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Quick Fact: Perino falsely claims health care benefits would take years to start <\/a><\/p>\n

On March 12, Fox News contributor Dana Perino falsely claimed that people would “not see benefits for four to five years after” the health care reform bill passes. In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.<\/p>\n

Perino falsely claims benefits will take years to begin<\/h2>\n

Perino: People would “not see benefits for four to five years after” bill is enacted. <\/strong>On the March 12 edition of Fox News’ On the Record<\/em>, Fox News contributor Dana Perino said of the health care reform legislation, “people are going to be taxed for the next several years and not see benefits for four to five years after that.”<\/p>\n

Fact: Numerous benefits in Senate health care bill would “be available in the first year after enactment” of the bill<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Senate Democrats note “Immediate Benefits” of health care bill.<\/strong><\/strong> According to a document<\/a> put forth by Senate Democrats summarizing the “Immediate Benefits” of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the bill includes numerous benefits that would “be available in the first year after enactment” of the bill. Indeed, Washington Post<\/em> blogger Ezra Klein published the following list of benefits<\/a> that the Senate bill would provide “before 2014″:<\/p>\n

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1) Eliminating lifetime limits, and cap annual limits, on health-care benefits. In other words, if you get an aggressive cancer and your treatment costs an extraordinary amount, your insurer can’t suddenly remind you that subparagraph 15 limited your yearly expenses to $30,000, and they’re not responsible for anything above that.<\/p>\n

2) No more rescissions.<\/p>\n

3) Some interim help for people who have preexisting conditions, though the bill does not instantly ban discrimination on preexisting conditions.<\/p>\n

4) Requiring insurers to cover preventive care and immunizations.<\/p>\n

5) Allowing young adults to stay on their parent’s insurance plan until age 26.<\/p>\n

6) Developing uniform coverage documents so people can compare different insurance policies in an apples-to-apples fashion.<\/p>\n

7) Forcing insurers to spend 80 percent of all premium dollars on medical care (75 percent in the individual market), thus capping the money that can go toward administration, profits, etc.<\/p>\n

8) Creating an appeals process and consumer advocate for insurance customers.<\/p>\n

9) Developing a temporary re-insurance program to help early retirees (folks over 55) afford coverage.<\/p>\n

10) Creating an internet portal to help people shop for and compare coverage.<\/p>\n

11) Miscellaneous administrative simplification stuff.<\/p>\n

12) Banning discrimination based on salary (i.e., where a company that’s not self-insured makes only some full-time workers eligible for coverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Obama’s plan also provides immediate benefits. <\/strong><\/strong>According to the House Committee on Education and Labor, Obama’s health care plan also provides numerous benefits that will enact immediately after the bill’s passage or within the first year, including protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions, tax breaks for small businesses, and aid to seniors participating in Medicare Part D. From the House Committee on Education and Labor<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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Access to Affordable Coverage for the Uninsured with Pre-existing Conditions <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n