How will health care reform affect me? newjerseynewsroom.com
BY MARY AGNES CAREY KAISER HEALTH NEWS David wanted to know how the new health care overhaul law would impact retiree health care coverage. Sal asked if Medicare would cover a yearly physical. Tom and Janet get their Medicare coverage from a private health insurance plan. Could they keep their doctor?
The questions went to Department of Health and Human Services officials conducting the second in a series of weekly "Web chats" on the new health care law. The queries are part of an avalanche of questions aimed at government officials, physicians and nonprofit groups as Americans struggle to understand the complexities of the new law.
In one week, more than 30,000 AARP members have visited the group's "Health Care Reform Explained" column and submitted hundreds of questions. Meanwhile, a new " Health Reform Central, " a Web-based tool created by the consumer group Families USA, logged 14,000 visitors in eight days. In the House of Representatives, a health care hotline has been fielding questions from members who need help answering constituents' inquiries; traffic is up as much as 70 percent since the health overhaul bill became law.
CBS NewsObama's Health Plan Needs Spending Controls, CBO SaysYesterday, Baucus said committee members have resisted tax increases that are unrelated to health care. Aides said Baucus is trying to keep the 10-year cost of his reform package under $1 trillion, and to cover the cost primarily with spending cuts US Senate Finance Panel Seeks To Lower Cost Of Health Bill Covering All Uninsured In US Will Be Very Costly, CBO Signals CBO Cost Estimate on Kennedy Health-Reform Bill: $1T -
Examiner.comSelf-Help for the Health-Care SystemAnd, of course, they blame the government for forcing them to accept Medicare reimbursement rates that don't cover their costs. The basic view from behind the stethoscope is that health care would be a whole lot better if only the docs were given free Video: Obama unveils health care plan Snake Oil For Our Health Care Ills The health care reform wagon - again -
guardian.co.ukAMA offers its take on health-care reformBut a key sticking point had been whether the politically powerful AMA would agree to support an option to cover the more than 46 million uninsured Americans funded by the government. The ama's policy-making House of Delegates will vote later Tuesday Video: Doctors Weigh in on Obama Health Plan AMA backs off policy of resistance to some health care reform Obama says his "public option" is not "government run" health care -
