Patient’s Bill of Rights Expands on Consumer Protection in Health Care Reform

Ninety days ago, President Obama signed into law the health reform legislation passed by Democrats in Congress.  Today, the President announced a Patient’s Bill of Rights to expand on and enact the consumer protections in the new law.

Here are some of the benefits in the Patient’s Bill of Rights for you and your family:

• Protecting your choice of doctors
• Removing insurance company barriers to life-saving emergency department services
• Prohibiting insurance plans from denying coverage or limiting benefits for children with pre-existing conditions
• Banning insurance companies from arbitrarily dropping people who get sick and need coverage most
• Prohibiting insurance plans from placing lifetime limits on coverage
• Restricting the annual dollar limits on coverage by insurance plans

In announcing the Patient’s Bill of Rights, President Obama stated:

“[The protections] will put an end to some of the worst practices in the insurance industry and put in place the strongest consumer protections in our history — finally what amounts to a true Patient’s Bill of Rights.”

Read more about how the benefits you’ll receive with the Patients Bill of Rights.