Is there any difference in health care in the US?
The US Health care system is bound to change dramatically after the reform bill that was passed in March 2010.although, there might be a few things that remain unclear, what is absolutely clear is that every American will be covered under the ambit of health insurance.
The other differences that are bound to creep up in the health care is how Americans pay for the insurance and the way they go about paying it. The new health insurance will make health insurance a compulsory mandate for all Americans. Even the poorest will have to have the minimal insurance coverage. The coverage can come from the employer and workplace or from private buying of insurance.
If people do not have any kind of avenue from their workplace to get them insured or if they are self-employed then they must buy coverage for themselves in order to avoid a penalty that can be as much as $700 annually.
The government will offer different kinds of health plans that will differ from state to state. There will be several health insurance bureaus and kiosks set up that will help individuals to get the right kind of plan that suits their needs. The main objective of these health plan exchanges being set up is to go on and provide the users with insurance that is affordable and within their means.
There are businesses that run on less than 50 people who are not eligible to buy their employees health insurance. But, if they do then they will get a whole lot of tax credits. This becomes a win-win situation for the business as they can have loyal employees who they can tie in with their business.
There will be several different kinds of group plans in the offing too. These group plans will be far cheaper than if an individual were to buy them and comprehensive as well. the rough figures show that almost 25 million Americans who have no insurance at the moment are likely to get themselves insured in this way.
There have been several countries, specifically the industrialized ones that have been working on a socialized health plan for years. The statistics have shown that this has been the most successful of plans ever. Although socializing and restructuring the American health care is a mammoth task and will take years to fall into place. That is the reason why most of these reforms actually come into play in the year 2014.
The impact is certainly going to be far reaching and affect every American individual as well as family. There has been so much buzz about the reform and the impact on the common man or woman.
The main concerns that the health reform bill goes out to address is to have more employers offering group insurance schemes to their people, more insurance companies not denying anyone an insurance for a pre-existing condition and having everyone covered by some kind of health insurance.