Yesterday, the House of Representatives made history. Even with the bill's flaws, health care reform is the most important piece of progressive legislation in decades.
Below is a list of ten of the most important things health care reform will accomplish for everyday Americans—none of which would've been possible without the dogged efforts of grassroots progressives and the support of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz.1
But Republicans are already unleashing their spin machine to target Democrats who voted for reform, so we've got to show that we've got their backs. We've set a goal of making 129 thank-you calls from Fort Lauderdale to Rep. Wasserman Schultz's office today—can you join in?
Here's where to call:
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Phone: 202-225-7931
And after you call, take a moment to check out the list and share it with all your friends. Big Insurance and right-wing extremists are already ratcheting up their campaign to spread misinformation about the bill, so it's critical that we get the truth out as widely as possible.
10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM
1. Once reform is fully implemented, over 95% of Americans will have health insurance coverage, including 32 million who are currently uninsured.2
2. Health insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny people coverage because of preexisting conditions—or to drop coverage when people become sick.3
3. Just like members of Congress, individuals and small businesses who can't afford to purchase insurance on their own will be able to pool together and choose from a variety of competing plans with lower premiums.4
4. Reform will cut the federal budget deficit by $138 billion over the next ten years, and a whopping $1.2 trillion in the following ten years.5
5. Health care will be more affordable for families and small businesses thanks to new tax credits, subsidies, and other assistance—paid for largely by taxing insurance companies, drug companies, and the very wealthiest Americans.6
6. Seniors on Medicare will pay less for their prescription drugs because the legislation closes the "donut hole" gap in existing coverage.7
7. By reducing health care costs for employers, reform will create or save more than 2.5 million jobs over the next decade.8
8. Medicaid will be expanded to offer health insurance coverage to an additional 16 million low-income people.9
9. Instead of losing coverage after they leave home or graduate from college, young adults will be able to remain on their families' insurance plans until age 26.10
10. Community health centers would receive an additional $11 billion, doubling the number of patients who can be treated regardless of their insurance or ability to pay.11
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Sources:
1. Final vote results on motion to concur in Senate amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, March 21, 2010
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11. "Affordable Health Care for America: Summary," House Energy and Commerce Committee, March 18, 2010
http://wwwd.house.gov/akamaidocs/energycommerce/SUMMARY.pdf
4. "Insurance Companies Prosper, Families Suffer: Our Broken Health Insurance System," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Accessed March 22, 2010
http://healthreform.gov/reports/insuranceprospers/index.html
5. "Affordable Health Care for America: Health Insurance Reform at a Glance: Revenue Provisions," House Energy and Commerce Committee, March 18, 2010
http://wwwd.house.gov/akamaidocs/energycommerce/REVENUE.pdf
8. "New Jobs Through Better Health Care," Center for American Progress, January 8, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87402&id=19504-3141455-0p7zpQx&t=2
9, 10. "Proposed Changes in the Final Health Care Bill," The New York Times, March 22, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87403&id=19504-3141455-0p7zpQx&t=3
http://docs.house.gov/energycommerce/DISPARITIES.pdf
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1 comment:
I'm a NY physician, who also has a place in Florida near Ft Lauderdale, who stumbled across this site while surfing the web.
This message is intended for the moderator..since I don't expect you will have the intellectual honesty to post it.
This heatlth care law is going to be a disaster.
A LOT of physicians will NOT be willing to work under its provision, I'm one of them. The day after it passed, I spent 2 hours with my financial advisor discussing early retirement.
There are other things to consider also.
With Medicare and Social Security projected to go bankrupt, the current National Debt, whch took 234 years to accumulate, projected to double in the next 5 years and tripe in the next 10 ..at the current rate of spending, and job growth flat because of government spending, debt, and regulations.. was it wise to create a whole NEW trillion dollar entitlement?
Common sense of the most basic sort woud say "NO"! It would be insane!
But that is what Congress just did..when all it had to do was reform what was broken..NOT destroy the current system to create a new one.
Crazy.. just crazy.
I'm not sticking around for the meltdown.
Try..just try to get a doctor when you add 32 million to the ssytem, say its free ..and there are FEWER doctors!
Good luck with that.
Anyone who supports this, in my humble opinion, is a delusional out of touch with reality, ideologue.
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