What healthcare reform will mean to you
Many Americans are confused about what the new healthcare law really means. When and how do they sign up for high risk insurance pools? Parents want specifics about how they can keep their kids on their health insurance plans. People are trying to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the new law.
According to a report by Kaiser Health News, thousands of people are heading to the Web daily looking for the facts. They write:
In one week, more than 30,000 AARP members have visited the group’s "Health Care Reform Explained" column and submitted hundreds of questions. Meanwhile, a new "Health Reform Central" Web-based tool created by the consumer group Families USA, logged 14,000 visitors in eight days. In the House of Representatives, a healthcare hotline has been fielding questions from members who need help answering constituents' inquiries; traffic is up as much as 70 percent since the health overhaul bill became law.
Some people are sending questions to healthreform.gov, an HHS site where some answers are posted and others may be discussed during their weekly Web chats.
"If you have questions, we’ll have answers. If you aren’t sure what to believe, we’ll have the facts," HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a recent speech at the National Press Club.
If you need a better understanding of what the new law means, you can visit one of the links above for more information. You may also want to visit a new Web site launched by the White House which also helps answer questions. The site can be found by clicking here. It has a feature called “What will health reform mean for you?”
It may be a good place to start for a little clarity.
Don Ammon blogs regularly at Action for Better Healthcare.
