Workers Independent News: Families USA: Seniors should pay attention to Romney plan

In the previous debate Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney told seniors over the age of 60 that they didn’t need to keep listening, because they wouldn’t be impacted by his Medicare proposal. 

Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack said on Thursday that seniors, in fact, should pay close attention to what Romney was selling. His organization laid out five key ways in which seniors would be impacted by the Romney/Ryan plans.

1. It would cause seniors to pay considerably more out of pocket in respect to premiums. On average over the next 10 years the average increase cost that Medicare beneficiaries would incur would be $347 per year over the next 10 years.
2. Romney’s pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act on day one would reopen the donut hole.

The ACA fixes this. It fixes it on a gradual basis. Right now it provides a 50 percent disount on brand name drugs when people are in this coverage gap.

Repealing the Affordable Care Act would also put a huge burden of preventive care back on the heads of seniors.

Seniors no longer have to pay anything for deductibles or co-pays. In 2011 almost 26 million people on the Medicare program availed themselves of this program.

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WIN: Labor's view on ObomneyCare

What does SCOTUS upholding the ACA mean for you?

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Organized labor is hailing the Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.

SEIU President Mary Kay Henry says the Supreme Court rejected the cynical politics of Republicans opposed to health care reform and working people won a resounding victory.

National Nurses United says the ruling shouldn’t be the end of health care activists’ efforts to find a permanent fix for America’s broken health care system.

The nurse’s union says it will step up a campaign for a universal health care program based on patient need, not on profits or ability to pay – a Medicare for all.

The American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld healthcare has been put within reach of working families and they will be able to get treatment they need without battling big insurance companies.

Families USA was one of many organizations that had been arguing for the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruling came down Executive Director Ron Pollack held a conference call to tout what the upholding of the Act meant.

Pollack noted:

No longer will they be able to charge a discriminatory premium based on health status, like an adult who may have high blood pressure. No longer will a health company be able to discriminate against women in the premiums they charge exclusively because of their gender.

We spoke with National Medical Association President Dr. Cedrick Bright about why his organization supporting the legislation.

Bright stated:

The law helps to catch the vulnerable people, we'll have a safety net for vulnerable people who fall through the cracks. The law does allow, does not allow for insurance to deny any type of patients coverage if you have pre-existing conditions. The law doesn not allow for insurance to cancel your coverage when you get sick. The law allows you to continue to get care while in the past there were limits on the care you could receive.

One aspect of the act that isn’t discussed very often is how it will specifically benefit women.

Some 19 million women are currently uninsured, but in 2014 part of the law kicks in that will make Medicaid available to 10.3 million women.

Women, on average, pay higher rates for health insurance, but part of the law now prohibits insurance companies from charging based on gender rating.

Additionally, the law takes a big leap when it comes to maternity laws in the United States.

Businesses with more than 50 employees will now be required to allow nursing women to take a break for the purpose of relieving breast milk.

graphic: San Antonio business Journal

source: Workers Independent News

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