Outrage #1: Apple Pie Economics Rewards Cheap Employers Companies can beat their competitors by charging less – if they let the government pick up the tab for employee health insurance.  Solution: Big Companies have to provide health insurance (a/k/a “Pay or Play”): Beginning in 2014, companies with 50 full…

Outrage #4: ESP Required Your insurance only covers the emergency room visits …(wait for it)… that you got approved in advance. Solution: No Advanced Knowledge of Emergency Required. Plans that cover emergency room cannot require pre-authorization or in-network hospitals for emergency room visits. Outrage #3: No One Reads It…

Outrage #6: Pre-existing Condition – Denied If you ever saw a Dr. for something minor, you may have a hard time getting new insurance. If you ever saw a Dr. for something MAJOR… Solution: No Rejecting for Pre-existing Conditions. Starting 2014, insurance plans cannot reject applicants for pre-existing condition,…

Outrage #8: Women Denied Women have to fight to get to a gynecologist. Solution: OB/GYN Covered! Plans cannot require pre authorization to see a gynecologist in the provider pool. Women get to pick a gynecologist as their primary care doctor. Ï Outrage #7: Preexisting Condition – Dropped If you…

Today, I’m rolling out a series called “10 Health Care Outrages Fixed by Health Care Reform. I wrote this because I didn’t know what was in the big bill the President signed last March – and this was a good way to find out. Having read the contents, I’m…