Informed-Decision

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HEALTH CARE REFORM

SOME ANSWERS



COSTS




The cost of health insurance has skyrocketed for the middle class over the past ten years, e.g.

  1. •Higher premiums, higher deductibles or higher co-pays.

  2. •A lessening of coverage or outright denial of coverage just when the illness is discovered.

  3. •Will health care reform significantly increase our national debt?



ACCESS

As of the summer of 2009, about 40,000 people a month have been losing their jobs along with their health insurance.


  1. Should insurers have the right to cancel the policy of someone laid off or who changes jobs provided they continue to make their premium payments?

 

SOME QUESTIONS



WHY health care reform?


If it ain’t broke, why are we fixing it? The fact is, most Americans have health insurance and are generally happy with it.



Is President Obama suggesting a GOVERNMENT-run health insurance system? If so,


  1. •What does this mean?

  2. •Will I be forced to use it?

  3. •If not, how will that affect my insurer or current coverage?

  4. •Are they going to tax my health insurance benefits?



People are also asking:


  1. •What about the 40 million who are not insured? Who does or will pay for them?

  2. •Can we even afford the types of reform Congress is considering?

  3. •Will I still be able to see my own doctor?

  4. •What’s all this about “Death Panels”?

  5. •Are there special interest groups feeding misinformation to the American people?

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