Section by Section Summary of House Health Care Bill

[SpartanDem]

Trying to read the bill, but the legalese is making your eyes roll back in your head? This summary cuts the reading from 1900 to 61 pages.

http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/health_care/hr3962_Section_by_Section.pdf

[sandnsea]

1. Here's some more links for it

Top Ten Changes, a 4 page summary and a 9 page summary, some other things.

http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/10/affordable-health-care.shtml

[ProSense]

2. This is important:

Sec. 302. Exchange‐eligible individuals and employers. Defines who is eligible for participation in the Health Insurance Exchange including employers and individuals. In year one, individuals not enrolled in other acceptable coverage as well as small employers with 25 or fewer employees are allowed into the Exchange. In year two, employers with 50 and fewer employees are allowed into the Exchange. In year three, the Commissioner is, at a minimum, required to open the Exchange to employers with 100 and fewer employees, but is permitted from this year forward to expand employer participation as appropriate, with the goal of allowing all employers access to the Exchange. Defines acceptable coverage to include enrollment in other qualified coverage and most other federal health programs.

Once an individual or an employer enrolls in coverage through the Exchange, they remain eligible for Exchange coverage even if circumstances change that would otherwise exclude them.

Do people realize how many individuals and employers this will impacts?

This is huge.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. 10 million at most, according to the governments best estimates. No employer is

going to choose the more expensive private insurance company run PO, when they can buy a cheaper non PO private plan with identical coverage.

[Hutzpa]

4. wow

that is huge indeed, it will lead to single payer eventually...:woohoo:

[Clio the Leo]

5. We're on the fast track to SOCIALISM!!!!

I think the GOP may actually be right about something. :)

[ProSense]

6. It's fascinating. n/t

[HughMoran]

8. I work for a 10 person company with $40,000/year family insurance rates

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will help me actually buy insurance that I can afford.

[eridani]

11. Great. We can all have insurance that strips us of our discretionary income

--and still no guarantee that your claims won't be denied.

[ProSense]

12. You can keep what you have now.

Call Lieberman.

[eridani]

13. What if what I have now totally sucks?

As long as you are quoting summaries, why did you leave out the age discrimination?

[ProSense]

14. Obviously, you prefer it over what is being proposed.

Or are you saying reform is better, but not good enough?

[eridani]

15. When every option sucks, where the hell does "choice" enter into the picture? n/t

[ChicagoSuz219]

16. This is good news...

...I've been wondering about the info in paragraph two.

Thanks!

[SpartanDem]

19. kick

[Cha]

7. Thanks,

Spartan.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Thanks for posting this.

[stevenleser]

10. K&R. Thanks SpartanDem!

:-) :pals:

[firedupdem]

17. K&R! Thanks!

[ChicagoSuz219]

18. Thx 4 posting this! You rock!! nt

[HopeOverFear]

20. thanks