Obama Has Signed the Bill. Now What?
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
NYT
Most of the major provisions in the health care legislation do not take effect for months, if not years.
Even some popular changes that Democrats are promoting as “immediate benefits,” like allowing adult dependent children to remain on their parents’ insurance policies, do not actually take effect for six months.
But when President Obama signed the Senate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday morning, some provisions took effect immediately.
For example, states will be required to maintain their existing Medicaid and children’s health insurance coverage based on policies currently in effect. While states can expand their programs, they are not allowed to cut back on eligibility and are not allowed to put in place any paperwork requirements that would make it harder for people to sign up for coverage, according to Jocelyn A. Guyer, co-executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.
(More here.)
NYT
Most of the major provisions in the health care legislation do not take effect for months, if not years.
Even some popular changes that Democrats are promoting as “immediate benefits,” like allowing adult dependent children to remain on their parents’ insurance policies, do not actually take effect for six months.
But when President Obama signed the Senate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday morning, some provisions took effect immediately.
For example, states will be required to maintain their existing Medicaid and children’s health insurance coverage based on policies currently in effect. While states can expand their programs, they are not allowed to cut back on eligibility and are not allowed to put in place any paperwork requirements that would make it harder for people to sign up for coverage, according to Jocelyn A. Guyer, co-executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.
(More here.)
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