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Leila from Louisville, Kentucky says Thanks Obamacare

March 01, 2012 - Thanks Obamacare on Tumblr

Leila from Louisville, KY is saying Thanks Obamacare because coverage of preventative care now includes colonoscopies. When colon cancer runs in your family that’s a big deal.

Why Obamacare works: Four reasons

February 23, 2012 - The Denver Post

Now that Obamacare is making preventive care available with no co-pays or cost-sharing, Coloradans can get advice they need to stay healthy and the screenings they need to halt a serious disease at an early, more treatable, and more affordable stage. Preventive care has given me the opportunity to live a long and full life; I urge every insured Coloradan to take advantage of this key benefit so you can, too.

Why Obamacare is good for America

February 23, 2012 - The Denver Post

Decisions about our health care are too personal and important to be left to insurance companies. The Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare, is putting all of us back in the driver's seat when it comes to our own health care. While full implementation of reform is being phased in over several years, health care reform has already helped hundreds of thousands of Coloradans access the health care they need.

Obama's populist pitch unifies House Democrats

January 27, 2012 - AP

Still, in a sign of Democratic boldness, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., sported a button that said "Thanks Obamacare," the derisive shorthand that Republicans use to describe the president's overhaul of the health care system.

Schakowsky said there may come a time when "Obamacare might be up there with Social Security."

Obama's populist pitch unifies House Democrats

January 27, 2012 - AP

Still, in a sign of Democratic boldness, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., sported a button that said "Thanks Obamacare," the derisive shorthand that Republicans use to describe the president's overhaul of the health care system.

Schakowsky said there may come a time when "Obamacare might be up there with Social Security."

Health law’s backers launch online ‘Obamacare’ game

December 15, 2011 - The Hill

Supporters of President Obama’s healthcare reforms launched an online game Wednesday to highlight the law’s provisions.

The new site is operated by “Thanks, Obamacare,” a coalition of Colorado-based healthcare advocates formed in October to build support for healthcare reform and try to reclaim the “ObamaCare” label.

The “Thanks, Obamacare” game sends visitors through a hypothetical series of life changes, such as changing jobs or getting into a skiing accident. Players can proceed “with Obamacare” and gain points as they take advantage of provisions like the ban on insurers denying coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Proceeding “without Obamacare” loses points.

Obama admin: 2.5M young adults gain coverage

December 15, 2011 - Denver Post

WASHINGTON—Young adults trying to get traction in a tough economy are getting a welcome assist: the new federal health care law has markedly improved their access to health insurance.

The number of young Americans ages 19-25 lacking health insurance has shrunk by 2.5 million since President Barack Obama's health care overhaul took effect, the administration announced in an analysis released Wednesday.

That drop is 2 1/2 times as large as the decline indicated by previous government and private estimates from earlier this year, which showed about 1 million had gained coverage.

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Health Law A Boon To Coverage Of Young Adults

December 15, 2011 - NPR

There's at least one group for whom the Affordable Care Act would appear to be a big success: young adults under age 26. They can now stay on their parents' health plans thanks to the law.

As many as 2.5 million young adults gained health insurance coverage between Sept. 30, 2010, when the provision took effect, and June 2011, says a study from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Anti-Obamacare Activist Sees The Light, Changes Sides And Apologizes To Obama

December 15, 2011 - Forbes

t’s all fun and games, politics and ideology until someone gets…sick.

If you don’t believe it, just ask Spike Dolomite Ward, a California progressive and non-profit activist who campaigned in support of the Obama election effort in 2008 only to turn against the President, as many progressives have done, when he disappointed her by not going far enough with the Affordable Care Act.

But that was before Spike was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer and found out how just how much the President had, in fact, come through for her and the many others in her difficult position.

Under-26 Gain Insurance Under Health-Care Overhaul

December 15, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal

About 2.5 million young adults have gained health-insurance coverage since the health-overhaul law let people stay on their parents' plan until they turn 26, according to government figures released Wednesday.

The results could help President Barack Obama's re-election campaign boost support among young voters, whose turnout figures to be crucial to his winning a second term. While the 2010 overhaul law remains unpopular with voters overall, the young-adult insurance extension has emerged as a rare selling point liked even by opponents of the law.

CDC: Health reform extends coverage to young Americans

December 15, 2011 - CNN

Atlanta (CNN) -- About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care reform measures that President Barack Obama signed into law last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

The Obama administration trumpeted the figure as a sign that the controversial legislation is succeeding.

