Consumer Reports: Consumers Can't Wait Any Longer... [View All]

More than 70 years ago, Consumers Union, the independent nonprofit organization that publishes Consumer Reports, called for affordable, reliable health care for all Americans.

Today—after decades of failed proposals, broken promises, and political rancor—our nation is the closest it has ever been to answering that call.

Reform proposals have passed both chambers of Congress by a majority vote; now they effectively await final passage. Reform will make sure you can get reliable, affordable health coverage if you’re sick, lose your job, or hit a rough financial patch. It will provide much-needed oversight of the insurance industry, spur competition, and change the way insurance companies do business. It won’t add to our deficit and will help cut wasteful spending in the health-care industry.

A lot of people, especially those who already have good insurance, are unsure how the agreed-upon proposals in Congress would benefit them. The package of reform proposals isn't perfect and it won't solve all the problems in our nation's broken health-care system. But the reforms under consideration would go a long way toward achieving the goal of affordable, reliable health care for all Americans. So let me identify the key benefits consumers would get from health-reform legislation passed to date:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2010/03/health-reform-ad-consumers-union-to-launch-ad-campaign-for-health-reform-jim-guest.html?EXTKEY=I91CONL&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristRSS