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Making Fiscally Responsible Health Care Reform A Reality Health Insurance Reform Resources What health insurance reform means for you Health Insurance Reform Calculators I want to hear from you Legislative Resources
Click here to read my op-ed on health insurance reform. Making Fiscally Responsible Health Insurance Reform A Reality Health insurance reform is, at its core, an economic issue, and addressing rising costs was always one of my highest priorities. The reform bill that we have passed represents the single largest deficit reduction in over a decade, saving nearly $140 billion in the first 10 years and over $1.2 trillion in the decade to follow[1]. This legislation provides truly fiscally responsible reform, and it contains the strongest measures ever enacted to help eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the system, to rein in skyrocketing health care costs, and to stabilize Medicare while preserving benefits. Families and individuals can keep what they have and can continue choosing their doctors. Small businesses get $40 billion in tax credits to provide care and can join together in exchanges that offer affordable choices. And reform will close the donut hole in Medicare prescription drug coverage while improving benefits for our seniors and stabilizing the system over the long haul. This health insurance reform bill also holds insurance companies accountable by preventing them from denying coverage based on preexisting conditions, by making sure they can’t take away your coverage if you get sick, and by eliminating the arbitrary caps on coverage that send many families into bankruptcy. It was my commitment to families and businesses in Florida’s 24th District to be a voice for fiscally responsible, common-sense solutions and positive change for our children and their children. Health insurance reform represents those priorities, and that is why I voted yes.
Click here to listen to a recording of my latest telephone town hall on health care reform.
Health Insurance Reform Resources The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched an innovative new on-line tool that will help consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. The website provides consumers with both public and private health coverage options tailored specifically for their needs in a single, easy-to-use tool. 
The Affordable Care Act will help make wellness and prevention services affordable and accessible to you by requiring health plans to cover preventive services and by eliminating cost-sharing. According to a new regulation released by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Treasury and the Department of Labor, if you or your family enroll in a new health plan on or after September 23, 2010, then that plan will be required to cover recommended preventive services without charging you a copay, co-insurance or deductible. Click here for more information.
What health insurance reform means for you: Health Reform for Small Businesses Health Reform for Young Adults Health Reform for Early Retirees Health Reform for High Risk Pools Health Reform: Immediate Benefits
Health Insurance Reform Calculators
Click here to see what health insurance reform will mean for you.
Tell us about your experience with health insurance. Click here for the text of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010 *Updated 3/18/2010*
Click here to read the President's health insurance reform proposal *updated 2/22/2010 Click here to read H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Introduced
Click here for the original House of Representatives legislation (H.R. 3200)
Click here for the text of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act.
[1] According to the Congressional Budget Office, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/113xx/doc11379/Manager%27sAmendmenttoReconciliationProposal.pdf
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