Dear Friends,
Health care reform was in the news this week as the U.S. Supreme Court
considered the constitutionality of the “insurance mandate” in the Affordable
Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). The mandate mainly affects people who can afford to
buy insurance, but choose not to. I don’t know too many people like that. Do
you? What’s far more important to far more people are all the other benefits the law
brings.
Even without the mandate, under Obamacare:
- 87 million people now have access to free preventative services through private insurance and Medicare.
- Over 5 million seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare have saved more than $3.1 billion on prescription drugs.
- About 400,000 small businesses have claimed a tax credit for up to 35% of their health insurance premiums.
- 18 million children can no longer be denied coverage because they have pre-existing conditions.
- Over 2.5 million young adults without insurance can now stay on their parents’ plans.
This is just the beginning. When the
law is fully implemented, 30 million people will have insurance they could not
afford previously and everyone will have more secure health care than ever
before. Learn more at http://www.healthcare.gov.
So, when you hear people bashing Obamacare, ask yourself who has shown that they actually care about your access to healthcare. Obamacare means President Barack Obama cares. No matter what the Court decides, he and I will keep fighting for
better health care for all Americans.
Sincerely,
Corrine Brown
Member of Congress