I have read yours and Kathy’s blogs. they are both wonderful.

I have to agree with you on the passing of the Healthcare reform bill, it will not affect small businesses. As a matter of fact, tens of millions of Americans uninsured due to the affects of the increase in skyrocketing premiums. Even those with health coverage are struggling to cope with soaring costs. It is becoming increasingly difficult for employers, particularly small businesses to provide health coverage to their own employees.

My understanding of the bill is that it strengthens employer-based coverage, makes insurance companies accountable and ensures patient choice of doctor and care without Goverment interference.
Nothing changes under you own coverage other than your costs can drop by as much as $250 a year. If you don’t have coverage, you will have a choice of new, affordable health insurance options.

The healthcare, and the denials from major carriers who can afford to pay the claims, continue to deny due pre-exisiting. This in turn causes the Dr’s, hospitals, etc. to continue to raise costs due to the patients inability to pay.

I thank you both for posting this Blog, and look forward to reading others thinking and interpretation of this new bill. I am very glad this has passed.

It has to get better!

Sharon

Thanks for the quick recap of the health care bill and creating some clarity out of all the noise that went on during the debate. As you point out, the truth is usually somewhere in the middle of the extremes that are argued on either end of the spectrum. One thing we know for sure about health care expenses is the country can’t afford to stay on the path we’ve been on. Something had to change. Let’s hope this is a good start in the right direction.

Scott