Election May Affect Health Care Reform
Posted on November 5th, 2010
The article found on Commonhealth.wbur.org by Carey Goldberg titled “Election’s Effects On Health Care Reform: New Harvard Public Health Forum Webcast” directs readers to a video of the Forum At Harvard School of Public Health. This webcast was a discussion on the election results which was held Friday, November 5th.
This important discussion points out how powerful these election results may be since Democrats and Republicans have very different opinions on the direction health care reform should take. With Republicans having a very successful election, health care reform may take a major turn affecting health insurance for millions. It’s a
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Democrats to Change or Repeal Business Tax from Health Care Reform
Posted on July 31st, 2010
One provision of health care reform may be getting repealed or changed today as a tax reporting law for small businesses has come under scrutiny. Democrats included a provision in reform that requires small businesses to file a 1099 form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when supplies or services cost over $600 in a year.
The provision in the health insurance legislation is expected to raise $16 billion but would require loads of paper work for small businesses and the IRS.
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The Health Care Reform Act – “Reasonable Health Care Selections”
Posted on July 5th, 2010
The implementation of the Health Care Reform Act can have an impact on America’s health brokers and most U.S. voters as well. Division A of the Health Care Reform Act can be of particular interest to those who are in would like of an affordable medical plan. As outlined by Section 100(a pair of), “This division achieves its purpose by building on this health care system, while repairing those aspects that are broken.”
Section 100(three) maps out four specific changes that will be implemented to the present system: (A) Strong insurance market reforms, (B) A new Health Insurance Exchange, with a public health insurance option alongside non-public plans, (C) Sliding scale affordability credits and (D) Shared responsibility among staff, employers and also the government. The G
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Consumers Union ‘Strongly Endorses’ Affordable Health Care For America Act
Posted on October 31st, 2009
This afternoon, the Consumers Union issued a statement endorsing the Affordable Health Care For America Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the independent, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, strongly endorses H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” and urges Members of the House to vote for it without damaging amendments.
“Health care is a consumer crisis with its crippling costs, its unreliability, and lack of access for too many Americans. By creating a more secure, affordable health care system, the House bill goes a long way towards solving the crisis,” said Jim Guest, President of Consumers Union.
Consumers Union has been working for 70 years on behalf of affordable, quality, secure health insurance coverage for all Americans. This bill
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