Ten benefits of the passage of health care reform in first 90 days

1. Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans;

2. Temporary high-risk pool for Americans with pre-existing conditions;

3. Insurance companies no longer able to drop sick people;

4. Lower seniors prescription prices by beginning to close the donut hole;

5. Tax credits to small businesses covering employees;

6. Elimination of lifetime and annual benefit limits;
7. Children can stay on parents' coverage until age 26;

8. New plans must cover preventive and immunizations;

9. Consumers will have processes to appeal insurance plan decisions;

10. Rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied
to overhead costs.