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    America's Health Choices Act

    http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/1...ARY-071409.pdf

    WE have a winner!

    "America’s Affordable Health Choices Act provides quality affordable health care for all Americans and
    controls health care cost growth. Key provisions of the bill released today include:


    COVERAGE AND CHOICE

    AFFORDABILITY

    SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

    CONTROLLING COSTS

    PREVENTION AND WELLNESS

    WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS

    "All roads lead to Putin" -- Thomas Jefferson



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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    That "summary" sounds like the stuff you see on Obama's home page when you click "issues." Sunshine and rainbows with no support for details.

    Also, where is the guarantee that this summary isn't just happy spin itself?

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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    It says it "will" create stuff...but that is an opinion. They mean "we hope it will, but won't hesitate to 'fix' any new government created problems."


    Increased competition:
    The creation of the Health Insurance Exchange and the inclusion of a public health insurance option will make health insurance more affordable by opening many market areas in our country to new competition, spurring efficiency and transparency.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    Quote Originally Posted by FishingBack View Post
    That "summary" sounds like the stuff you see on Obama's home page when you click "issues." Sunshine and rainbows with no support for details.

    Also, where is the guarantee that this summary isn't just happy spin itself?
    FB, you asked for it!

    http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text

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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    I have a beef with the government forcing this on us.


    Individual responsibility.
    Except in cases of hardship, once market reforms and affordability credits are in effect, individuals will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining health insurance coverage. Those who choose to not obtain coverage will pay a penalty of 2.5 percent of modified adjusted gross income above a specified level.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    So if individuals are forced to get it, and small businesses aren't required to carry it....are they getting it from the gov directly and not through the employer?


    Assistance for small employers.
    Recognizing the special needs of small businesses, the smallest businesses (payroll that does not exceed $250,000) are exempt from the employer responsibility

    requirement.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    So all regular vists will be free with no copay? That doesn't sound cost efficient.

    The CBO said that it won't save costs, and the bill says it will. I wouldn't trust them completely, as this piece is really fluffed up.

    Prohibition of cost-sharing for preventive services;

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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    What has workforce diversity got to do with health care?

    Greater support for workforce diversity;

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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    They are telling hospitals and doctors where to go / how many they can hire.


    and redistributes unfilled graduate medical education residency slots for purposes of training more primary care physicians. The proposal also improves accountability for graduate medical education funding to ensure that physicians are trained with the skills needed to practice health care in the 21
    st century.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    The CBO disagrees with this paragraph. Once again, this is a spin job writeup.


    VI. CONTROLLING COSTS
    The bill will reduce the growth in health care spending in a numerous ways. Investing in health care through stronger prevention and wellness measures, increasing access to primary care, health care delivery system reform, the Health Insurance Exchange and the public health insurance option, improvements in payment accuracy and reforms to Medicare and Medicaid will all help slow the growth of health care costs over time. These savings will accrue to families, employers, and taxpayers.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    Translation: adding more red tape


    Preventing waste, fraud and abuse.
    New tools will be provided to combat waste, fraud and abuse within the entire health care system. Within Medicare, new authorities allow for pre-enrollment screening of providers and suppliers, permit designation of certain areas as being at elevated risk of fraud to implement enhanced oversight, and require compliance programs of providers and suppliers. The new public health insurance option and Health Insurance Exchange will build upon the safeguards and best practices gleaned from experience in other areas.


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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    Besides specific gripes on the actual bill, I still don't think it's the FEDERAL governments job to do this.

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    Re: America's Health Choices Act

    The full text link keeps freezing up my browser, I'll get to that later.

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