Opinion: Health Care Reform
Senior Spectrum Newspaper, 10/2009 - Last month President Obama made his address to Congress, and was perfectly clear about what health insurance reform is and what it isn’t. Too many rumors and misrepresentations have been circulated that seek to confuse and scare Nevada’s most vulnerable citizens. Most everyone can agree that health insurance reform is necessary and here in Congress we are working on the best way to keep what works and fix what’s broken. I want to reiterate what the President said about the blatant falsehoods that have been generated by opponents of reform so that Nevada’s seniors can have confidence in their health care for years to come.
Health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and coverage won’t fundamentally change. New benefits may include cost-savings for prescription drugs and free-of-charge preventive care. We will also end the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D between the initial coverage cap and catastrophic coverage. Medicare has one of the highest satisfaction rates of federally funded health care programs and we will ensure the seniors who rely on it can continue to do so.
Under health insurance reform health care directives will be decided as they should be decided—by patients, their families and their doctors. Anyone who says that the government will have a role in senior’s conversations with their doctors or in deciding what care they will receive is deliberately misleading and preying on the fears of our parents and grandparents.
Congress has been trying to reform health care for decades. Solutions that make a real difference are long overdue. Health care costs are rising at double the rate of inflation and more than half of the bankruptcies in the United States are a result of health care bills. The cost of inaction is too high.
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Opinion: Health Care Reform
Senior Spectrum Newspaper, 10/2009 - Last month President Obama made his address to Congress, and was perfectly clear about what health insurance reform is and what it isn’t. Too many rumors and misrepresentations have been circulated that seek to confuse and scare Nevada’s most vulnerable citizens. Most everyone can agree that health insurance reform is necessary and here in Congress we are working on the best way to keep what works and fix what’s broken. I want to reiterate what the President said about the blatant falsehoods that have been generated by opponents of reform so that Nevada’s seniors can have confidence in their health care for years to come.
Health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and coverage won’t fundamentally change. New benefits may include cost-savings for prescription drugs and free-of-charge preventive care. We will also end the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D between the initial coverage cap and catastrophic coverage. Medicare has one of the highest satisfaction rates of federally funded health care programs and we will ensure the seniors who rely on it can continue to do so.
Under health insurance reform health care directives will be decided as they should be decided—by patients, their families and their doctors. Anyone who says that the government will have a role in senior’s conversations with their doctors or in deciding what care they will receive is deliberately misleading and preying on the fears of our parents and grandparents.
Congress has been trying to reform health care for decades. Solutions that make a real difference are long overdue. Health care costs are rising at double the rate of inflation and more than half of the bankruptcies in the United States are a result of health care bills. The cost of inaction is too high.
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