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Success!• On March 21st, the House approved

the Senate bill, getting over thelast major hurdle.

• On March 23rd, the President signed the bill.

Health Care Reform 2010

Health care reform means better coverage you can count on throughout

your entire life.

Health care benefits for children…

• Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers

• Support, Education and Research for Postpartum Depression

• Pregnancy Assistance Fund


• Kids under 19 in families that earn less than 133% FPL will be eligible for free Medicaid coverage.

• Increase in payments to match Medicare rates for pediatrician and primary care physicians.

• SCHIP will continue until 2014 which means that all kids will have access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance.

• Allows more Americans access to affordable prescriptions- especially children.

• Funds a childhood obesity program.


No more denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions.


Health care benefits for young adults…

• Coverage security: Married or not, in college or not, you can stay on your parents’ insurance until the age of 26

• Offer coverage choices for all, regardless of place of work

• Free preventive care during these critical health years

• Expanded options plus subsidies for affordability• Puts a cap on what insurance companies can force

young adults to pay in out-of-pocket-expenses, co-pays, and deductibles

• Creates high-risk pool for those adults with pre-existing conditions

• Create a safety net for job loss


Special attention to women…• Insurance companies can no longer

charge more for health insurance based on gender

• NO co-pays for preventive services and screenings.

• Access to reproductive health services such as Pap smears, breast exams, & contraception)

• 6.4 million women of reproductive health and age will get Medicaid

Health care benefits for young adults

Creating Health Care Jobs for Young Working Adults

• A 2006 report from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) reveals that the US will need 39 percent more family physicians by the year 2020

• Illinois is projected to need an additional 1,000 (28%) family physicians to meet the demand in 2020.

• Expands nurse retention and student loan programs

• Creates grant programs to grow numbers of primary care, geriatric, oral health, and psychiatric workforce

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• Establishes loan repayment program for pediatric specialists who commit to work in underserved areas

• Creates a public health workforce recruitment and retention program offering loan repayments in exchange for service at a state, local, or tribal health department

• Provides mid-career training for public health workers


Young adults are more likely to work for a small business than any other population.


Helping Small Business Help Their Employees

• Small businesses with fewer than 25 employees providing health insurance for workers will receive tax credits.

• 2010-2013, federal government provides tax credit up to 35% of employer’s contribution if employer pays 50% of premium cost.

• 2014 and beyond, government provides tax credit of up to 50% of employer’s contribution if purchasing through the National Exchange


Beyond prenatal…beyond childhood… beyond young adult…to families

Medicaid Expansion• Extend extra help to lower- and

moderate-income people• Covers everyone under 65 up

to 133% FPL• 100% federal funding for newly

eligible in 2014-16• Illinois: 600-700,000 newly

eligible, many young adults• Cap out-of-pocket costs for all• Development of health

insurance exchanges

Health care benefits for families

Health care benefits for seniors

Improvements for Seniors on Medicare:• $250 rebate starting NOW• Guaranteed Medicare benefits protected• Reduces Medicare’s spending on

uncompensated care• Expanded role of Community Health

Centers• 80% reimburse employers paying retiree

health claims• Benefits for those with long-term care needs

Health care benefits for seniors

Better coverage throughout the stages of my life but how will all of

this work?

Insurance Exchanges

• Consumer Friendly• ONE location, ONE

application• Standardization of

plans

• Promote competition

• Options for businesses

• Provide coverage equal to that afforded to members of Congress

How will this be paid for?• Costs approximately $938 billion over 10 years and reduces the deficit

according to CBO and savings of…

• SHARED RESPONSIBILITY• Individual Mandate

• Business Mandate

What we have to look forward to…

What we get now…

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