"...new rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare's "doughnut hole," offer seniors more preventative care, and limit how much of their customers' money health-insurance companies can keep for overhead and profit.
They all go into effect on Saturday.
These provisions were not affected by a Dec. 13 federal court ruling in Virginia that declared another piece of the new health-care law - the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance - unconstitutional.
The judge allowed implementation of the overhaul to continue until a higher court rules on the issue.
The new rules include:
*A provision that limits what health insurers can do with the money their customers send in as premiums.
*A provision that provides prescription-drug discounts for seniors in Medicare's "doughnut hole."
*A rule giving seniors free screenings for cancer and other diseases.
*The creation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/31/AR2010123103189.html
They all go into effect on Saturday.
These provisions were not affected by a Dec. 13 federal court ruling in Virginia that declared another piece of the new health-care law - the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance - unconstitutional.
The judge allowed implementation of the overhaul to continue until a higher court rules on the issue.
The new rules include:
*A provision that limits what health insurers can do with the money their customers send in as premiums.
*A provision that provides prescription-drug discounts for seniors in Medicare's "doughnut hole."
*A rule giving seniors free screenings for cancer and other diseases.
*The creation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/31/AR2010123103189.html
