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Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC) affects current and future retirees in several specific ways:
- Closing the Medicare "doughnut hole" coverage gap so seniors will no longer have to cut dangerous corners on their medications;
- Eliminating co-pays for preventive screenings to help older Americans more quickly and affordably identify and treat diseases such as cancer and diabetes;
- Cutting wasteful spending to extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund so seniors can better afford premiums which have doubled over the past eight years; and
- Reducing costly health problems by assisting pre-Medicare retirees with insurance costs and banning discrimination based on pre-existing conditions.
Fact sheets:
The Truth About Taxing Health Benefits June 2010
What to Tell Skeptics about New Health Care Law May 2010
Long Term Care in the New Health Care Law May 2010
Fact Sheet and Scam Alert on the Doughnut Hole May 2010
Benefits for early retirees May 2010
Medicare Advantage Changes April 2010 en Espanol
Frequently Asked Questions on the Health Law April 2010
Health Insurance Exchange April 2010
Medicare Benefits & Changes April 2010 en Espanol
Health Reform Fact Sheet April 14, 2010
Immediate Benefits for Seniors March 23 2010
Fact
Sheet - Health Insurance Reform Myths August
13, 2009
Fact
Sheet Health Care Reform and Seniors April 14,
2010
Letter to the Editor: Health Care Reform
Comments to Senate Finance Committee_Medicare Buy-in
Comments to Senate Finance_Health Care Financing Options
Issue Brief: Retirees and Health Care Reform