Reports
What's In The Health Care Reform Bill For You?
07/14/2009
Without reform, the cost of health care for the average family of four is projected to rise $1,800 every year for years to come—and insurance companies will make more health care decisions.
America’s middle class deserves better. Here’s what America’s Affordable Health Choices Act means for you:
LOWER COSTS
- No more co-pays or deductibles for preventive care
- No more rate increases for pre-existing conditions, gender, or occupation
- An annual cap on your out-of-pocket expenses
- Group rates of a national pool if you buy your own plan
- Guaranteed, affordable oral, hearing, and vision care for your kids
GREATER CHOICE
- Keep your doctor, and your current plan, if you like them
- More choice, with a high quality public health insurance option competing with private insurers
HIGHER QUALITY
- You and your doctors make health care decisions — not insurance companies
- More family doctors and nurses will enter the workforce, helping guarantee access
- Mental health care must be covered
STABILITY & PEACE OF MIND
- No more coverage denials for pre-existing conditions
- No more lifetime limits on how much insurance companies will pay
- No reason to ever make a job or life decision again based on health care coverage