance, affordable coverage for those without, and lower costs for families, small businesses and the government. To provide a little perspective on these attacks, let’s compare today’s legislation with the 2003 Medicare Part D effort, which many of these same critics supported:
Senate Health Reform
Effect on the Deficits over First 10 years: Decreased by $130 billion
Cost from 2010-2019: $848 billion
Length: 2,074 pages
Medicare Part D
Effect on the Deficits over First 10 years: Increased by $395 billion
Cost from 2010-2019: $600 billion
Length: 1,044 pages
Topics: affordable insurance, American families, cost sharing, coverage, Economy, families, Governance, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform Bill, political agenda, politics, Senate, tax credits, U.S., U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, United States, White House
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