AARP on Impact of Health Care Reform on 50 to 64 Year Olds
Source: AARP.org
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AARP: Health Reform and You
AARP: Where We Stand
Updates From Washington
- Read health care reform legislation pending in Congress
- Read CBO cost estimates for health care legislation
- June 2009 MedPac report to Congress
- Independent Analyses: Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan research organization, compares health-reform proposals pending in Congress.
Myths VS. Facts
- Politifact, an independent, Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking Web site, evaluates claims made about the impact of health care reform
- Factcheck.org, a project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Health Care Reform: The Assault on Truth
What Health Reform Will Mean for You and Your Family
As Washington edges closer to a final health care reform bill, AARP looks forward to working with Members of Congress from both parties to ensure any final health care reform bill meets the needs of older Americans by:
•Stopping insurance companies from denying you affordable coverage because of your age.
•Preventing insurance companies from denying you coverage if you have a pre-existing condition or dropping your coverage if you get sick.
•Limiting how much your insurance company can make you pay in out-of-pocket costs.
•Preventing insurance companies from putting a cap on the amount of health care you can receive in a given year or over the course of your life.
•Ensuring that people who already have coverage through their employers don’t lose that coverage.
•Providing affordable insurance options for those who don’t have health coverage.
•Requiring insurance companies to cover routine checkups and preventive care like screening for diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis free of charge.
•Providing extra help to those who cannot afford to pay their premiums.
•Protecting Medicare so that you have the health coverage you need when you retire.
AARP Resources
- AARP Bulletin on help for 50 to 64 Year Olds in House and Senate bills
- AARP Public Policy Institute Report: Health Care Reform: What’s At Stake for 50 to 64 Year Olds?
- Glossary of health care terms
