Early Healthcare Reform Benefits Enjoyed By The 24.3 Million Texans in 2010 and 2011

Healthcare Insurance Limits
Consumers will no longer have lifetime limits on their health insurance coverage. Annual limit use will be altered and health insurance companies will not be allowed to drop coverage arbitrarily.

Healthcare Insurance Options
There will be options available to those ineligible for health insurance. Presently there are 10% of Texans with Diabetes and 28% with high blood pressure who struggle to get health insurance. Insurers often deny coverage for these two groups. A high-risk pool established by the reform bill will give such people health insurance options.

Free Preventative Healthcare Services Will Be Available.
Of the preventative tests that have been neglected, 44% of Texans have not undergone a colorectal screening for cancer and 25% of women aged 50 and above have neglected to get a mammogram for the past two years. Prevention and public health will be encouraged through funds invested for these purposes.

Healthcare Insurance coverage
For those who retire early will be supported. Even though 231,000 early retirees have special coverage through their employers, such coverage is becoming rarer. The new system would offer reinsurance to help stabilize the coverage and help lower premiums for existing employees and the early retirees. It could make as much as $1200 difference in premiums for families.