[Missouri-l] What Health Care Reform actually is

[DeAnna Quietwater Noriega]

Deanna Noriega - Legislative Liaison
Services For Independent Living
1401 Hathman Place
Columbia, MO 65201
573-874-1646 x234
dnoriega at silcolumbia.org
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From: Consumers Union [mailto:action at consumer.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:49 AM
To: Deanna Noriega
Subject: What they didn't tell you
Image removed by sender. Consumers Union
Image removed by sender. Small business needs reform
As a physician, I am aware of the value of adequate health insurance for my employees,
but must face the reality of sky rocketing costs for the business. Tax credits offered
in current health insurance reform bills would be a tremendous benefit to our business
and our employees.
- Dr. Ed Morris, North Carolina
Dear Noriega,
Did you know that
you and your family could choose the exact same health care coverage that members
of Congress get
 under the leading health reform proposal?
Or that preventive care that can keep you healthy - like getting an annual physical,
mammogram or colonoscopy - wouldn't cost you a dime out of pocket.
And no matter your age, a pre-existing condition or your family history,
you can't be denied insurance coverage.
Read more
 and forward this email to your friends and family
-
too many people simply don't know how they will benefit from reform! Forwarding this
message may be the most important thing you can do right now to keep reform on track.
Why don't opponents want you to get these and other guaranteed benefits? Maybe they
think that if you don't know how health reform can help you, they can simply turn
their back and walk away.
We think the more you know - and the more your friends and family know - the tougher
it will be for our leaders to run from our problems
, and the easier it will be to finish the job we sent them to Washington to do.
Please forward this email to all your friends and family so they can see what they
would get from health reform.
No company can ever deny you health insurance or drop your coverage for a pre-existing
condition or if you get really sick.
If you get cancer or other serious illness, there is no cap on the amount of needed
care that your insurance will cover.
No threat of losing your life savings to pay for care. Insurance companies can't
stop paying your claims and leave you with a lot of medical bills.
Recommended preventive care will be covered without deductibles - checkups, colonoscopies,
mammograms - no matter if you buy your own policy or get coverage through your job.
Preventing illness before it becomes serious is the best way to save money!
Programs to increase the number of primary care doctors, with incentives for them
to practice in rural areas, so you get quality care no matter where you live.
We'll be telling you more about how the health reform bill will improve your life
in the coming weeks
 - and how you can make sure our leaders don't walk away. In the meantime, help us
tell everyone how they would benefit from health reform
by forwarding this email to your friends and family. They want to know this, too!
Click here to learn more
about how health reform will provide you and your family decent, comprehensive, quality
health care, no matter your age or your condition.
Sincerely,
Liz Foley
PrescriptionForChange.org,
A project of Consumers Union
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703

DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
home: 573-642-8016
Cell: 573-544-3511
quieth2o at ktis.net

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something about that, then I realized I was 
somebody.--Lilly Tomlin
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