Health Insurance

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Keep your doctor and plan if you like it, but your plan will be strengthened and you'll be protected from insurance company abuses.

You will have access to new insurance choices in the same insurance marketplace where all members of Congress will buy their insurance, receive tax credits to help you afford coverage if needed, and get protections from insurance company abuses like denying you coverage based on pre-existing conditions.

You will likely pay less not more. If you buy coverage like you have today on your own, premiums are expected to drop by 14 to 20 percent. If you get coverage through your job, premiums could decline by up to 3 percent. In addition, many Americans buying coverage in the individual market will qualify for tax credits that reduce their premiums by an average of nearly 60 percent. This means better coverage than what one have today.

Your Questions Answered

Q: I have a pre-existing condition. How can I get coverage this year?

A: This year, if you have been uninsured for 6 months and have a pre-existing condition, you will gain access to health insurance that was not previously available to you. A new program - known as a high-risk pool - will provide affordable insurance for Americans who are uninsured and have a pre-existing condition. This program will provide temporary protection for people with pre-existing conditions until 2014, when insurance companies can no longer deny you coverage based on your health.

Health Reform - What's in it for You?

President Obama has signed into law health reform legislation that brings down health care costs for American families and small businesses, expands coverage to millions of Americans and ends the worst practices of insurance companies. And it begins to do so this year. Learn how health reform will immediately begin to lower health care costs for American families and small businesses, expand coverage, curb some of the worst insurance industry practices and strengthen consumer protections.

• Health Care Reform in the United States - Wikipedia User-created encyclopedia entry about health care reform in the United States. Article covers the debate over the right to health care as well as. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_reform

• HealthReform.gov The passage of health insurance reform legislation represents a historic victory for the American people. ... But health reform must make health care more than just sick care. http://www.healthreform.gov/

• Putting Americans In Control of Their Health Care | The White ... WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, few minutes to find out what health insurance reform would mean for you... http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform