President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was officially put into effect yesterday.
Proponents of the health care reform law emphasize the protections for privately insured consumers outlined in the “Patient’s Bill of Rights.” Congressman Tom Perriello, D-Charlottesville, highlighted those key patient rights and protections in a Wednesday statement to the press.
For example, Virginians will have protective provisions against the denial of coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, the arbitrary cancellation of health coverage and lifetime limits on health coverage.
Other benefits include the rights patients will have “to key preventive services without deductible or co-payments” and to choose their own doctors within their insurer networks.
[…] Nevertheless, Robert Hurt, Perriello’s challenger in the upcoming congressional midterm election, believes that the health care reform bill is more detrimental than beneficial for Virginians.
“Robert believes that the government takeover of health care should be repealed and replaced,” Hurt campaign spokesperson Amanda Hennenberg said. “It’s no surprise that Congressman Perriello continues to champion … government takeover of health care that raises rates and taxes, kills jobs and adds burdensome costs onto the backs of small businesses and cuts Medicare by $500 billion.”
Read the full story at the Daily Cavalier.
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