Seniors Have Big Misconceptions About Overhaul Law, Poll Finds

Half of the public now expresses a favorable view of the health care overhaul law while the percentage that views it unfavorably has dropped to 35 percent compared to 41 percent a month ago, says a new Kaiser Commission tracking poll.
Only about a quarter of those polled – 27 percent – said the law should [...]

Poll shows majority of seniors are bewildered by new healthcare reform law

The majority of the nation’s seniors have little understanding of what the Democrats’ newly enacted healthcare law actually does, according to poll results released Monday.
The survey, sponsored by the National Council on Aging (NCOA), an advocate for seniors, found that only 17 percent of respondents could answer [...]

Many Seniors Think Health Care Law Will Increase the Deficit, Poll Finds

A new poll on the health care law conducted for the National Council on Aging found that nearly half of the seniors surveyed believe the overhaul will increase the federal deficit — which it won’t, according to official government projections.
Additionally, the poll released on Monday found that Medicare beneficiaries are unclear on the impact of [...]

Group Sets Out To Educate Seniors On Overhaul Impacts

The National Council On Aging is ramping up its outreach to seniors about the healthcare overhaul law, in response to polling data that showed seniors were misinformed about the effect of the law, as well as the organization’s feeling that seniors have not been served well by standard Democratic and Republican talking points.
“In general, what’s [...]

Health Law Augurs Transfer of Funds From Old to Young

MANDEVILLE, La.—Mark Baumann, a 44-year-old uninsured diabetic, sees in the Obama administration’s health-care law a future with stable coverage to pay for his insulin shots and blood tests.
That’s likely to come indirectly at the expense of his mother’s generous health-care plan.
Humana Inc., Mary Baumann’s insurer, intends to pare her “Medicare Advantage” plan to make up [...]

Connolly’s Attempts to Overhaul Health Programs Bad For Federal Employees

Originally published in the Culpeper Times
Now that Congress has rammed through health reform, several Members, including Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), serving the 11th district,  have wasted no time identifying another program to “reform,” broken or not. Unfortunately, it seems that the Federal Employees Health Benefit’s Program (FEHBP) has landed in their crosshairs in the form [...]