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Affordable Health Care for America

Since 1957, Congressman Dingell has introduced legislation that would establish a national health insurance program that would provide quality, affordable health care coverage for all. Today, he is continuing this legacy by working with his House colleagues on, H.R. 3962, health care reform legislation that will bear the Dingell name. It’s a fitting tribute to the Congressman and his father, who also introduced national health reform legislation while he was a Congressman in the 1930s.

Here’s what the bill, Affordable Health Care for America Act, means for you:

COVERAGE AND CHOICE

  • Creates a new Health Insurance Exchange for one-stop comparison shopping.
  • Includes a public health insurance option to create competition for better prices and better coverage.
  • Ends discrimination for preexisting medical conditions.

AFFORDABILITY

  • Provides sliding scale affordability credits.
  • Caps out-of-pocket spending.
  • Improves Medicare and Medicaid. 

PREVENTION, WELLNESS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Increases funding for community health centers.
  • Prohibits cost-sharing for preventive services.
  • Strengthens the public health infrastructures. 

CONTROLLING COSTS

  • Implements delivery reforms and improves payment accuracy.
  • Prevents waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • Simplifies the paperwork burden. 

ABOUT THE BILL

Summary >>>
Detailed Summary >>>
Talking Points >>>
Full Bill Text >>>
Listen to the Bill >>>
Section-by-Section Analysis >>>
Supporters of Affordable Health Care for America Act >>>

HEALTH CARE BY THE NUMBERS

By The Numbers >>>
Implementation Timeline >>>
HR 3962 Implementation Timeline >>>
Immediate Investments on the Road to Reform >>>
Top 14 Provisions that Take Effect Immediately >>>
Myths v Facts Page-by-Page >>>
Media Matters for America's "Myths and falsehoods about health care reform">>>
Myths v Facts on HR 3200 >>>
Letters of Support >>>
Top Line Changes from Introduced Bill to Bended Bill >>>
Top 10 Changes to the Health Insurance Reform Bill >>>
Side-by –Side Comparison >>>

HEALTH CARE REFORM AND YOU

H.R. 3962 and Michigan’s 15th District >>>
How Does Health Insurance Reform Work for You? >>>
Top 10 Ways Health Insurance Reform Works for You >>>
Employers and Health Reform >>>
Small Business Guide >>>
Senior Citizens and People with Disabilities >>>
Young Americans >>>
America’s Women Have the Most to Gain >>>
Women’s Health Care Needs >>>
Indian Health >>>
Rural America >>>
Health Care Disparities >>>

HEALTH CARE REFORM AT A GLANCE

The Health Insurance Exchange >>>
HR 3962 Exchange >>>
Public Health Insurance Option >>>
Shared Responsibility >>>

Quality of Care

Guaranteed Benefits >>>
Preventing Disease and Improving the Public’s Health >>>
Strengthening the Nation’s Health Workforce >>>
Innovative Delivery System Reform >>>

Affordability and Cost

Making Coverage Affordable >>>
Controlling Costs
HR 3962 CONTROLLING COSTS >>>
Consumer Protections and Insurance Market Reforms >>>
Preventing Waste, Fraud and Abuse» >>>
HR 3962 FRAUD ABUSE >>>
Cost of Inaction >>>

Medicare and Medicaid

Strengthening Medicare» >>>
Improving the Medicare Part D Drug Program» >>>
Maintaining and Improving Medicaid» >>>
HR 3962 MEDICAID >>>
Restoring Equity between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage >>>
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act >>>

Budgetary Impact of the Bill

Congressional Budget Office letter to Charles Rangel, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means >>>
CBO Score, October 29, 2009 >>>
CBO Analysis of Subsidies to and Payments by Enrollees in Insurance Exhcnages Under the Affordable Health Care for America Act >>>
Health Care Surcharge Would Not Affect 98.8% of Small Business Owners >>>
Health Care Surcharge Would Not Affect 99.7% of All Households >>>
How the Health Care Surcharge Works» >>>
HR 3200 Implementation Timeline >>>
Summary of Revenue Provisions >>>
Joint Committee on Taxation: Estimated Revenue Effects >>>

THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REFORM ACT

Read the bill >>>
Summary of the Bill >>>

OTHER RESOURCES

President Obama's Health Care Reform web site >>>
White House – Health Insurance Reform Reality Check >>>
Energy and Commerce Committee health care web page >>>
Ways and Means Committee health care web page >>>
Education and Labor Committee health care web page >>>
Speaker's Daily Mythbusters >>>
Congressman Dingell's work on Health Care in the 111th Congress>>>

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Also, learn more about the Congressman’s 50-year Health Care Push

The Hidden Health Tax

  • This year, each insured American family will pay $1,017 in insurance premiums to cover the medical expenses of the uninsured
  • Insured singles will pay $368 per year
  • That’s $42.7 billion dollars this year – or $1,354 per second

 
   
     
     

Source: Families USA

The bill by House Democrats, H.R. 3962, will end the “Hidden Health Tax” and put that money back in your pocket



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