NJ Stinks
08-10-2009, 05:34 PM
This article may be of interest. It explains a lot about what's in the House's health bill - good and bad.
From myfox9.com:
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Consumer Protection Lost
in Health Talks
Updated: Sunday, 09 Aug 2009, 10:35 AM CDT
Published : Sunday, 09 Aug 2009, 10:35 AM CDT
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone -- even the insurance lobby -- seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.
Yet such practical considerations are being overlooked in a debate that's become a passionate argument about the government's reach and role in medical matters.
Experts say the bills before Congress include significant consumer protections that would end denial or cancellation of coverage for medical reasons, from high cholesterol to cancer.
Insurers no longer could base premiums on a person's medical history, although they still could charge more to 50-year-olds than to people in their 20s.
People buying their own policies, and those working for small businesses, would gain many of the advantages employees of Fortune 500 companies now have. That would eliminate "job lock," the fear of leaving employment that provides medical benefits.
More at the link:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/money/dpg_Consumer_Protection_Lost_in_Health_Talks_mb_08 092009_2899355
From myfox9.com:
______________________________________________
Consumer Protection Lost
in Health Talks
Updated: Sunday, 09 Aug 2009, 10:35 AM CDT
Published : Sunday, 09 Aug 2009, 10:35 AM CDT
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone -- even the insurance lobby -- seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.
Yet such practical considerations are being overlooked in a debate that's become a passionate argument about the government's reach and role in medical matters.
Experts say the bills before Congress include significant consumer protections that would end denial or cancellation of coverage for medical reasons, from high cholesterol to cancer.
Insurers no longer could base premiums on a person's medical history, although they still could charge more to 50-year-olds than to people in their 20s.
People buying their own policies, and those working for small businesses, would gain many of the advantages employees of Fortune 500 companies now have. That would eliminate "job lock," the fear of leaving employment that provides medical benefits.
More at the link:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/money/dpg_Consumer_Protection_Lost_in_Health_Talks_mb_08 092009_2899355