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: CL&P BlogNew Health Care Provisions Go Into Effect Today
By Brian Wolfman
New health care rules go into effect today, as required by the health care overall signed into law by President Obama last March. These rules include requirements on the percentage of premium-based revenue insurers must spend on payouts to consumers and on other consumer benefits; a partial closing of the infamous "doughnut hole" (which requires that some prescription drug costs be borne 100% by medicare recipients); and free preventative services screenings for seniors. One wonders whether, as the new health care law continues to be rolled out, the law will prove popular and thus put political pressure on Congress to maintain comprehensive health care legislation even if the Supreme Court holds unconstitutional the insurance mandate scheduled to take effect in 2014.
Full post as published by CL&P Blog on January 01, 2011 (boomark / email).
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