About 2.5 million more people, aged 19 to 25, have health insurance than had it before the law took effect because of a provision that lets young adults remain on their parents' insurance plans through age 26, the agency's National Center for Health Statistics said.

New Healthcare Game: Let’s Play!

December 14, 2011 - SanLuisValleyHealth.org

Check out the game of Obamacare: life in 2014, a new online game Spin the wheel and advance through life. As you do, make those important decisions about college, work and family.

Play the Game of Obamacare

December 14, 2011 - MomsRising.org

Today, I am writing to tell you that we launched an exciting new feature on our website, the Game of Obamacare! As you spin the wheel to advance through life, you’ll be asked to make important decisions about college, work and family.  But watch out, there are twists and turns all along the way. What happens when your kid gets sick or you lose your job?  Play the game to find out.  Just like in life, the better your choices, the happier you’ll be.

Health law’s backers launch online ‘Obamacare’ game

December 14, 2011 - The Hill

Supporters of President Obama’s healthcare launched an online game Wednesday to highlight the law’s provisions.

The new site is operated by “Thanks, Obamacare,” a coalition of Colorado-based healthcare advocates that formed in October to build support for healthcare reform and try to reclaim the “Obamacare” label.

Holiday Gifts from Health Reform

December 12, 2011 - Huffington Post

This holiday season you may be surprised to find some gifts from the Affordable Care Act (aka health reform) in your stocking. I say "surprised" because a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that the American public still doesn't know what is in the health reform law and what is not.

If you haven't been sick this year or are not included in the following categories of people who are benefiting from health reform, it makes sense that you won't have paid much attention. You may not experience concrete benefits until it is fully implemented in 2014. But just in case you know someone in these categories, here's the list of health reform "gifts" available this year (see my blog on the Health Insurance Resource Center for more details):

Fact vs. Fiction -- The Truth About Health Care Reform

December 12, 2011 - Huffington Post

In 2009 and 2010, America was deeply divided over President Obama's health care reform legislation. As a member of Congress, I held a lot of events throughout my district and spoke with thousands of my constituents to get their thoughts on this historic bill.  I'm sure everyone remembers the pundits on TV shouting at each other, the raucous town hall videos and of course, the rise of the Tea Party dominating the headlines.

Sadly there was a lot of distortion and fear being manufactured by the Republicans. It seemed that almost overnight new Tea Party organizations, founded in fear and funded by the Koch Brothers, arrived on the scene to make false accusations against President Obama and health care reform. Not concerned with getting their facts straight, they said that the bill would kick people off of their current healthcare, they said we were going to take over people's bank accounts, and they even said that we were going to set up special death panels to ration health care.

Now, nearly a year and a half later, Americans are getting a clear picture of how health insurance reform positively affects their lives. It means that young people can stay on their parent's insurance policy until they are 26. It means that people won't be denied care based on preexisting conditions. And it means that seniors who receive Medicare, who have fallen through the cracks for far too long, can get out of the doughnut hole.

What The Health Care Law Will Mean for Your Small Business

December 08, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal

As a small-business owner, you may find your head spinning when trying to figure out what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may bring.

How the new provisions impact you, if at all, depends on the outcome of a high-profile Supreme Court case and potentially on the results of the 2012 election.

The law's key provisions are set to take effect roughly two years from now, on January 1, 2014. Here's a look at how you may be affected.

Health care law changing behavior

December 07, 2011 - USA Today

WASHINGTON – More than 2.65 million Medicare recipients have saved more than $1.5 billion on their prescriptions this year, a $569-per-person average, while premiums have remained stable, the government plans to announce today.

That's because of the provision of the health care law that put a 50% discount on prescription drugs in the "doughnut hole," the gap between traditional and catastrophic coverage in the drug benefit, also known as Part D.

And, as of the end of November, more than 24 million people, or about half of those with traditional Medicare, have gone in for a free annual physical or other screening exam since the rules changed this year because of the health care law.

This Is Your Grandma on Drugs

December 07, 2011 - The New Republic

Imagine that 2.65 million senior citizens just saved a few hundred dollars each on their prescription drug costs, thanks to a new government program. And imagine that it’s not just any seniors: It’s seniors with serious medical conditions and who need financial protection the most.

Isn’t that worth noting? Shouldn’t the law, and its sponsors, get some credit for that? Yes. And yes.

Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act – yes, Obamacare – pharmaceutical companies provide a 50 percent discount on name-brand drugs for seniors who hit the "donut hole." The donut hole is the gap in coverage that begins once a individual Medicare beneficiary has purchased $2,840 in drugs over the course of a year. At that point, the beneficiary becomes completely responsible for prescription costs – in other words, he or she has to pay for them out of his pocket – until he or she has spent another $3,600.

Medicare Drug Discount Saves Elderly $1.5 Billion, U.S. Says

December 07, 2011 - Bloomberg

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama's administration says the health-care overhaul he championed has this year saved Medicare recipients an average of $569 a person in drug costs.

About 2.65 million people ages 65 and older have spent about $1.5 billion less on prescription drugs under a discount program on medicines created by the law signed in March 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said today in a statement. About 24 million beneficiaries in Medicare, the U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, also had taken advantage of the law's requirement for free preventive care, such as an annual checkup, during the first 11 months of the year, the agency said.

Michigan Medicare recipients save $33M under reform law, Obama says

December 07, 2011 - Detroit Free Press

WASHINGTON – The White House says the health care reform law passed in early 2010 has saved thousands of Michiganders on Medicare more than $33-million total on their prescription drugs – an average of about $556 per person.

President Barack Obama’s administration put out a report today revealing that discounts on brand-name drugs for people who fall between the initial limit and the higher, catastophic care level – also known as the Part D “donut hole” – have saved 2.7 million Medicare recipients more than $1.5-billion nationwide. In Michigan, the report said, 60,904 Medicare recipients saw discounts.

Obamacare' to the rescue

December 06, 2011 - LA Times

Fortunately for me, I've been saved by the federal government's Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, something I had never heard of before needing it. It's part of President Obama's healthcare plan, one of the things that has already kicked in, and it guarantees access to insurance for U.S. citizens with preexisting conditions who have been uninsured for at least six months. The application was short, the premiums are affordable, and I have found the people who work in the administration office to be quite compassionate (nothing like the people I have dealt with over the years at other insurance companies.) It's not perfect, of course, and it still leaves many people in need out in the cold. But it's a start, and for me it's been a lifesaver — perhaps literally.

Which brings me to my apology. I was pretty mad at Obama before I learned about this new insurance plan. I had changed my registration from Democrat to Independent, and I had blacked out the top of the "h" on my Obama bumper sticker, so that it read, "Got nope" instead of "got hope." I felt like he had let down the struggling middle class. My son and I had campaigned for him, but since he took office, we felt he had let us down.

So this is my public apology. I'm sorry I didn't do enough of my own research to find out what promises the president has made good on. I'm sorry I didn't realize that he really has stood up for me and my family, and for so many others like us. I'm getting a new bumper sticker to cover the one that says "Got nope." It will say "ObamaCares."

A ‘bomb’ in Obamacare? Not quite.

December 05, 2011 - Washington Post

Over the weekend, Forbes’s Rick Ungar drew a lot of attention arguing that the health reform law contains a “bomb” that’s about to explode: the medical loss ratio.

Unger was referring to a new regulation that requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of subscriber premiums on medical costs. Anything above that can go to administrative costs (like advertising) and profits. That new, downward pressure on insurance company profits leads Ungar to predict that “the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of the large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry.”

To be sure, health insurance companies are not thrilled with the final regulation. But they’re not exactly outraged and definitely not anywhere near the verge of bankruptcy. Quite the opposite, health insurance executives and investors look to be banking on the health reform law’s success.

HHS website helps companies insure gay employees

November 18, 2011 - Washington Blade

The Department of Health & Human Services has expanded its website on health insurance companies to include a filter allowing small business owners to locate plans allowing for same-sex partner coverage.

The website, healthcare.gov, was established as a result of the health care reform law that President Obama signed into law in 2009. The website provides details about the Affordable Care Act and offers a searchable database enabling individuals and businesses to find health insurance plans.

Saving by the Bundle

November 18, 2011 - New York Times

To change these incentives, we must introduce “bundling” — which, as the name implies, means paying for a patient’s entire care episode rather than every single test and treatment he gets. Imagine, for example, a patient who comes to the hospital for a hip replacement. That patient and his insurer (whether it’s Aetna or Medicare) will be billed separately for the X-rays, laboratory tests, the surgeon’s fee, the anesthesiologist’s fee, the rehabilitation services, the hospital bill and the visits to the doctor after he’s discharged.

