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Eliminating caps: Pre-existing conditions: The Senate bill includes $5 billion in immediate support to provide temporary coverage |
| Pre-existing conditions: The Senate bill includes $5 billion in immediate support to provide temporary coverage to uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions. The money would help you until the new health care exchanges in the Senate bill are put into effect in 2014. |
| Children and pre-existing conditions: Another thing that's going to be very important, CNN Senior Political Analyst Gloria Borger said, is that there will be no exclusion of children with pre-existing conditions. |
Dependent children: Your children will be covered until the age of 26. "Children who are over 21 and may not have a job that pays their health insurance can still be on your policy," |
| Small business tax credits: Those tax credits are aimed at helping small businesses buy health insurance for their employees. Tax credits of up to 50 percent of premiums will be available to firms that offer coverage, according to the Senate's plan. |
| Preventive care: All new insurance plans, Obama said, will be required to offer free preventive care in order to "catch preventable illnesses and diseases on the front end." |
| Appeals process: A new independent appeals process will be set up for those who feel that they were unfairly denied a claim by their insurance company. |
Help for seniors: Even with these changes, many activists in both parties are concerned about the specifics in the Democrats' bill. "[The White House] says, 'These are the deliverable items [Democrats] can bring home to your constituents, INNOVATION: Sliding scale allows incentives to earn more money and encourages value of individually responsibility and provides |