Posted on 11/07/2009 8:15:05 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion
A list of what will start happening in 2010 under the bill (http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/the-2010-reforms-in-the-house-healthcare-reform-bill/blog-179995/).
1. BEGINS TO CLOSE THE MEDICARE PART D DONUT HOLE — Reduces the donut hole by $500 and institutes a 50% discount on brand-name drugs, effective January 1, 2010.
2. IMMEDIATE HELP FOR THE UNINSURED UNTIL EXCHANGE IS AVAILABLE (INTERIM HIGH-RISK POOL) — Creates a temporary insurance program until the Exchange is available for individuals who have been uninsured for several months or have been denied a policy because of pre-existing conditions.
3. BANS LIFETIME LIMITS ON COVERAGE—Prohibits health insurance companies from placing lifetime caps on coverage.
4. ENDS RESCISSIONS—Prohibits insurers from nullifying or rescinding a patient’s policy when they file a claim for benefits, except in the case of fraud.
5. EXTENDS COVERAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO 27TH BIRTHDAY THROUGH PARENTS’ INSURANCE— Requires health plans to allow young people through age 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance policy, at the parents’ choice.
6. ELIMINATES COST-SHARING FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES IN MEDICARE—Eliminates co-payments for preventive services and exempts preventive services from deductibles under the Medicare program.
7. IMPROVES HELP FOR LOW-INCOME MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES—Improves the low-income protection programs in Medicare to assure more individuals are able to access this vital help.
8. PROVIDES NEW CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE— Prohibits Medicare Advantage plans from charging enrollees higher cost-sharing for services in their private plan than what is charged in traditional Medicare.
9. IMMEDIATE SUNSHINE ON PRICE GOUGING—Discourages excessive price increases by insurance companies through review and disclosure of insurance rate increases.
10. CONTINUITY FOR DISPLACED WORKERS—Allows Americans to keep their COBRA coverage until the Exchange is in place and they can access affordable coverage.
11. CREATES NEW, VOLUNTARY, PUBLIC LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM—Creates a long-term care insurance program to be financed by voluntary payroll deductions to provide benefits to adults who become functionally disabled.
12. HELP FOR EARLY RETIREES—Creates a $10 billon fund to finance a temporary reinsurance program to help offset the costs of expensive health claims for employers that provide health benefits for retirees age 55-64.
13. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS—Increases funding for Community Health Centers to allow for a doubling of the number of patients seen by the centers over the next 5 years.
14. INCREASING NUMBER OF PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS — Provides new investment in training programs to increase the number of primary care doctors, nurses, and public health professionals.
Federal Tax Credits don’t start till 2014.
Again this is what I have heard and gleaned in reading articles. I too have not read the entire bill itself.
>Show me one example of a government entitlement that has been taken away once it is started.
The right to keep and bear arms... oh, wait, that’s not an entitlement.
>Pray for civil war.
It’s starting to look a lot like that’s the only way things will change at all in DC; evil abounds when good men do nothing, and we’ve done nothing about it for far too long.
Remember when congress passed the bill to build a wall on the Mexican border? And then they cut off the funding the next year? Two can play at that game!
Obama would have to sign it.
They’re going to start collecting funds ASAP in order to pay for what you’ve listed.
So true. Never trust a Democrat. Every member of the Democrat legislature has known for the past thirty years that their party was being controlled by far left wingers and yet they chose to stay with their party. They could have switched it they had enough outrage about what their party had become.
Hillary Clinton said a couple of years ago that they would go for the red states. Well we can see the charade they put on to fool millions of trusting people in the red states who fell for this charade.
Must be in another bill to come out. Where in this bill, HB 3962, did you read it?
http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf
But when do they start taking our money?
Maybe it’s a good thing that they constructed it to have a delay taking effect. Once they dismantle the current system, it’d be like putting Humpty Dumpty together again. Unfortunately they’ve front loaded much of the financing, but a strong takeover in 2010 could reverse it, (I hope).
This ought to mobilize the conservatives who haven’t already jumped on the bandwagon. And we should relentlessly remind those who votred for it that they are leaving office in 2010, it’s a given. The momentum cannot slow down.
“Not as long as Dumbo is in the White House unless you get a 2/3 majority in both houses!”
The house can cut off funding. Nothing king obuma can do about that. The most famous and recent example was congress cutting off money to Vietnam in 1975, causing the collapse of the country and a victory for the communists.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.