10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM

[Guest guest]

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

To share this list with your friends using Facebook or Twitter, visit:

http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/tenthings/?id=19504-8211941-vjaeTRx & t=1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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=19504-8211941-vjaeTRx & 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=19504-8211941-vjaeTRx & t=3

11. " Affordable Health Care for America: Health Insurance Reform at a Glance:

Addressing Health and Health Care Disparities, " House Energy and Commerce

Committee, March 20, 2010

http://docs.house.gov/energycommerce/DISPARITIES.pdf

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\

--------------------------------------

PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized

by any candidate or candidate's committee