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Top Reasons to Support the House Health Care Plan |
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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Here's how the health care plan that the House of Representatives passed will benefit CWA members:
• All employers (except for small businesses) will be required to provide health care for their employees or pay into a fund. That means no more health care freeloading by some companies.
• It's fairly funded. It doesn't tax our health benefits but pays for health care through employer responsibility and a surtax on the very wealthiest families earning more than $500,000 a year.
• It ends abusive practices by insurance companies. Insurers can't deny claims because of pre-existing conditions or cancel coverage when a patient files a claim.
• Children up to age 27 will continue to be covered by their family's insurance.
• No more lifetime maximum benefit limits.
• Provides protection for pre-Medicare eligible retirees and creates a new fund to help employers finance health care coverage for early retirees ages 55-64.
• Provides a public health insurance option that will compete with private insurance companies and help keep them honest.
• Applies anti-trust laws to insurance companies (they're currently exempt from these laws) so insurers have to compete. |
