Commonwealth Fund - Boomers to Benefit from HC Reform

The Commonwealth Fund has released a report that details how boomers, particularly ages 50 to 64, will benefit from health reform.

Among the conclusions•    offering new plans for people with preexisting conditions who cannot get health insurance
•    banning lifetime limits on insurance policies
•    requiring health plans to insure all who apply, preventing health plans from charging higher pre- miums to sicker people, and limiting how much premiums can rise by age, beginning in 2014
•    requiring coverage of preventive care and immuni- zations without cost-sharing
•    helping to preserve employer-based coverage for employees retiring between the ages of 55 and 65
•    creating a new long-term care insurance program, beginning in 2012
•    significantly expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover all adults with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, beginning in 2014
•    creating new state health insurance exchanges with subsidized private insurance for people with low and moderate incomes, up to 400 percent of pov- erty, beginning in 2014

Some of the biggest opponents of reform stand to gain the most. More here.