Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2009. The Senate Finance Committee today approved Chairman Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) landmark health reform bill, the America’s Healthy Future Act. The legislation would lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage. It would make it easier for families and small businesses to buy health insurance, ensure Americans can choose to keep the health care coverage they have if they like it and slow the growth of health care costs over time. The America’s Healthy Future Act would bar insurance companies from discriminating against people based on health status, denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions or imposing annual caps or lifetime limits on coverage. And it would improve the way the health care system delivers care by improving efficiency, quality and coordination. The Congressional Budget Office has said the bill is fully paid for, estimated to cost $829 billion dollars and will reduce the federal deficit by $81 billion within the first ten years.
