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As of September 23, 2010, insurers are required to pay the full cost of recommended preventive services, without charging a deductible, co-pay or co-insurance.
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan program makes it possible for people who may have previously been denied coverage to purchase health insurance. More information on each State's plan is available on HealthCare.gov
Four million rebate checks have been mailed to American seniors who had reached the gap in Medicare's prescription drug coverage, often called the 'donut hole'
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act are expected to save Medicare an estimated $8 billion in the next two years and almost $418 billion by 2019.
Before the new health care law, insurers could remove young adults from their parent’s plans -- usually around age 19, sometimes later if the young adult remained a full-time student. Now, the law allows most young adults to remain on their parents insurance plan until their 26th birthday.
The Case Against Repeal
New York Times
New York, NY
Reform means that tens of millions of uninsured people will get a chance at security; and many millions more who have coverage can be sure they can keep or replace it.
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, CA
…Americans now have a clear choice on solutions. The 2010 law offers a real fix, providing a base upon which to build. The House Republican solution is a sham and a giveaway.
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Repealing health care reform will add to the deficit by an estimated $230 billion over 10 years.
Bemidji Pioneer
Bemidji, MN
[Republicans] …offer nothing but to undo what the Democrats have done, even against their own ground rules.
The Spokesman-Review
Spokane, WA
House Republicans plan to hold a vote on repealing the new health care law, but no replacement is in sight.
The Reporter
Vacaville, CA
Making any meaningful changes will require the GOP to get serious about governing and not just grandstanding.
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, CA
Instead of focusing on joblessness and other pressing priorities, the new GOP majority in the House appears stuck in the past.
Kansas City Star
Kansas City, MO
This brief GOP proposal offers nothing in the way of solutions for a health care system that every politician, GOP or Democrat, had admitted was broken..
Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach, FL
[Republicans] should help to figure out which parts of the law work and which parts don't, then focus on improving health care reform, not stopping it.
Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas, NV
Republicans just don’t get it. Americans largely support the health care law’s key provisions.
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, MD
GOP's health care repeal zealotry unlikely to sit well with the millions who stand to lose insurance coverage — or who prefer a smaller deficit.
Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
[Repeal]…is purely theatrical - and woefully ill-advised.”
Wilmington News Journal
Wilmington, DE
[Republicans]… have been long on promises and short on specifics.
St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg, FL
... it's worth noting the substantial strides the Affordable Care Act has already achieved in making health care more accessible, and those coming in 2011.
La Opinión
Republican critics…[have misrepresented] the bill as an enlargement of the federal government that would lead to socialism and the creation of 'death panels.'.
