Obama on Health Care

[burrocrat]

that being said, i do see some difficulties here,

Originally Posted by James48843

Extension of Dependent Coverage for Young Adults

üThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will require insurers to permit children to stay on family policies until age 26.

no more babies makin babies on welfare, carry your own. if you are working you will be required to alleviate the government's burden. fair enough.

Protection from Rescissions of Existing Coverage
üThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will stop insurers from rescinding insurance when claims are filed, except in cases of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of material fact.

more work for the lawyers, but they're people too. besides if they ain't working they can't pay their premiums.

Clear Summaries, Without the Fine Print
üThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will require insurance companies to outline coverage options using a simple and standard format that enables consumers to make an apples-to-apples comparison when they are choosing their health insurance plan.

right, if the gubmint can't do it without fine print how can we expect for-profit organizations to? lead by example.

[burrocrat]

Improving Access to Innovative Medical Therapies
üThe ***Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will establish a regulatory pathway for FDA approval of biosimilar versions of previously licensed biological products. The ***Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will also expand the scope of the existing 340B drug discount program, so that patients at children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, rural hospitals and in other underserved communities have access to medicines at lower cost.

can you say poor guinea pig?


Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS)
üThe ***Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will make long-term supports and services more affordable for millions of Americans by providing a lifetime cash benefit that will help people with severe disabilities remain in their homes and communities. CLASS is a voluntary, self-funded, insurance program provided through the workplace. For those whose employers participate, affordable premiums will be paid through payroll deductions. Participation by workers is entirely voluntary. The Congressional Budget Office confirms that the program, which has been revised from earlier versions, is actuarially sound.

if they call it something good it usually ends up quite the opposite, read: stay home, we can't afford you at the center, you may end up crapping yourself, but at least no one will see it. oh, and thanks for all those premiums you paid.

Revenue Provisions
üThe ***Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully paid for and reduces the deficit in the next ten years and beyond. The revenue provisions in the bill focus on paying for reform within the health care system. This is accomplished by tightening current health tax incentives, collecting industry fees, and slightly increasing the Medicare Hospital Insurance tax for high income earners. The bill also includes a fee on insurance companies when they sell high cost health insurance plans. This fee is designed to generate smarter, more cost-effective health coverage choices. Additional changes to health care tax incentives include capping FSA contributions, conforming definitions of deductible medical expenses and changing penalties for HSA spending that is not devoted to health care. The industry fees reflect responsible contributions from industries who have long profited from health care and who will benefit from the expanded coverage of millions of additional Americans under health care reform. The bill also contains a 0.5% increase in the Medicare Hospital Insurance tax for individuals who earn more than $200,000 and couples who earn over $250,000. This tax will not only help fund health care reform, but will also extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund. Together, these revenue provisions represent a balanced, responsible package of proposals that bend the health care cost curve by putting downward pressure on health spending.

tole you we are all the same, this should flatten the curve.

[burrocrat]

so let's do it, either it will work or it won't. eventually we will find a solution or the problem will soon become the least of our worries.

[Handballer]

Originally Posted by Show-me

Phil,

I can wait for this health care nightmare to get passed because when it does and taxes are raised on the middle class when your guy said he will NOT raise taxes on the middle class. I hope you're around. BHO better have that veto pen sharp.

What is considered middle class? After retiring from the military and a short stint in civil service, I don't feel I am in that class now.

[mick504]

Now if the Health Care Package....gets passed....in some workable reasonable form...BHO should be happy. Then maybe he/we can start of working on what the big big problem is....the economy and getting people back to work. I thought that was our current big concern.

[coolhand]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1258...hatsNewsSecond

[coolhand]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29746.html

[Show-me]

Originally Posted by Handballer

What is considered middle class? After retiring from the military and a short stint in civil service, I don't feel I am in that class now.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22600.html

Best answer I can give because it covers a large group. And that group is watching and waiting on BHO move.

[2EASY]

Originally Posted by mick504

Now if the Health Care Package....gets passed....in some workable reasonable form...BHO should be happy. Then maybe he/we can start of working on what the big big problem is....the economy and getting people back to work. I thought that was our current big concern.

The big, big problem = the 2 wars we are in.