In a bundled payment system, all the bills are rolled into one standard hip-replacement charge. The idea is to force all of a patient’s care providers to work together. They have a strong incentive to eliminate unnecessary tests and treatments and use less expensive implants, drugs and devices that don’t compromise quality, and to prevent infections and other complications that could land the patient back in the hospital.

The Affordable Care Act requires Medicare to run pilot programs with bundled payments, and recommends expanding the program to the whole country after Jan. 1, 2016, if doing so would reduce costs or improve quality. But why wait?

The ACA small business tax credit: Build the bridge wider, don't blow it up

November 16, 2011 - The Hill

We now have a $5,200 deductible. It’s the kind of insurance that works fine until something goes wrong – as I can attest to personally from an emergency hospital stay that left me with bills totaling around $4,000. I had just barely achieved the “American Dream” of home ownership a few years before; these bills forced me to sell my home.
 
In the past year, the ACA has changed our situation at Home ReSource significantly – for the better. This is thanks to the small business tax credit and also to other parts of the health law.

Thanks Obamacare! website aims to turn partisan slur into positive term

November 16, 2011 - Westword

​The term "Obamacare" was originally conceived by opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care reforms as a way of hanging what they saw as a political albatross around his neck. But now, a group of Colorado activists have embraced the word withThanksObamacare.org, a website that celebrates the legislation by way of features like a just-launched campaign seeking to expose the top ten myths surrounding it.

ThanksObamacare.org is a joint project of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) and ProgressNow Colorado Education, the 501(c)3 arm of ProgressNow Colorado; it debuted October 24, with the myths component launching this week. Serena Woods, CCHI's director of strategic engagement, stresses that the site is nonpartisan. It's about the law, she maintains, not about boosting its namesake's chances for reelection in 2012.

Health Reform and the Supreme Court

November 15, 2011 - New York Times

Public Opinion Tide Turning On Obamacare Mandates

November 15, 2011 - Forbes

For the first time since passage of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, polling reveals that more Americans support the requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance than those who oppose the measure.

In a new CNN poll conducted during the period of November 11-13, 52 percent of those surveyed indicated that they now favor the mandate. This is a 6 percent rise in support since the question was last put to the public by a poll in June of this year and the first time those in favor have moved into the majority column.

"Obamacare" inspires Coloradan to leadership in president's campaign

November 07, 2011 - Denver Post

When Americans talk about "Obamacare," it's personal for Katherine Archuleta, the Coloradan tapped to serve as political director for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

Her daughter, Graciela Gonzales, was diagnosed in 1999 with ovarian cancer. Gonzales, who attendsBrown University, will turn 23 next month.

Because of Obama's Affordable Care Act, she can stay on her parents' insurance until she turns 26. And starting in 2014, Gonzales can't be denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

"She is the single most important reason I am doing what I am doing," Archuleta said. "My story is not an unusual story. People come to this campaign for personal reasons."

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Democrats Block Usage of the Word 'Obamacare' in Congressional Mailings

November 02, 2011 - Forbes

I’ve never understood why some liberals think that it’s unfair to use the term “Obamacare” to describe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Was it equally partisan when people described Ronald Reagan’s economic policies as “Reaganomics”?) It’s easy to pronounce, and accurately describes the law that the President considers to be his signature legislative achievement. I’ve used the terms “Romneycare” and “Ryancare” to describe those politicians’ health policies.

Enough Is Enough: While we fight over health care reform, more blameless Americans grow sick and die

November 01, 2011 - Time

The smell was unmistakable. I recognized it immediately – a fungating infection. It’s what happens when a cancer breaks through the skin and the puss oozes out and aerosolizes, producing an unsurprisingly foul odor. This is what late-stage cancer looks like if left unchecked, like many cancers were 100 years ago and still are today in the developing world. But I encountered this case this month, and Yvonne, the woman who sat crying before me, lives in Los Angeles. She lost her job two years ago, and when her insurance expired, she was too ashamed to seek help for a mass she felt in her right breast. Now the tumor had replaced her entire breast and blasted through the skin. Being cared for now — so late in her illness — was surely not what she would have wanted; and just as surely, it could have been avoided. How did we let this happen in America?

Colorado's 9.4% jump in health insurance rates an improvement over recent years

October 28, 2011 - Denver Post

The bad news of Colorado's average 9.4 percent hikes in health insurance premiums for next year is actually good news compared with even sharper spikes in past years, according to a widely followed benefits survey for the state.

