Obama Health Care Plan Reforms

Timelines and Changes

Other Reforms

The Obama plan also includes a number of additional reforms that are designed to bring down costs and improve quality. New standards of accountability for quality of care, modernization of record-keeping technology and measures to curtail the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs are just a few of the new reforms. The goal is to minimize bureaucratic inflation and red tape, streamline procedures and hold doctors accountable for the care that they provide.

Timeliness of Changes

Although Americans are clamoring for change, it is important to understand how the fiscal process works. The new federal fiscal year begins on October 1, and changes are applied in January. Therefore, in the first year of his presidency, Obama may be limited by Bush’s most recent budget.

It is possible that Obama will choose to use his power of executive orders to make budgetary changes, or that the Democrat-controlled Congress will work to advance changes ahead of the new fiscal year. Nonetheless, it is important to understand that a task as ambitious as health care reform cannot happen overnight.

It is likely that your current insurance situation will continue for some months. Take a look at Managing Managed Care for tips on getting the phobia treatments you require under the current insurance system.

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