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November 8, 2009 in Nation/World
10 ways the House bill would change health care
1 Creates a government-run “public option” to offer coverage.
2 Sets up insurance “exchanges” where consumers can easily compare plans.
3 Requires nearly everyone to obtain health insurance by 2013.
4 Requires health plans to allow children to remain on parents’ policies until their 27th birthday.
5 Provides federal financial help for lower- and middle-income consumers to obtain coverage.
6 Bars insurers from denying or limiting coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
7 Bars insurers from imposing lifetime limits on coverage.
8 Expands Medicaid coverage.
9 Imposes 5.4 percent surcharge on adjusted gross incomes of more than $500,000 for individuals and $1 million for joint filers.
!0 Imposes penalties on people and businesses who fail to comply.
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omaha on November 08 at 8:56 a.m.
11. It is going immediately cost $1.3 trillion.
12. It will increase in cost exponentially in the next decades, just like Medicaid.
13. It won’t cover everyone.
14. People who have health insurance now will not be as satisfied with their coverage under this new plan.
15. It will increase the size of the federal government.
liarsinnews on November 08 at 9:11 a.m.
Omaha, hit the nail squarely on the head. Regarding the federal number of government employees the plan will require to operate, it will fail. There is no way our country can handle the financial burden without total destruction of our economy.
jordanpallen on November 08 at 5:19 p.m.
I posted this in a similar article.But it’s about time! What is a more important issue in this world than health and security. Statistics do not tell the whole truth. 85% of Americans may have health insurance, but if you look deeper into it, the premiums and fees they pay are outlandish. I am lucky enough to have full coverage (military), but the deeper you dig into the way these insurance companies operate, the more messy they get. What does your $500 a month cover? It roulette.
Diana on November 08 at 7:39 p.m.
You already ARE paying for everyone else’s coverage if you have your own, which is why it’s so expensive. You and I have been bearing the burden for the uninsured for years, but not in a very smart way.
The bill passage was historic. We won’t turn back on this any more than we would turn back on other ideas conservatives thought “would end the world as we know it…” such as compulsory education, Medicare, school desegregation, 40 hr workweek, universal suffrage, child labor laws, the end of slavery….
We’ll not only survive, we’ll thrive. Be more afraid of the $3 billion a month we’re paying for wars. We could’ve had health reform under Bush, but he gave it to the Iraqis instead.