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Obama: Health Care Reform Already Working
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason May 09, 2010 03:22pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, May 8, 2010 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. President Barack Obama says March's health-care reform bill already is improving millions of Americans' lives.
In his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama touted the first benefits of Democrat-backed legislation that narrowly passed through Congress earlier this year.
Mr. Obama says the entire health-insurance industry has agreed to stop canceling the coverage of people when they get sick, ahead of a September deadline requiring insurers to do so.
Mr. Obama also says a new federal office, the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, will help states stop insurance companies from "gaming" (exploiting) the health-care system. He says his administration has prevented one company, Anthem Blue Cross, from raising health insurance rates by 39 percent in the western state of California. |
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