- Consumer protections that will restrict how much of your premium dollars insurance companies can spend on marketing, profits, and salaries
- Creation of a health exchange to increase consumer choice and guarantee coverage
- Affordable health options, with subsidies for working families and a hardship waiver
- Tax credits to help small businesses afford coverage
- Making preventive care completely free – with no co-payments or deductibles
- Lowering the cost of health care for our seniors
- Improving the quality and extending the life of Medicare
- Ensuring that reform is not only fully paid for, but actually significantly reduces the federal deficit
protester disagreed and yelled back, "You're doing this to the American people!" Others chanted Pelosi's name and shouted, "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!" Supporters cheered the speaker and other Democrats as they entered the Capitol.
Inside the House chamber, negotiations continued on the floor while overhead in the visitors gallery, a protester hollered, "The people don't want this!" As ushers tried to escort him out, several Republicans stood up on the House floor and cheered.
A few hundred protesters carrying signs opposing the health care overhaul crowded a grassy area near the House side of the Capitol. One sign read, "This bill is anti-American, vote the bums out" while another stated, "Obamacare (equals) death warrant for grandma." Appearing to outnumber Americans flags were banners with the colonial-era slogan "Don't tread on me."
The legislation, affecting virtually every American and more than a year in the making, would extend coverage to an estimated 32 million uninsured, bar insurers from denying coverage on the basis of existing medical conditions, and cut federal deficits by an estimated $138 billion over a decade.
Congressional analysts estimate the cost of the two bills combined would be $940 billion over a decade
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