Archive for March, 2010
What does Health Care Reform Mean For You?
Posted by Todd Fries | Filed under Health Insurance
Now that Obama has signed the Health Care Bill into law, what does that mean for us? When does it go into effect?
Please call to discuss any issues you may have since there’s a lot of confusion around this new bill and I’m sure many of you have questions. Below are the fundamentals of what we know, but how all these changes ultimately unfold and when, only time will tell:
- Children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied health insurance coverage, and adults who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions will have access to affordable insurance through a temporary subsidized high-risk pool.
- Health care plans will allow young people to remain on their parents’ insurance policy up until their 26th birthday.
- Insurance companies will be banned from dropping people from coverage when they get sick, and they will be banned from implementing lifetime caps on coverage. (more…)
