Five Little-known Health Care Reform Facts

Considering the controversy that surrounded health care reform, it’s no surprise that a lot of misinformation was spread around. There was talk of death panels and extreme budget deficits. Alarmists on the supporting side also cited the extreme amount of lobbying dollars spent by the health insurance industry, while those against reform pointed to the dying Canadians in line for care. Whatever the case, Health-Insurance.org is here to separate the substance from the chaff. Below you’ll find five verifiable facts about health care reform.

The Five Facts about Obamacare Health Insurance Reform

1. Health care reform requires restaurants with 20 or more chain locations to include the calorie content next to each item on the menu. This will allow for individuals to make better informed decisions regarding their nutrition. In 2009 according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 26.7% of Americans self-reported themselves as obese.
2. A total of $50 million will be used for Community Transformation Grants to encourage healthy living; this money may be used, for example, to provide nutritional school lunch programs
3. Health reform A 10% tax on all indoor tanning sessions
4. Experts at the Congressional Budget Office say the bill adds $239 billion to the deficit over 10 years, with that extra money reversing a scheduled Medicare pay cut to doctors.
5. Under health care reform, the amount of Americans with insurance will go up by nearly 10% – which means that 93% of the American public will have coverage of some type.

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