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...across the country, which will seek to drum up local press coverage of the new law's benefits, says Pollack. The organization is also planning to release state-by-state studies of the number of beneficiaries from key parts of the law, like the new protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. (See "Multimedia: Health Care for the Uninsured...
...bill’s central tenet is a law preventing insurers from denying coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. To do this, Democrats mandate that all Americans buy insurance in order to prevent people from gaming the system. This mandate in turn requires government subsidies for those who cannot afford coverage. These three new regulations amount to what Paul Krugman calls the “three-legged stool” of reform...
...overwhelming reason many Americans lack sufficient coverage is not pre-existing conditions, but rather the cost of health care, which the bill does little to correct. Moreover, even the “three-legged stool” appears unstable when you examine the details...
...early years, most Americans will see only minor changes in the health care system. It will almost immediately end some insurance-company practices, such as denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. And dependent children under the age of 26 would be allowed to remain on their parents' policies if they cannot get health insurance elsewhere. Adults with pre-existing conditions would also be able to buy coverage through expanded high-risk pools...
...drastically cheaper than they are in the U.S. The French, for example, pay a fixed $30 for a doctor's visit - and proposals to raise that fee even a few cents can ignite national protests. And in most of Europe, insurance companies are barred from rejecting applicants because of pre-existing conditions. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...