Latest Promises In Health Care

Barack Obama

Streamline the Social Security disability approval process

Obama’s stimulus program sped up the Social Security claims process, but the gains may not last | November 2, 2012

Barack Obama

Cut the cost of a typical family’s health insurance premium by up to $2,500 a year

No cut in premiums for typical family | August 31, 2012

Barack Obama

Require health care providers to report preventable medical errors

Affordable Care Act encourages health providers to report ‘hospital acquired conditions’ | April 30, 2012

Barack Obama

Require providers to report measures of health care costs and quality

Affordable Care Act ramps up carrots and sticks for health providers to collect, report data | April 30, 2012

Barack Obama

Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices

Action unlikely before end of administration | April 25, 2012

Barack Obama

If you want new insurance, you’ll be able to choose a new plan on a health insurance exchange

Meet basic requirements, shop on a health care exchange | March 28, 2012

Barack Obama

Implement and fund proven health intervention programs

Many provisions of health care law fulfill promise | March 9, 2012

Barack Obama

Increase efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy

Significant action in all three areas of promise | October 24, 2011

Barack Obama

Reproductive health care will be “at the heart” of health care reform.

Insurance companies required to cover preventive care | September 1, 2011

Barack Obama

Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social Security

No commission on the horizon | January 14, 2011

Barack Obama

Reimburse employer health plans for a portion of catastrophic costs

Limited reimbursements in the final health care bill | July 2, 2010

Barack Obama

Force non-competitive insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care

Health bill requires insurers to pay minimums to patient care | July 1, 2010

Barack Obama

Require health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care

Health insurance plans must disclose how much goes to patient care | June 30, 2010

Barack Obama

Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers

Program included in health care reform bill | May 20, 2010

Barack Obama

Expand the Veterans Administration’s number of “centers of excellence” in specialty care

An increase in funding | May 19, 2010

Barack Obama

Strengthen antitrust laws to prevent overcharging for malpractice insurance

New health care law takes steps toward reining in malpractice excesses | April 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information

Comparative effectiveness institute makes it into final health care bill | April 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans

Health care law eliminates extra payments for Medicare Advantage | April 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan

Health care law targets large employers with penalties if they don’t offer insurance | April 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals

Funding bill signed into law | April 5, 2010

Barack Obama

Create a small business tax credit to help with health premiums

A qualified tax credit for small businesses to buy health insurance is enacted | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Create a public option health plan for a new National Health Insurance Exchange.

It’s official: The public option is dead | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Require children to have health insurance coverage

Mandate for all; young adults on parents’ plans | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Allow all veterans back into the Veterans Administration

Strides, yes; executive order, no | October 20, 2009

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