Despite the rhetoric and media coverage, there are appears to be some aspects of health reform with bipartisan support. In fact both parties are now saying indeed something must be done related to the cost and access issues regarding health care.
Bipartisan consensus proposals include some of the major health insurance industry reforms such as preventing insurance companies from:
- denying coverage to people with preexisting injuries and illnesses
- cutting insurance coverage off when a policyholder gets sick
- imposing a lifetime cap on benefits
Another key issue with new support from both the Senate and the House would be to require insurance companies to offer dependent coverage to young people through their parents' insurance plan until they turn the age of 26.
This feels modest but as Congress prepares to return from recess next week lets hope they focus on finding some middle ground that we can all agree on.
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