Some Basic Info On the House’s Healthcare Reform Bill
Well needless to say there’s a lot going on in the healthcare arena lately. In case you missed it, the House of Representatives released their healthcare bill last week. I’m planning on writing up my analysis of it but unfortunately I’ve got midterms early next week so you’ll all have to wait a week or so for that. But in the meantime I thought I’d provide some basic information about what the bill contains since I’ve had several people recently express frustration to me that they don’t know where to get an objective description of the contents of the bill. So I’ve provided some helpful links after the jump.
The text of the bill can be found here:
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
Its 1018 pages. So they have prepared summary sheets of the most important points, broken down by topic:
Public plan: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-PUBLICOPTION-071409.pdf
Guaranteed Benefits: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BENEFITS-071409.pdf
The Health Insurance Exchange: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-EXCHANGE-071409.pdf
Making Coverage Affordable: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-AFFORDABILITY-071409.pdf
Paying for Healthcare Reform: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-PAYINGFORHEALTHCAREREFORM-071409.pdf
And finally, here’s the CBO’s (Congressional Budget Office) analysis of the bill. They’re a non-partisan research organization that does forecasting for congress:
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10430/House_Tri-Committee-Rangel.pdf
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January 21st, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Health Care in America, is like a Russian Bread Line.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:25 am
Interesting article, I am now a subscriber!
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:57 am
Health care in America is worse then a Russian bread line from 1980, the difference being that more people could afford bread then health insurance in America.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
Health reform has been reduced to a dream, like the electric car, or baseball without steriods. It is doubtful we will see any reform in the next few years, and yet health care costs will continue to make access to health insurance more exclusive to the rich.
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April 16th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
The thing I’m curious about about the Obama plan is this segment about pre-existing conditions… Is there any stuff in the bill about wether or not there is a limit on what insurance plans can require if you have a pre-existing problem?
July 4th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Thanks for the helpful info!