Ten benefits Americans will lose if health care reform is repealed

National health care law will help many Texas families get insurance, report says
National Health Care law will help many Texas families get Insurance, report says 12:00 AM CST on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] Austin - Even as Texas leaders rail against the national Health Care law and call for its Repeal, the State Department of Insurance has issued a report that says the law will make it easier for many Texas families to get health coverage. The report also helps make the case that the current system i...

Health care lobby mum on repeal
The Health Care industry’s biggest trade groups have remained uncharacteristically neutral on the Republican effort to Repeal the Health Care reform law, choosing instead to save their political capital for smaller, more targeted changes that have a chance at becoming law. America’s Health Insurance Plans lobbied against much of the Health Care overhaul when it was passed in Congress, but it is not supporting the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. The heads of Aetna and...

GOP seeks alternatives to Obama health care law
WASHINGTON -- Preparing to re-engage with President Barack Obama, House Republicans have set themselves a more ambitious goal than simply wiping out the sweeping Health Care overhaul signed into law last March. When they take up the much-anticipated Repeal resolution Tuesday and Wednesday, GOP lawmakers also will begin crafting an alternative with the goal of reducing Insurance Premiums, expanding coverage, preserving Medicare and holding down taxes. Although they will be mindful of the call f...

Weiner: Health-care rollback will hurt NY
WASHINGTON - Rolling back the Health Care bill will slam millions of needy New Yorkers and cost the city some $3 billion in added health costs. That's the finding of an analysis by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Queens), a leading Democratic Strategist counterattacking GOP efforts that will begin today in the House to Repeal the Health Care bill. "Repealing Health Care reform would be a national disaster that would be felt most acutely in New York City," he said. Weiner says the average city resident ...

What to expect from this weeks vote to repeal the health care law
Chris Moody is a political reporter for the Daily Caller from San Diego, California. Before joining the Daily Caller, Moody was the Manager of New Media at a Think Tank in Washington DC, a freelance writer and a commercial Fisherman in Alaska. He is currently a graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University and lives in downtown Washington DC. A warning to C-SPAN junkies: With a House vote coming this week on Health Care reform Repeal, prepare to relive a year’s worth of Health Care speeches...

More about those high risk pools
As a follow-up to an earlier post, my Kaiser Health News high-risk pools piece is now up. Yeah the Pre-existing Condition Insurance plans are problematic, embarrassingly under-funded stop-gap measures. Their inherent complexities create many administrative challenges and glitches. Yet this effort is taking more than its share of cheap shots, too. Conservative health policy expert John Goodman presents one of the toughest critiques. Noting the high-risk pools’ low initial enrollment, he con...

Should Democrats Give Up on the Individual Health Insurance Mandate?
The most Controversial part of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that, starting in 2014, almost everyone in the country has to buy Health Insurance. The left calls it a sop to Insurance Companies, the right calls it Unconstitutional, and polls show that the public opposes the requirement 2 to 1. Could the "Individual Mandate" disappear? And would that unravel the whole health-care reform law? House Republicans are poised this week to pass the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law A...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate
Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama's Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." Postponed after the Mass Shootings in Tucson, a House vote on the d...

Health law: Experts cast doubt on 'job-killing' label
WASHINGTON — Despite what Republicans say, the health-care law isn't necessarily a job killer, experts say. Republicans have titled their effort to overturn the law the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act," and that's their favorite talking point against it. The House will start debate on Repeal Tuesday and probably vote Wednesday. Saying the law is a job killer doesn't necessarily make it one, however, and independent experts say such a conclusion is at least premature, if no...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama’s Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It’s the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.” Postponed after the...

U.S.: 129M have pre-existing conditions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- As many as 129 million people may have Pre-existing Conditions that make getting Insurance difficult, a U.S. government report indicates. The Health and Human Services Department found that one-fifth of those under age of 65 would be eligible for high-risk Insurance pools offered in states, The Washington Post reported Tuesday -- as Republican leaders in the U.S. House prepared to open debate on a bill to Repeal the Healthcare Reform law enacted by the previous Congr...

