Here’s the wiki for H.R. 3590, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka “the Health Care Bill.”
Seriously. Health care for 94% of Americans.
Some gems from the wiki:
“Effective six months after passage:
Prevent insurers from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions.
Prevents insurers from charging increased rates on policies for children with preexisting conditions.
Children will be permitted to remain on their parents insurance plan until age 26
Insurance policies must cover preventative care without requiring co-pays
$250 drug cost rebate for seniors
Lifetime monetary caps on insurance policies banned
Effective in 2014:
Prevents insurers from charging increased rates on policies for individuals with preexisting conditions.
Expand Medicaid eligibility; individuals with income up to 133% of the poverty line qualify for coverage
Establish health insurance exchanges, and subsidization of insurance premiums for individuals with income up to 400 percent of the poverty line.
Offer tax credits to small businesses who have less than 25 employees and provide health care benefits for them.
Impose a tax penalty on employers with over fifty employees who do not offer health insurance to their workers.
Impose an annual fine on individuals who do not obtain health insurance; exemptions to fine in cases of financial hardship, religious beliefs.
Creation of a new voluntary long-term care insurance program.
Creation of tax credits for individuals who purchase private insurance policies
Employed individuals who pay more than 9.5% of their income on health insurance premiums will be permitted to purchase insurance policies from a state-controlled health insurance option”
We’re seeing the soft revolution in progress. With no war, or violence. No feeding our children to the gears of change. The new revolution is one of ideas. One one side you’ve got the people who want constant improvement and change in positive directions. On the other side you’ve got folks who don’t want things to change, except to back how they once might have been.
To be honest, it’s kind of a one-sided game. Change is inevitable, and rapidly accelerating. If you’re someone who doesn’t like change, the next hundred years are going to seriously rock your boat. I say, better to be flexible and polite. I’ll accept the changes with a smile on my face, no matter what they are.
And I will work to spread and create pro-human, pro-peace, pro-fun information. It is the best job in the world.
Have a great day,
-Jackson
P.S. You’re doin’ a heck of a job there, Barack Obama. ;)
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