health care/ medicare, what'll happen to it?

[jellen]

I don't have any idea how this new health care proposal will affect medicare or my prescription coverage. I have been getting more email ads about Canadian drug coverage. Who would be the best person to ask? Is anyone else as in the dark as I am?

[virgogal]

1. I wouldn't worry about it until they've figured the whole thing out,

if they ever do.

I'm on Medicare also and am not concerned.

[Warpy]

2. Medicare will likely be absorbed into the public option

and subsidized for most seniors.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. Which bill do you get that from?

[madrchsod]

6. that`s never going to happen....

[FrenchieCat]

4. There are three health care proposals.....

that have passed out of various committees.

The Chairmen of the three Committees with jurisdiction over health policy in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced comprehensive health care reform legislation on July 14 that will reduce out-of-control costs, encourage competition among insurance plans to improve choices for patients, and expand access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. (CBO confirms the bill is deficit-neutral over the 10-year budget window, and even produces a $6 billion surplus.)

The America’s Affordable Health Choices Act is consistent with President Obama’s overall goals of building on what works within the current health care system by strengthening employer-provided care, while fixing what is broken. The bill will ensure that 97 percent of Americans will be covered by a health care plan that is both affordable and offers quality, standard benefits by 2019.

The House Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce have been working together in an unprecedented way as one committee to develop the proposal for health care reform. (The Education and Labor Committee passed H.R. 3200 on July 17, 2009; the Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 3200 on July 17, 2009; the Energy and Commerce Committee is currently marking up H.R. 3200.)
http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/07/americas-affordable-health-choices-act.shtml

The fact is that each is avalaible for online reading.


What I can tell you is that these bills do not affect medicare in reducing patient benefits.
It should also lower drug prices as well as insurance cost.....
In addition, there are provisions in each bill to terminate pre-existing condition criterias,
and each proposal offers a public option.

All three will most likely change, even after a senate and house bill is past. This will happen in the reconciliation conference where it is expected that the Obama administration will really demand what they want the final bill to look like....so I am quite certain that they will not change for the worse.

No, there isn't a single payer plan being offered in any of the legislation
other than an amendment for states to be able to do single payer if they so choose to.

I positive that what will pass will much much better than what we have now,
especially for the uninsured, the self insured, Children and Seniors....
which are the Americans that need reform the most.

[madrchsod]

5. medicare is not included in the house bill.

in the house bill we`ll get help with paying our perscription plan in 2012.