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What Does Health Care Reform Mean for You ?

What Does Health Care Reform Mean for You ?. David B. Kendall Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Third Way Montana Talks Health: A Statewide Town Meeting on Reform - June 29, 2009. Today, health care often looks like-. We need health care to be stable – .

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What Does Health Care Reform Mean for You ?

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  1. What Does Health Care Reform Mean for You? David B. Kendall Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Third Way Montana Talks Health: A Statewide Town Meeting on Reform - June 29, 2009

  2. Today, health care often looks like-

  3. We need health care to be stable –

  4. Unstable Coverage for One in Four Working-Age Americans Source: U.S. Census Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2003-2007. See Anne Kim, Stephen J. Rose and David B. Kendall, Checking Up on Harry and Louise: The Health Care Coverage Experiences of the Middle Class, Third Way, May 2009.

  5. What’s the Problem with Unstable Health Care? • Delayed or missed careOne-fourth of cancer patients delay their care. • Everyone pays for those who can’tInsurance includes $1,000 to cover bad debt. • High debts and bankruptcy Half of bankruptcies involve medical expenses. • Less prevention One-fourth of uninsured adults with diabetes don’t have a regular source for their care. Sources: American Cancer Society, Families USA, Harvard Study, Urban Institute

  6. Worries about Health Care • No end in sight to rising costs • Getting treatment if you need it • Losing coverage if you lose your job

  7. Areas of Satisfaction • One’s own coverage • Quality of care • Choice of doctor

  8. Basic questions about reform • Will you be able to keep the coverage that you have? • How will reform control costs? • What happens if you lose your job? • How will reform affect my choices? • What happens to my coverage if I get sick?

  9. Three Proposals for Review • President Obama and Congressional committee chairmen: Democratic Sens. Baucus of Montana and Kennedy of Massachusetts and Reps. Rangel of New York, Waxman and Miller, both of California. • The Patients’ Choice Act (S. 1099/H.R. 2520) Republican Sens. Coburn of Oklahoma and Burr of North Carolina and Reps. Ryan of Wisconsin and Nunes of California. • Medicare for All (H.R. 676) Democratic Rep. Conyers of Michigan

  10. President Obama & Committee Chairmen • Keep coverage? • Cost control? • What if you lose your job? • What about choices? • What if I get sick? • Yes • Consumer choice & provider incentives • Coverage and subsidies through an exchange • More choices including a public plan • No one denied coverage

  11. Patients’ Choice Act- Sen. Coburn (R-OK) & Reps. Ryan (R-WI) • Keep coverage? • Cost control? • What if you lose your job? • What about choices? • What if I get sick? • Maybe • Provider & patient incentives + consumer choice • You own your coverage + subsidy • More choices + no public plan • No one denied coverage

  12. Medicare for All – Rep. Conyers (D-MI) • Keep coverage? • Cost control? • What if you lose your job? • What about choices? • What if I get sick? • No – public plan for all • Government set prices • Guaranteed coverage • Choice of doctor; no choice of plan • Guaranteed coverage

  13. What’s going to happen? • Committee action • Floor votes • Conference committee

  14. What can you do? • Join a group • Visit, phone, email or write your representatives in Congress • Stay informed

  15. Questions? David B. Kendall david@ekendalls.net (406) 543-2265

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