The new law gives seniors the security they need and important new benefits, from free preventive services to lower prescription drug costs in the donut hole to better coordinated care.
The new law helps you and your family by bringing down costs, holding insurance companies accountable, prioritizing prevention, and putting patients first.
The new law is expanding young adults’ affordable options for health insurance, such as the 2.5 million young adults that are now receiving coverage through their parent’s plan to age 26.
The new law builds on the existing employer-based insurance system, while keeping insurance companies from taking advantage of you, giving the consumer and business owner more control and making health care coverage more affordable.
The new law replaces some of the worst excesses and abuses of the health insurance industry with strong consumer protections, supports quality care, and simplifies the system, bringing considerable benefits to providers across the health care spectrum.
The new health care law gives people with disabilities the security they need by banning insurers from denying coverage based on pre-existing condition exclusions starting in2014, improving access to important health and long-term care services, and strengthening patient protections.