Tag: Affordable Health Care

1. ENDS INSURANCE COMPANY DISCRIMINATION America's Affordable Health Choices Act will stop insurance companies from denying coverage to Americans with pre-existing conditions such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes and from hiking up rates or dropping coverage for those who get sick…. Continue

“We will be finalizing a bill soon, and among its provisions, it will address the issue that women are charged nearly 50 percent more than men for the same coverage when they purchase insurance in the individual market…”

Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about America's Affordable Health Choices Act, including that ‘the medical community does not support health insurance reform’. In truth, the vast majority of doctors, nurses and others in the health care field know firsthand… Continue

A new Consumers Union survey released today shows the dire health care situation Americans are facing each day. Nearly three out of four people are concerned they will face a major financial loss due to illness or accident, needed services will be… Continue

Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about the health insurance reform debate and America's Affordable Health Choices Act, including the notion that President Obama and Congressional Democrats are refusing to consider a Republican health care plan. Despite this near constant… Continue

“National Breast Cancer Awareness Month offers us a moment to remember those lost, honor those who survived, and reiterate our commitment to finding a cure…”

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month offers us a moment to remember those lost, honor those who survived, and reiterate our commitment to finding a cure. For 25 years, this month has marked great strides in outreach, prevention, detection, and treatment. Yet it… Continue

“Medicare is our solemn pledge, a pledge of stability for our seniors. They have paid into the system, and we want them to get everything they deserve out of it. What we are promising with our new legislation is the following: better benefits, closing the donut hole and lowering drug costs, ensuring free preventive care and better primary care…”

Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute released a study, The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform:Implications for States, underscoring the urgent need for reform and why inaction is not an option for Americans. Without health insurance reform,… Continue

Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about components of America's Affordable Health Choices Act, including the notion that mandating people to get health insurance coverage is like imposing a new tax on them. MYTH: Mandating health insurance coverage is a… Continue