WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF ENACTMENT * Insurance companies will be barred from dropping people from coverage when they get sick. Lifetime coverage limits will be eliminated and annual limits are to be restricted. * Insurers will be barred from excluding children for coverage because of pre-existing conditions. * Young adults will be able to stay on their parents' health plans until the age of 26. Many health plans currently drop dependents from coverage when they turn 19 or finish college. * Uninsured adults with a pre-existing conditions will be able to obtain health coverage through a new program that will expire once new insurance exchanges begin operating in 2014. * A temporary reinsurance program is created to help companies maintain health coverage for early retirees between the ages of 55 and 64. This also expires in 2014. * Medicare drug beneficiaries who fall into the "doughnut hole" coverage gap will get a $250 rebate. The bill eventually closes that gap which currently begins after $2,700 is spent on drugs. Coverage starts again after $6,154 is spent. * A tax credit becomes available for some small businesses to help provide coverage for workers. * A 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services that use ultraviolet lamps goes into effect on July 1. WHAT HAPPENS IN 2011 * Medicare provides 10 percent bonus payments to primary care physicians and general surgeons. * Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get a free annual wellness visit and personalized prevention plan service. New health plans will be required to cover preventive services with little or no cost to patients. * A new program under the Medicaid plan for the poor goes into effect in October that allows states to offer home and community based care for the disabled that might otherwise require institutional care. * Payments to insurers offering Medicare Advantage services are frozen at 2010 levels. These payments are to be gradually reduced to bring them more in line with traditional Medicare. * Employers are required to disclose the value of health benefits on employees' W-2 tax forms. * An annual fee is imposed on pharmaceutical companies according to market share. The fee does not apply to companies with sales of $5 million or less.WHAT HAPPENS IN 2012*The world ends, forgeters.
First day in The People's Democratic Socialist Republic of America under the guidance of Supreme Glorious Leader Obama, Protector and Defender of the Free World, is going pretty well. One tiny problem though. I noticed a distinct lack of socialism anywhere. I tried walking out of a walmart with a TV. Can you believe the nerve of store security? They asked me if I was going to pay for that.When I informed them that we live in a socialist nation where everything belongs to the people, so the TV was clearly mine, they seemed non-plussed. I guess they missed the memo. I don't argue with cops but I informed them my lawyer would be hearing about this.
I hate political parties.Someone remind me why they exist again.
Glenn Beck
Healthcare Bill passed House tonight
inb4massprotests
Even if you are right, you don't need to be a douche about it.
You liberals really piss me off. You think that anyone that has an idea contrary to yours is a dumbass hick that was brainwashed by conservatives. Even if you are right, you don't need to be a douche about it.
