House Passes Health Care Bill – What about Vision Care?

The House health care bill passed Saturday 11/7/09  would:

• Require most Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine.
• Expand health care coverage to 36 million more people over the next decade.
• Require employers with payrolls above $500,000 to provide insurance to their employees or pay a fine.
• Prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions.
• End premium disparities between men and women.
• Impose a 5.4% income tax surcharge on income above $500,000 annually for individuals and above $1 million annually for households.
• Establish a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers beginning in 2013.
• Cost $1.2 billion over 10 years.
• Cut Medicare spending by more than $400 billion over 10 years.

How this will the fact that the House Passes Health Care Bill effect the Vision Care industry? Much more to come on that question but this is a big step towards change that we will all need to embrace whether you support the bill or not!

Source: NCTimes.com

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