lifetime coverage limits. they could charge people more based on their age, gender or their profession. young people would no longer be allowed to remain on their parents insurance policies until they re 26 years old. this is larry leavitt, he s a senior vice president at the kaiser family foundation, which analyzes health care policy in remarkable detail. we rely on them a lot for our interpretations of things. who knows what s going to happen higher. it may get upheld, overturned. more importantly, a lot of people were critical of obamacare from the beginning. a lot of republicans are uniquely critical of obamacare. we can both agree there are things about obamacare that could be improved upon. republicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare last year.
numbers. the interpretation of the number depends on who is looking at them now. 75%. three in four of those polled says the there has to be substantial change. one presumes it would be in favor of at least some elements of the new health care bill. that was signed by the president last march 23rd. let s look at the elements of the bill in play right now. the adult children can be covered on their parents policies through the age of 26. no lifetime coverage limits. that s to say that if you have a stroke, for example, that the insurance company can t say after a million or $2 million recovered that even though your disability remains the same, your coverage comes to an end. you can want be dropped because you get sick. that was a key part of the debate. the children can t be denied coverage because they have preexisting conditions. those are skom of the elements
good to see you. take care. several key provisions of the health care reform law which took effect this past week. will preventative care like mammograms and immunizations now must be covered. children can stay on their parents policies until the age of 26. and lifetime coverage limits are gone. but some of these changes may only be temporary if republicans have their way. many say repealing the new health care law will be first item on the agenda if the gop gains a congressional majority after the midterm elections. so i talked about that with health care expert andrew rubin. someone who works in the health care industry and understands it pretty well. health care reform does not work if you start picking apart pieces of this. and what republicans are talking about doing is they re latching on to public opinion polls which say a good chunk of americans don t support health care reform. but what they want to do is they want to, quote, fix it and take
is something that, wolf, we get into this at length. i want you to stand by for that. everyone can unite behind and save a lot of lives. get some thoughts. hopefully indeed. going to go in and set my thank you, dan lothian, who is recorder. see it live. going to be here covering the president s address before the i will? no choice. general assembly. captive audience. thank you, dan. and jack cafferty is asking thank you. cate baolduan has more. why people like sarah palin and christine o donnell alt tract a lot of attention. and donald trump will explain why he thinks that the u.s. is messing up big time in its economic policy toward the president today visited china. i have a lot of so-called the home of a chronically ill friends in china and they call me and we talk. patient who administration they can t believe how stupid officials will say will benefit our representatives are that from the law s repeal of they are getting away with it. i don t blame them. li
effect tomorrow, young adults can stay on their parents plan until they turn 26. there are no more lifetime coverage limits, and plans that you can t cancel you if you get sick, they can t deny coverage to your child with a preexisting condition you heard the woman telling the president. gop lawmakers may try to block money requested for the new health care law. republicans are playing it as a major campaign issue but the white house, president out in the backyard in falls church, virginia, trying to put the faces of real people on this hot button issue. thank you. president obama. hello? hello. hi, gail? hello. how are you? i m doing really well, thank you. white house posted this video on its website, the president called that keene, new hampshire, woman who couldn t get insurance after she was diagnosed with cancer. mike viqueira follows this issue from the white house.