There is debate about a provision in the reform of health care called "essential health services" package. These provisions establish ten main areas of coverage that include prescription drugs, preventive care, and maternity and newborn care. the remaining requirements are extremely wide reports CNN .
the reform requires that small businesses and individual health insurance plans provide these "health services essential "to all customers after 1 January 2014, and restlessness centralizes the services that should be included as key advantages.
All eyes are currently on the Department of Health and Human services ( HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as medical groups feverishly lobbying for their particular treatments covered. Sebelius full authority under the legislation to determine what services are included in the basic package, making HHS Secretary a magnet for lobbyists. This also makes the bill uncertain final cost.
The medical industry is lobbying for Sebelius expensive treatments are not needed in the original bill, included in packages HHS is responsible for the property. Currently, there are eighteen groups of medical specialties lobbying that essential benefits include dental, chiropractic services, unlimited dialysis kidney, treatment for autistic children, and unrestricted visits to psychologists addicts.
If too many services are added to the plans, the cost of health insurance significantly increase when many already have problems with. If there are not enough benefits included, many complain that the reform does not really change anything.
Will Sebelius choose the side of affordability and budget constraints or lean more towards that suppliers of the medical industry want? The debate will obviously continue ...
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