S. 1955
There's a serious but little-known problem in America today.
Too many women are getting mammograms, and are therefore not dying of breast cancer. Colon cancer screening is helping other people to catch their disease early, as well. Similarly, thousands of people with diabetes are successfully monitoring their blood sugar levels, and, with education and training, continuing to be productive members of society, instead of developing horrific and expensive complications rendering them incapacitated or dead.
This doesn't seem like a problem to you? Then you might wonder why the Senate is considering Senate Bill 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act.
The bill would undermine requirements in many states that insurance companies cover cancer screening tests, diabetes testing supplies, and other things that generally work to prevent or manage disease, improving lives and keeping overall health care costs down.
S. 1955 claims to enable small businesses to provide health coverage, via plans provided by their trade associations. That sounds good. But in the process, it would excempt these plans from state regulations, and wreak havoc with the insurance markets in those states. Not good. 'Marketplace Modernization' really means creating opportunities for insurance companies to profit while undoing the work of dozens of states that protect the interests of their citizens.
Such radical organizations as the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association are against the bill. Don't just take my word for it, read the LA Times, or look at the website of FamiliesUSA.
That's today's reason for contacting your Senators.
Too many women are getting mammograms, and are therefore not dying of breast cancer. Colon cancer screening is helping other people to catch their disease early, as well. Similarly, thousands of people with diabetes are successfully monitoring their blood sugar levels, and, with education and training, continuing to be productive members of society, instead of developing horrific and expensive complications rendering them incapacitated or dead.
This doesn't seem like a problem to you? Then you might wonder why the Senate is considering Senate Bill 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act.
The bill would undermine requirements in many states that insurance companies cover cancer screening tests, diabetes testing supplies, and other things that generally work to prevent or manage disease, improving lives and keeping overall health care costs down.
S. 1955 claims to enable small businesses to provide health coverage, via plans provided by their trade associations. That sounds good. But in the process, it would excempt these plans from state regulations, and wreak havoc with the insurance markets in those states. Not good. 'Marketplace Modernization' really means creating opportunities for insurance companies to profit while undoing the work of dozens of states that protect the interests of their citizens.
Such radical organizations as the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association are against the bill. Don't just take my word for it, read the LA Times, or look at the website of FamiliesUSA.
That's today's reason for contacting your Senators.
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