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What does Health Reform mean
for ME (Maine) and You?
A few things you can expect now...
Children (Under Age 19)
Children cannot be turned down for health insurance because they are sick or have a serious condition
Children will not have upper limits on covered benefits over their lifetime, even for expensive or ongoing medical care
Young Adults (Under Age 26)
Young adults may be able to keep or join their parents’ private health insurance plan, even if they are married, have jobs, have moved away from home, or are financially independent
Adults
Adults will not have upper limits on covered benefits over their lifetime, even for expensive or ongoing medical care
Adults may be able to join a new insurance plan that includes some discounts, even if they have not been able to find a plan that covers them in the past
People with Medicare
People with Medicare will have improved Part D prescription drug benefits if they fall into the coverage gap ($250 rebate in 2010 and discounts on brand name drugs in 2011)
People with Medicare will have no out-of-pocket costs for more preventive care, like annual physicals, flu vaccines, and screenings for diabetes and cancer
Everyone
Staying healthy will be easier with more no-cost preventive care like immunizations, diabetes and cancer screenings, and help quitting tobacco
For a version of these updates that you can download, click here.
Want more information?
For more detailed information on what health reform means for people with Medicare, call your local Area Agency on Aging at 1-877-353-3771 or go to www.mainelse.org/health_care_reform
For more detailed information on what health reform means for everyone, go to Consumers for Affordable Health Care and browse their online consumer guides to health care reform.
The other non-profits working with MeHAF on this project are:
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