White House Snarks On GOP Whining About Health Care Bill Page Length
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.
I worried that the Obama folks might lose some of their edge in the transition to the White House, and while of course they can’t be as hard edged about some things due to their role as the government, they clearly are not going to roll over like so many Democrats in power too often do.
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Thank you for taking the time to read and highlight some crucially important and relevant issues in the Health Care Bill…
Greta Van Elway Teeth complains about this every night
Awesome. Treat those assholes with the contempt they deserve.
When Robert Gibbs owned Hannity on his Hal Turner association before the election, I had a feeling we were going to get a little of this. I like that our politics can be a little funny now. One thing on which the Brits have been well ahead of us.
This needs to be out there. Big time. Shout it from the rooftops.
The only problem with this is that, through no fault of their own, they’re pretty much preaching to the choir. The MSM will completely ignore this, as usual.
Here’s a part they forgot to mention:
The incentives for states to enact tort reform can NOT be used for new laws that limit attorney’s fees or cap damages.
Oh, the states can do that if they want, but if they do they give up any federal assistance in doing so. Kind of like how states can set any speed limit laws they like — but if they don’t follow the federal rules, they can kiss goodbye all federal highway funding.
(Section 2531, if you’re wondering.)