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When Health Care Reform Will Affect You

CNN

President Obama signed sweeping health care reform into law Tuesday. The Senate must now pass a package of changes that will reconcile the differences between Senate and House bills. If those changes are worked out, here is how health care reforms will affect you:

Within the first year
2011
2013
2014
2018

Within the first year

? Young adults will be able stay on their parents' insurance until their 27th birthday.

? Seniors will get a $250 rebate to help fill the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug coverage, which falls between the $2,700 initial limit and when catastrophic coverage kicks in at $6,154.

? Insurers will be barred from imposing exclusions on children with pre-existing conditions. Pools will cover those with pre-existing health conditions until health care coverage exchanges are operational.

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By: AC360.com - 03/26/2010
 
 
 
 
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