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House sends health care bill to Obama's desk - Health care reform- msnbc.com
Not much to go on, I'm aware. This was just the first thing I saw about it.
Honestly, I haven't been paying much attention the media/world news the for the past year (I've kinda been away from most news). I read the above article to get the main points of the bill...how am I, and the rest of the U.S., going to be affected?
Parts of it:
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I don't know much about this, but it sounds to me:
-Insurance companies can't deny people for pre-existing conditions
-People under a certain income level will be assisted in paying insurance premiums
-You are forced to purchase health care
-Somehow the government will be cutting the deficit (by a largely insignificant amount)...I'm guessing by taxing the higher income brackets?
Not much to go on, I'm aware. This was just the first thing I saw about it.
Honestly, I haven't been paying much attention the media/world news the for the past year (I've kinda been away from most news). I read the above article to get the main points of the bill...how am I, and the rest of the U.S., going to be affected?
Parts of it:
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the legislation awaiting the president's approval would extend coverage to 32 million Americans who lack it, ban insurers from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions and cut deficits by an estimated $138 billion over a decade. If realized, the expansion of coverage would include 95 percent of all eligible individuals under age 65.
For the first time, most Americans would be required to purchase insurance, and face penalties if they refused. Much of the money in the bill would be devoted to subsidies to help families at incomes of up to $88,000 a year pay their premiums.
Across hours of debate, House Democrats predicted the larger of the two bills, costing $940 billion over a decade, would rank with other great social legislation of recent decades.
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I don't know much about this, but it sounds to me:
-Insurance companies can't deny people for pre-existing conditions
-People under a certain income level will be assisted in paying insurance premiums
-You are forced to purchase health care
-Somehow the government will be cutting the deficit (by a largely insignificant amount)...I'm guessing by taxing the higher income brackets?