Additional Obamacare Reforms Taking Place in 2010
By admin on Aug 25, 2010 in Health Care Insurance, It's about money
- States that require insurance companies to explain premium increases will be eligible for $250 million in new grants. Companies with unreasonable rate hikes will be retracted from the 2015 new health insurance exchanges
- Funding will be made available to help expand the primary card work force – including money for scholarships, for loan repayments and for those professionals working in underserved locations.
- A $15 billion Prevention and Public Health Fund – to prevent disease and illness – will be established.
- Funding will be made available to support the construction and expansion of community health centers in order to serve 20 million new patients nationwide.
- Funding will be made available to provide increase payment to help health cared providers who work in rural communities. (Currently, 68 percent of underserved communities are rural.)
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