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White House releases health care facts Republicans don't want you to know
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Washington : DC : USA | about 11 hours ago
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As President Obama and the White House enter the final stretch to pass comprehensive health care reform, they are going into over drive to get the true facts out to the American people amid the confusion, misinformation, falsehoods, and smoke screens currently being spread by the Republicans.

Although politicians, conservatives, and talk show hosts have somewhat backed away from throwing “death panel” rhetoric around, there is still plenty of misleading statements being spread by the GOP.

In response the White House has launched a week long campaign to “get the word out” to every day Americans, who want to know the truth about health care reform, what it means to them and their families, and how it will impact their future.

Americans are tired of partisan politics.

Here is a fact sheet from the first phase of the White House health care reform information campaign:

UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR REFORM:

• If you have health insurance through your employer and you like your plan, you can keep it

• If you're a small business owner, you'll receive new tax credits that make it easier for you to provide coverage for employees if you choose to do so

• If you have Medicare, the President's plan guarantees that your benefits will not be cut, and the Medicare Trust Fund will be extended for more than 9 years

• If you're uninsured, you could receive a tax credit to help pay for coverage if needed — part of the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history

• Even if you currently have health insurance, there will be new protections from insurance company abuses, and tax credits will make coverage more affordable

THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN GUARANTEES THAT:

• You will never be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions

• You will never again be hit with arbitrary health insurance premium hikes

IF WE DO NOT PASS HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM:

*Up to 17 million more people will be uninsured by 2019 than today.

*The average family's health care costs will nearly double by 2020, from $13,000 to $24,000 — meaning they'll be paying a quarter of their income toward health care costs.

*Insurers can continue the massive and arbitrary premium rate increases we've heard about recently — such as Anthem Blue Cross raising rates for customers in California by nearly 40%, and rates in Illinois going up by as much as 60%.

*As many as 275,000 people could die prematurely over the next 10 years because they don't have health insurance.

*Health care costs will take up a staggering amount of our national budget. In 1960, it was 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), last year it was 17 percent. Costs will reach 21 percent of our economy by 2020 if we fail to act.

*Rapidly rising costs will make it harder for employers — particularly small businesses — to provide quality health insurance to employees, leading many to drop coverage or shift to plans that cover less.

*Even those who have insurance today will be less secure, and more likely to lose coverage if they switch jobs or lose their job due to rising costs on the individual market or being denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition.

What will health care reform mean to you?

The cost of inaction

The President’s health care plan

***Primary Source: White House health care public advisory document released March, 10, 2010

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Posted By Dragonfly6878 Dragonfly6878 | about 11 hours ago
I am really liking the new direction President Obama is taking on the health care debate. He spent too much time trying to get the Republicans on board and giving them every chance to be grown-ups in getting this monstrocity called "healt care reform" done once and for all.

In the current economy, people need this more than ever. I say shame on the self-serving GOP and all their talking head puppets for doing every thing possible to rail road something Americans desperately need.

Thanks for helping to get the real facts out.
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