Health care gains start soonbigger ones later
Washington reports that the first changes under the new health care law will be visible soon with $250 Medicare drug rebate checks for seniors and young adults staying on parental plans until age 26. Starting 2014 insurers cannot deny coverage for preexisting conditions and tax credits aid affordable plans, though overall expansion remains gradual and politically contested.
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Health care overhaul gains passage with 32 million uninsured impact
Congress approved a major health care reform aimed at extending coverage to 32 million uninsured. Beginning 2014 most Americans would have insurance, with 95 percent coverage when fully phased in. The plan imposes new taxes, expands Medicaid to 133 percent of poverty, bans pre existing condition denials, and includes safeguards and premium caps while gradually closing the Medicare doughnut hole.
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