RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

In celebration of Mr. Boner's wonderfully effective Republican led House of Representatives 40 attempt of repealing the Affordable Care Act I thought I would put some needles in the eyes of those on this board who through their own willful ignorance complain about the Affordable Care Act.

4O REASONS TO LOVE OBAMACARE

1. Say goodbye to lifetime limits: Insurance companies will no longer be able to place an arbitrary cap on coverage.

2. Children can no longer be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

3. Starting in 2014, adults will no longer be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

Free preventive care, including:

4. Annual check-ups

5. Contraception

6. Vaccinations

7. Gestational diabetes screenings

8. Mammograms

9. Screening and counselling for HIV

10. Cholesterol screenings

11. Colonoscopies

12. Blood pressure screenings

13. Cancer screenings

14. Osteoporosis screenings

15. Young adults can stay on their parents' insurance plans until the age of 26.

16. If insurance companies aren't spending your premium dollars on your health care—at least 80 percent—they've got to give you some money back.

17. Insurance companies can't raise your rates by double-digits without justification.

18. Insurance plans can’t require higher co-payments or co-insurance if you get emergency care from an out-of-network hospital.

19. Women will no longer be charged more than men just because they're women.

20. The health insurance marketplace will be ready to go in every state starting October 1 of this year.

21. No-hassle comparisons: The online marketplace provides easy access to information on all available plans, so you can do a side-by-side comparison and find a plan that works for you.

22. Many Americans will be eligible for financial assistance to help them buy health insurance on their own, so you can afford a plan that will be there if you get sick.

23. When you buy insurance through the marketplace, premiums can be determined based only on these four factors: where you live, how old your are, how large your family is, and whether or not you are a smoker.

24. In the marketplace, you can choose a plan that matches your budget and needs: Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze.

25. By 2020, the Medicare prescriptions drug "donut hole" will be closed for good.

These are the essential benefits that all health plans in the marketplace must cover:

26. Ambulatory patient services

27. Emergency services

28. Hospitalization

29. Prenatal care

30. Neonatal care

31. Mental health services

32. Prescription drugs

33. Rehabilitative services and devices

34. Laboratory services like bloodwork

35. Preventive care

36. Wellness services

37. Chronic disease management

38. Pediatric services, including oral and vision care

39. Lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare.

40. These states are already foreseeing dramatic drops in premiums: New York, California, Nevada, Connecticut, Oregon.

There you have it. 40 ways Obamacare is helping and will help Americans—benefits the House of Representatives is about to try to take away for the 40th time.

pigpen

You only need one.


1. Say goodbye insurance companies.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

We should be so lucky.

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

There is a similarly long list of federal government failures to be cited, Rix. I would have my 3 year old niece administer health care sooner than the federal government.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Just how far up your rectum is your head or are you a retired doctor?

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

Who is going to pay for all of this? Not me!

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

And contrary to 'takers' I don't want to pay for their benefits either. Could part of that be changed to require some kind of job for all that ? Even minimal ? And of course the obligatory drug test.

Sarge69

pigpen

NEVER!

wrr Loc: SEK

Thanks to Mr Sam Dumbback, Kansas won't be on this list any time soon...

ole sarg Loc: south florida

Pigpen in case you didn't know insurance companies administer the plan.

ole sarg Loc: south florida

I am on medicare and tri care and have never had a problem. When I was on private insurance the problems were unending and that was a large company plan!

ole sarg Loc: south florida

I would be curious as to the long list you have. I am always open to changing my mind.

jcs Loc: USA

I guess you haven't heard yet .
Our hard working Congressional emplyees have been crying that they COULD NOT AFFORD to pay for Obamacare .
So ( before the American public hears about it ) Obama quietly told them yesterday that he will have the Federal Government take care of 75% of the Obamacare premiums for them .
PS: ALL of them earn more than the average American worker , some over $175,000 /year

the IRS employees who were appointed by obama to "regulate and ENFORCE " Obamacare are excempt from it (so far, he hired over 15,000 new employees to make sure they do it right )...

Obnama excempted himself and his entire family from it....

The law makers who forced it down our throats all excempted themselves from it ....
etc.etc.....

Wait till you get YOUR bill ( well, then again , YOU may be on welfare and expect more free bananas ) Lol

Ambrose Loc: North America

You're paying for it already. One way or another.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Did you write this Rix, or is this another writer who you copied and pasted without giving credit to? 8-)