September 10, 2010

News Article

President Obama Renews Call for Health Insurance Reform (2010-02-22)

President Barack Obama today unveiled his latest attempt to find a package of health insurance reforms that could be enacted by the current members of the U.S. Congress. According the White House web site, the plan would have the following impacts:

"It makes insurance more affordable by providing the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history, reducing premium costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who are priced out of coverage today. This helps over 31 million Americans afford health care who do not get it today – and makes coverage more affordable for many more.

"It sets up a new competitive health insurance market giving tens of millions of Americans the exact same insurance choices that members of Congress will have.

"It brings greater accountability to health care by laying out commonsense rules of the road to keep premiums down and prevent insurance industry abuses and denial of care.

"It will end discrimination against Americans with pre-existing conditions."

"It puts our budget and economy on a more stable path by reducing the deficit by $100 billion over the next ten years – and about $1 trillion over the second decade – by cutting government overspending and reining in waste, fraud and abuse."

You can read the President's entire proposal by linking here.