Health insurance exchanges would make medical insurance coverage affordable for the 1.7 million uninsured Georgians and the 387,000 million with nongroup medical insurance coverage.

Health Insurance Premium tax credits would be available to 897,000 million Georgians.

Free preventative services would be provided to 1.1 million senior citizens.

The Medicare Part D "doughnut hole" would be remedied, so that 203,000 senior citizens would be paying only half the cost of the brand name medications.

Small Business Healthcare Insurance Benefits

The small business tax credit would allow 106,000 small businesses to benefit from lower healthcare insurance premiums.  

74% of Georgia's businesses are actually small businesses. In 2008, only 38% of them offered group health insurance coverage. A small business tax credit being proposed would help to ensure that premiums are affordable. Employer responsibility provisions would also be eliminated.

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

There will be options available to those ineligible for health insurance coverage. Presently there are 10% of Georgians with Diabetes and 30% 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 services will be available. Of the preventative tests that have been neglected, 38% of Georgians have not undergone a colorectal screening for cancer and 17% 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.