Own a business? 6 new tax breaks
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Doing your taxes stinks, right? No fun at all. But take note as you brace for your 2010 return: A handful of changes in the tax code could translate into a fatter refund check. The Small Business Jobs Act, passed last September, and the historic Health Care reform law, passed in March, enacted hefty credits and deductions for capital investments and employee Health Insurance costs. Email Print Here is a rundown of six new credits and deductions likely to affect the most s...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate
WASHINGTON — Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama's Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." Postponed after the Mass Shootings in Tucson, ...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate (AP)
WASHINGTON – Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama's Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." Postponed after the Mass Shootings in Tucson, ...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate
WASHINGTON—Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama's Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." Postponed after the Mass Shootings in Tucson, a H...

Healthcare Law a Jobs Killer?
TM NOTE: Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive Activist, weeknights 6 pm EST. Sorry Mr. Speaker, no. The healthcare law is very flawed. The mandate making Americans buy from a cartel is abhorrent. But it does have some redeeming qualities bundled in it and the Right Wing lies on the law must be debunked. The Right’s effort to Repeal the entire thing is outlandish, especially since the mandate is based on the GOP’s own plan for healthcare coverage back in the...

Is health care law really a 'job killer'? Experts doubt it
WASHINGTON — Despite what Republicans say, the 2010 Health Care law isn't necessarily a job killer. Republicans have titled their effort to overturn the law the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act," and that's their favorite talking point against it. The House of Representatives will start debate on Repeal Tuesday and probably vote Wednesday. Saying that the law is a job killer doesn't necessarily make it one, however, and independent experts say that suc...

The Rights You Will Have with Obamacare
With the debate over the Repeal of Obamacare coming up, President Obama and his supporters in Congress are trying to calm the millions of Americans who strongly oppose the law by focusing only on its early sweeteners — including the right of 26-year-old “Children” to stay on their parents’ Insurance, the right to “free” preventive care, and the right of Uninsured people with preexisting conditions to buy coverage. While these provisions are all desirable, they...

Up to half in US. .have pre-existing conditions: study
The Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to release the study on Tuesday, the Post said, the same day the House of Representatives is expected to begin considering a Republican bill to Repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare overall. The report is part of the Obama Administration's effort to convince the public of the advantages of the law, which contains Insurance protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. "Americans living with Pre-existing Conditions are ...

Half of Younger Americans Have Preexisting Conditions
This image is being used to illustrate a young person, not a young person with disease. As to the question of whether or not he is a hipster, his T-shirt clearly states that such a designation is beyond his means. A new study by the Department of Health and Human Services has found that 129 million Americans under the age of 65—roughly half of that demographic —have medical conditions that could keep them from getting Insurance, reports say. The president’s Health Care law, w...

FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio,... WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans pushing to Repeal President Barack Obama's Health Care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the Health Care debate, which has seen plenty of examples from both sides. Republicans are calling their thumbs-down Legislation the "Repealing the Jo...

Up to half in US. .have pre-existing conditions: study
WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:12am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems putting them at risk of being rejected by Insurance Companies or having to pay more for coverage, according to a U.S. government study reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to release the study on Tuesday, The Post said, the same day the House of Representatives is expected to begin considering a Repu...

Health care debate will go on, Coburn says
Acknowledging that Senate Republicans face a difficult, if not impossible, obstacle in the repealing the Democrats' health-care package enacted into law last year, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a leading conservative, vowed to continue pressing the issue. "The fact is is we're not through with the debate on Health Care in this country," Coburn said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "My hope is the debate will be good for us." Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) suggested that such ...

Daschle, Frist join forces on reform
Former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist are hoping to achieve at the state level what federal lawmakers weren’t able to do: Bipartisan health reform. “We realize that the bulk of the work has to be done at the state level,” Daschle told Politico. “We want to work in a constructive way to ensure all the tremendous challenges, including the creation of the exchanges and the availability of the new Insurance possibilities for millions of Americans, can be...

Does new debate give Dems a second chance to sell health care reform?
WASHINGTON--Rep. Joe Courtney recently found himself testifying before a House committee about a family physician from Hebron who, thanks to small-business Tax Credits included in the Health Care reform law, will be getting a $4,000 break this year. Rep. Rosa DeLauro was at the Milford Senior Center last week highlighting the health overhaul's benefits for seniors, including free access to preventive care and a $250 rebate for prescription drug coverage. It is the Republicans who have pushed h...