The+Plan

·  Discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions will stop.  · When people are sick and need health care, they are protected from insurance companies dropping their coverage.  · Takes away out-of-pocket expenses so when people are sick, they don’t loose all their money.  ·To improve health care and to save money, it eliminates extra charges for preventive care, like monograms, flu shots and diabetes tests.  · Protects Medicare for seniors and eliminates the “donut-hole” gap in coverage for prescription drugs. ** For Those without Health Insurance… ** ·  <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Creates a new insurance marketplace – the Exchange – that allows people without insurance and small businesses to compare plans and buy insurance at competitive prices. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Provides new tax credits to help people buy insurance and to help small businesses cover their employees. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Offers a public health insurance option to provide the uninsured who can’t find affordable coverage with a choice. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Offers new, low-cost coverage through a national “high risk” pool to protect people with pre-existing conditions from financial ruin until the new Exchange is created. ** For all Americans... ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·  <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Get immediate health care right away. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Requires large employers to cover their employees and individuals who can afford it to buy insurance so everyone shares in the responsibility of reform. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Requires large employers to pay their employees and other individuals who can afford it to buy insurance so everyone shares responsibility []
 * For Those with Health Insurance… ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">