A New President’s Healthcare Plan
Barack Obama is our new president and he takes office in a little over two months. During the campaign you heard a lot of talk from Obama and Biden about changing health care but will there be change? How will they really change the healthcare system in the United States?
You The Consumer
When, how, and how will it affect you the consumer and if it does affect you, how will you deal with it financially—possibly getting a new healthcare plan (if you choose), navigating through it, and of course actually using it, and how does any change in health care help you? How will your finances dictate the healthcare plan that you will take or keep?
The Plan
If you look at the Obama-Biden Health Care Planto lower healthcare costs there is a lot of information about finances and the three main areas of change. [You can download the entire plan and read it.] Those areas are: improving technology and patient care by providers from prevention to chronic disease management and increasing competition within the health insurance industry. The Obama-Biden plan also focuses on federal reinsurance for employers, helping them with costs for employees who are facing major illnesses.
More To Come
While the United States is trying to cope with the current economic crisis, will a fundamental change in health care be something that will come quickly, will a sound foundation be laid for the future, or will it be tossed to the side?
