Health Insurance

It is too bad that some people, who profess to not understanding the new
Health care bill, haven't learned to read. Because if you can read you will see that
this new law benefits more than 90% of the nation. Among other things, it disallows the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions, it bans the ability of insurers from dropping coverage when someone is diagnosed with a condition that requires expensive treatment. The law also cuts the prices of Medicare prescription drugs by 50% when a patient is in the ubiquitous "donut hole" or gap in benefits. It allows parents to keep their children on their insurance until they become 26 years of age. The law also increases subsidies to purchase health insurance to low and moderate income people. Covers preventive services; in 2011, seniors in Medicare will receive free annual check-ups with no co-payments for mammograms, colonoscopies and other preventive screenings; Provides up to 35 % tax credits to small business that offer health care coverage; and creates a new and independent health insurance appeals process for consumers.
And the law provides a 10% increase in Federal Medicare payments to primary care doctors.
I'll admit that this law is not the panacea that we were expecting but it will be
changed gradually until we finally have health care for everyone, as all the rest of the civilized world has.