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AARP is committed to making life better for all Ohioans through legal and legislative advocacy, information and education, and community service delivered by a statewide network of volunteers
AARP is committed to making life better for all Ohioans through legal and legislative advocacy, information and education, and community service delivered by a statewide network of volunteers
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"What we do we do for all." Ethel Andrus Percy AARP Founder
"What we do we do for all." Ethel Andrus Percy AARP Founder
AARP lauds Ohio delegation for Medicare Fairness Act voteHouse adopts Health Care Reform bill that is good for Ohioans
We’re one step closer to affordable health care
Saturday night’s approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Affordable Health Care for America Act is just the latest step in the battle AARP Ohio has been fighting for many years. As the action now moves to the U.S. Senate, AARP volunteers and activists will continue to campaign for a health care reform package that provides quality, affordable health coverage options of all Americans and protects Medicare for seniors and future generations.
For the more than 45 million Americans who depend on Medicare – including 1,625,000 in Ohio alone – the House plan immediately makes prescription drugs more affordable by reducing by $500 the dangerous gap in prescription drug coverage known as the doughnut hole, and continues to shrink that gap by $500 each year until it is completely eliminated in 2019. The House bill allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug costs, and reduces brand name drug costs by 50 percent for those who fall into the hole.
The House bill also adds preventive benefits like cancer screenings free of charge, cracks down on waste and fraud, protects the traditional Medicare benefits people in the program rely on and ensures that seniors get access to the doctor of their choice or can find a new doctor when they need one.
For all Americans who are struggling to find affordable insurance (including the estimated 221,000 Ohioans between the ages of 50 to 64 who are uninsured), the House plan makes coverage more affordable by strictly limiting how much more insurance companies can charge based on age. Under the House bill, Americans no longer will be denied coverage based on health history or discriminated against because of gender, and those who still cannot afford insurance on their own will receive help to purchase affordable coverage.
Finally, the House plan prevents anyone from coming between you and your doctor and guarantees your health care does not take a back set to insurance companies. It stops insurance companies from profiting on the backs of older Americans, and limits what any American has to pay out of his or her own pocket so that no one is bankrupted by health care bills.
We urge you to join us in asking Congress to enact the Affordable Health Care for America Act. For information on the latest developments, so you can decide what health reform will mean for you, go towww.aarp.org/getthefacts.
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