| S. Con. Res. 41, H. Con. Res. 112, S. Con. Res. 37, S. Con. Res. 42, S. Con. Res. 44 En Bloc—Motions To Proceed |
May 16, 2012 |
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Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
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"It doesn’t stop there. They repeal the affordable care act, which would reopen the doughnut hole. The affordable care act has helped nearly 15,000 Rhode Islanders save an average of $554 each last year just by closing the doughnut hole partway, and soon it will be all the way. That made a difference to people such as Olive in Woonsocket, whose husband fell into the doughnut hole last July. Thanks to the new law, they saved $2,400. Under the House Republican budget, they would be stuck paying that $2,400 as an out-of-pocket cost to the big drug companies."
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| Affordable Care Act |
March 28, 2012 |
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Patrick Leahy, D-VT
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"Americans are already beginning to see some of the benefits of insurance reform. Seniors on Medicare who have high-cost prescriptions are starting to receive help when trapped within a coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.” The affordable care act completely closes the coverage gap by 2020, and the new law makes it easier for seniors to afford prescription drugs in the meantime. In 2010, more than 7,000 Vermonters received a $250 rebate to help cover the cost of their prescription drugs when they hit the doughnut hole. Last year, nearly 6,800 Vermonters with Medicare received a 50-percent discount on their covered brandname prescriptions, resulting in an average savings of $714 per person. Since the affordable care act was signed into law, more than 4,000 young adults in Vermont have gained health insurance coverage under these reforms, which allow young adults to stay on their parents’ plans until their 26th birthdays. The improvements we are seeing in Vermont go on and on: 81,649 Vermonters on Medicare and more than 100,000 Vermonters with private insurance gained access to and received preventative screening coverage with no deductible or copay. These are just a few of the dozens of consumer protections included in the law that are benefiting Vermonters and all Americans every day."
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| Obama Cares |
March 27, 2012 |
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Colleen Hanabusa, D-HI
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"Think about what he looked at in 2008 and 2009. There were 50 million people who were uninsured at a cost of $116 billion a year. That could bankrupt any family. But with the Affordable Care Act, think about what you have: women no longer have to be worried about being discriminated against as a preexisting condition; seniors don’t have to worry, they can have preventative care and the doughnut hole will close; youth can be covered under their parents’ plan to the age of 26; and small business can avail themselves of a tax credit."
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March 27, 2012 |
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John Rockefeller, D-WV
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"In 2011, more than 36,000 West Virginians with Medicare received a 50-percent discount on their covered brand-name prescription drugs when they hit the doughnut hole. That is called very good news. Then we go on to close the doughnut hole entirely."
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| Health Care |
March 22, 2012 |
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Michael Enzi, R-WY
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"In this affordable care act, of course, they do some things with the doughnut hole which are a little sleight of hand, because some of the companies that sell brandname prescription drugs agreed they would reimburse people for a part or up to all of their medications while they went through that doughnut hole, knowing when they got out of the doughnut hole they would stay with that brandname and it would cost the whole program a lot more."
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