What is the Healthcare Bill?

There are more people than makes me comfortable who know nothing about what’s going on in Washington these days. Many sit back and let everyone around them tell them what’s important. Why seek out important news when you can let it come to you?

In fact, I’ve taken that attitude many times in my own life, until more recent years. The passing of the Healthcare Reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was my wake up call.

For those who are just waking up to the mess that was the passage of the healthcare reform bill back in March 2010, here is the answer to my title question, what is the healthcare bill?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

According to Healthcare.gov, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act healthcare reform bill "have brought an end to some of the worst abuses of the insurance industry."

"These reforms have given Americans new rights and benefits, by helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, allowing young adults under 26 to stay on their parent’s health insurance, and giving patients access to recommended preventive services without cost."

But that’s not all.

"More rights, protections and benefits for Americans are on the way through 2014."

The truth about Obamacare and the healthcare reform bill as it stands now though is that most real experts believe it will lead to even higher costs and yet still leave millions uninsured.

If you really want to learn about the new health insurance legislation, then follow that Healthcare.gov link above and read what the government has to say about the healthcare law, but when you’re done with that, be sure to look at some other sources for information, sources that won’t give you a whitewashed version of the alleged benefits of Obamacare. The book, The Truth About Obamacare, is a great place to start.