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A new nationwide effort to provide health coverage to uninsured Americans with preexisting conditions is off to a slow start, largely due to high costs and a lack of awareness.
As of Nov. 1, only 8,011 people were enrolled in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, numbers from the Dept. of Health and Human Services show.
Why shit can everyone's private insurance over 8000 people?
A new nationwide effort to provide health coverage to uninsured Americans with preexisting conditions is off to a slow start, largely due to high costs and a lack of awareness.
Almost 6 million Americans are potentially eligible for the program, which runs through 2013, according to a report published in October by The Commonwealth Fund. However, because the $5 billion in federal funding designated by the law won't be enough to cover all eligible individuals, the Congressional Budget Office projects enrollment will average 200,000 a year between 2011 and 2013.
Nationally, the numbers are lower than expected primarily because most consumers don't know the program exists, Dr. Hall said. That could change because some states are beginning to reach out to advocacy groups that serve people with chronic conditions, said Dr. Hall, a co-author of the Commonwealth Fund report. Alerting people who might qualify for the insurance worked in Pennsylvania, she said. The state sent a letter to people on the waiting list for its adultBasic, a state-managed insurance program for people who have gone without coverage for 90 days
Why shit can everyone's private insurance over 8000 people?
No, it's accurate. Nobody who has private health insurance can get the same plan(s) they did merely a year ago.
And the destruction is just beginning.
We all know that the original Idea was supposed to be to make insurance more affordable. Somewhere along the line that was set aside and the idea of "more power" took it's place.
The entire thing needs thrown out. And after the jobs situation is fixed then it needs looked at from the beginning.
Intensive insurance and health care industry lobbying is mostly to blame.
Baucus has been criticized for his ties to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and has been one of the largest beneficiaries in the Senate of campaign contributions from these industries.[37] From 2003 to 2008, Baucus received $3,973,485 from the health sector, including $852,813 from pharmaceutical companies, $851,141 from health professionals, $784,185 from the insurance industry and $465,750 from HMOs/health services, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.[46][47] A 2006 study by Public Citizen found that between 1999 and 2005 Baucus, along with former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, took in the most special-interest money of any senator.[48]
Only three senators have more former staffers working as lobbyists on K Street, at least two dozen in Baucus's case.[48] Several of Baucus's ex-staffers, including former chief of staff David Castagnetti, are now working for the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries.[49] Castagnetti co-founded the lobbying firm of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, which represents "Americas Health Insurance Plans Inc.", the national trade group of health insurance companies, the Medicare Cost Contractors Alliance, as well as Amgen, AstraZeneca PLC and Merck & Co. Another former chief of staff, Jeff Forbes, went on to open his own lobbying shop and to represent the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Advanced Medical Technology Association, among other groups.
In response to the questions raised by the large amount of funding he took from the health care industry, Baucus declared a moratorium as of July 1, 2009 on taking more special interest money from health care political action committees.[51] Baucus, however, declined to return as part of his moratorium any of the millions of dollars he has received from health care industry interests before July 1, 2009, or to rule out a resumption of taking the same or greater health care industry contributions in the future.[51] Baucus's new policy on not taking health care industry money reportedly still permits him to take money from lobbyists or corporate executives, who the Washington Post found continued to make donations after July 1, 2009.[51]
A watchdog group found that in July 2009 Baucus took more money from the health care industry in violation of the self-defined terms of his moratorium, leading Baucus to return the money.[52]
We all know that the original Idea was supposed to be to make insurance more affordable. Somewhere along the line that was set aside and the idea of "more power" took it's place.
The entire thing needs thrown out. And after the jobs situation is fixed then it needs looked at from the beginning.
Intensive insurance and health care industry lobbying is mostly to blame.
We all know that the original Idea was supposed to be to make insurance more affordable. Somewhere along the line that was set aside and the idea of "more power" took it's place.
The entire thing needs thrown out. And after the jobs situation is fixed then it needs looked at from the beginning.
Intensive insurance and health care industry lobbying is mostly to blame.
Probably, but it still isn't what was needed.
No pre existing condition, no life time caps, tax cuts for small business, keep your children on your policy until age 26, 95% of Americans get insurance, donut hole in prescription drug coverage closed... hmmmm, hey tea partiers, are you sure "Americans don't want Obamacare", cause it's sounding pretty good to me.
No pre existing condition, no life time caps, tax cuts for small business, keep your children on your policy until age 26, 95% of Americans get insurance, donut hole in prescription drug coverage closed... hmmmm, hey tea partiers, are you sure "Americans don't want Obamacare", cause it's sounding pretty good to me.
No pre existing condition, no life time caps, tax cuts for small business, keep your children on your policy until age 26, 95% of Americans get insurance, donut hole in prescription drug coverage closed... hmmmm, hey tea partiers, are you sure "Americans don't want Obamacare", cause it's sounding pretty good to me.
Umm most of those things you postred are not entirely correct.
For instance the doughnut hole for prescription drug coverage was reduced but not closed.
