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Join Trumka, Sebelius for Health Care Reform Webinar Today
If you are a union member with questions about what the new health care reform law means for you and your family, the place to be this afternoon is www.hhs.gov/live. From 4 to 5 (EDT), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host a live webinar on the Affordable Health Care Act.
You can submit you questions before and during the webinar at healthreform@hhs.gov. In the subject line, be sure to put “Question for AFL-CIO Webchat.”
Union members’ negotiated health care benefits will continue under their current collective bargaining agreements. But plans will have to make some improvements under the new law.
Along with the Q&A, Sebelius will present a progress report on what the new law has done since President Obama signed it March 23. The law will be implemented in stages through 2014. But beginning Sept. 23, insurance companies can no longer:
- Deny coverage for children based on pre-existing conditions.
- Rescind or take away coverage based on an unintentional mistake on an application.
- Set lifetime limits on coverage.
- Restrict their use of annual limits.
The new rules also ensure consumers can choose the primary care doctor or pediatrician they want from a plan’s provider network, see an OB-GYN without needing a referral and receive out of network emergency care without prior approval. By the time law is fully implemented, it will extend coverage to an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans. Click here for a five-page fact sheet on the health care reform law.
Last week, HHS launched a new website, HealthCare.gov to serve as the nation’s “helpdesk” for health care reform questions. You can find extensive information on insurance carriers an their policies, on acquiring health insurance if you a have a pre-existing condition, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program in the country.
The site also provides information on prevention and how to stay healthy; comparisons of health care providers and quality care; steps to fully implementing the new health care reform law and special sections for families with children, individuals, people with disabilities, seniors, young adults and employers.
Several brochures and other resources are available, too, including:
- The $250 Medicare prescription drug “donut hole” rebate, here.
- Young Adult Coverage Fact Sheet, here.
- How to use a new Internet portal to help individuals and small businesses identify insurance options in their state, here.
Click here to find out about health care reform’s impact on various communities, including African Americans, Latinos, women, small businesses, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Americans with disabilities, the LGBT community and veterans.
Be sure to click on www.hhs.gov/live for the webinar and send your questions to healthreform@hhs.gov with “Question for AFL-CIO Webchat” as the subject line.
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THIS HEALTH CARE WAS THE WRONG HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS ! WHY IS THE COUNTRY IN A 9.9 % OUT OF WORK ! WHAT SHOULD HAVE OBAMA DONE FIRST, ANSER CREAT JOBS FOR WORKING AMERICANS AND THE MORE JOBS CREATED THE MORE PEOPLE PAY TAXES, CREATING JOBS HAS BEEN A MAJOR JOB FOR OBAMA ,PELOSI ,RIED AND THE REST OF THAT CORRUPT GROUP, YOU CAN ONLY POINT YOUR FINGER AT THE OTHER PARTY FOR SO LOND AND THEN IT PINTS AT YOU !
CAN ANY ONE ANSER WHO AND WHAT GROUP WILL BE THE FIRST 1 MILLION TO USE THIS , SHOULD WE NOT FOLLOW THIS AND THE COST OF WHAT SERVIECS THEY GET AND THE COST, SHOULD WE NOT HAVE TRASPARENCT , ACCOUNTABILITY AND HONESTY , WHICH WE OUR NOT GETTING FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ! NOW BEFORE THE SENCUS OF 2010 TAKEN THERE IS ABOUT 350 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND WILL COST ABOUT $ 43,600 FOR EACH PERSON IN AMERICA THATS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE SPENDING ON JUST ONE PROGRAM , OBAMA HAS SPENT 6.7 TRILLION, THE US IS ABOUT 60% OUT OF WORK THEY SPEND 1 BILLION A YEAR TO HELP DEMOCRATS THEY HAVE HAD CONTROL GOING ON 4 YEARS AND STILL NO JOBS WHAT CREATED THE MESS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND WHAT IS THE PROBLEM CREATING JOBS THE DEMOCRATS , WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE UNIONS BEING CONTROLE BY THE DEMOCRATS , SO WHERE IS THE JOBS ? WE ARE HEADING INTO A VERY VERY DEEP DEPRESSION , SO WAKE UP AMERICA !