Hello,
The health care vote is tonight around 9:00 pm.
The president will address the country afterwards.
Here is what takes effect immediately after the president signs it into law:
hhttp://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0320/Health-care-reform-bill-101-How-long-will-reform-take
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1. Insurance companies will be prohibited from placing lifetime caps – limits on the amount of money that can eventually be paid out – on their policies. They’ll face new restrictions on setting annual caps, as well.
2. Insurance companies also will be prohibited from pulling your coverage, except in case of fraud or intentional misrepresentation.
3. Children won’t be excluded from coverage due to pre-existing health conditions. Plus, children will be able to stay on their parents’ policy until age 26.
4. Small businesses that offer health coverage to employees will be eligible for tax credits of up to 50 percent of premium costs.
5. Seniors who fall into the coverage gap, or “doughnut hole”, in the middle of the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plan will get $250 to help them pay their bills.
6. People with pre-existing health conditions will be able to enroll in a new, but temporary, national high-risk insurance plan.
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Other things will take effect as late as 2014.
M.