What are some healthcare highlights for children and families?

This Year - The following is a short list of key, important changes that will happen this year due to the passage of healthcare reform: [1]*

• Insurance companies will no longer be able to refuse to pay for treatment of children's pre-existing conditions.
• Health care plans will allow young people to remain on their parents' insurance policy up until their 26th birthday.
• Insurance companies will be banned from dropping people from coverage when they get sick, and they will be banned from implementing lifetime caps on coverage.
• People who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions will have access to affordable insurance through a temporary subsidized high-risk pool.
• Small businesses that choose to offer coverage will begin to receive tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums to help make employee coverage more affordable.

2014 - The following is a short list of key, important changes that will happen in 2014 due to the passage of healthcare reform: [2]*

• Insurance companies will be banned from denying health insurance coverage to people of all ages because of pre-existing conditions.
• Families and children with moderate incomes (up to about $88,000 for a family of four) will be able to get help paying for health insurance coverage.
• State insurance exchanges will enforce minimum benefit standards for health insurance coverage.

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