The surge in 2012 health insurance rates is slightly higher than a 9 percent increase in a recent national survey, said Bill Lindsay of Lockton Benefit Group, which conducts the Colorado report. But it's a huge improvement from 14.4 percent hikes this year and 11.8 percent in 2010, not to mention 19 and 18 percent hits in 2003 and 2004.

With private-sector health care spending in Colorado at about $600 million a year, each percentage point means tens of millions of dollars spent or saved, Lindsay said.

"We were really surprised" at the improvement, he said. "The most important thing is that it's the lowest increase since 2000."

ANALYSIS: Obama plan helping those with pre-existing health conditions

October 27, 2011 - iWatch News

 "Will people with pre-existing conditions EVER get health care for their pre-existing conditions?"

The short answer to your question is “yes,” thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. ObamaCare.

Some background: One of the reasons the number of Americans without insurance has increased to more than 50 million is because it has been perfectly legal for insurance companies to refuse to sell coverage to people who have been sick in the past. This includes those who were born with birth defects or who were diagnosed with chronic illnesses when they were children. In fact, many parents have learned that they could not add a child to a family policy because the child had been treated for a condition that was on their insurer’s automatic denial list.

Supporters Of Health Overhaul Look To Reclaim 'Obamacare'

October 26, 2011 - NPR

"Thanks Obamacare." Sounds like sarcasm, right?

Sure, opponents of the federal law overhauling health care tagged it with the "Obamacare" moniker to belittle the measure even before it had passed.

To many of them, the law is an ill-considered attempt to fix America's health care problems with a one-size-fits-all approach that thrusts the government into the most personal of issues.

But now, two nonprofit advocacy groups, ProgressNow Colorado Education and the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, are trying to take back "Obamacare," as something to be proud of. They're painting it as a positive brand in a campaign (complete with its own Twitter feed and hash tag, #thanksobamacare) that launched Monday.

The campaign highlights 10 reasons people should be thankful for the health law. Among them: allowing people younger than 26 to stay on their parents' health insurance plans and stopping insurers from denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions (the law does the same for adults beginning in 2014).

Americans Take Back 'Obamacare'

October 25, 2011 - SEIU Blog

Progressive advocacy groups Colorado Health Access and Progress Now Colorado have launched a brand new website and hashtag to call attention to the many things "Obamacare" does to give people better access to affordable, quality health care:

http://thanksobamacare.org

As the Washington Post's Sara Kliff points out, "In the political conversation about healthcare reform, the term "Obamacare" is almost always used as a pejorative, hurled at the law in long floor speeches and short political ads deriding the Affordable Care Act." With Thanks Obamacare!, supporters of the Affordable Care Act want to change that and bust the misinformation and myths put out there by the anti-reform naysayers of Obamacare.

Here at SEIU, we'd like to add our support and amplify the message: Thanks Obamacare!

Groups Thank ‘Obamacare,’ And Not Sarcastically

October 25, 2011 - Kaiser Health News

“Thanks Obamacare.”

Usually Americans hear that phrase only in the most sarcastic contexts. Opponents of the health reform law have hung the “Obamacare” moniker on it to belittle the measure as nothing more than an attempt to fix America’s health care problems – varied as they are – with a one-size-fits-all approach they say expands the reach of government to never-before-seen levels.

Can Progressives Reclaim 'Obamacare'?

October 25, 2011 - Good Magazine

It's safe to say the word "Obamacare" has a negative connotation, given how it's been thrown around on the Senate floor, in campaign videos, and during GOP debates. But a new campaign called "Thanks Obamacare!" seeks to wrest the term back from conservatives. Run by two progressive Colorado organizations, the website features a top-10 list of good things about the Affordable Care Act, along with a lively video and a handy timeline.

Progressives Launch 'Thanks Obamacare' Campaign, Embracing Putdown

October 24, 2011 - NPR

Some defenders of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have decided that if you can't beat them, join them, at least when it comes to the term "Obamacare" so often used as an epithet by the new law's opponents.

A couple of progressive groups in Colorado have launched a campaign called "Thanks Obamacare" to focus attention on provisions of the law they believe should be widely hailed.

Yes, please call it “Obamacare,” say supporters of the Affordable Care Act

October 24, 2011 - Denver Post

“Obamacare” is typically the put-down conservatives use to describe the Affordable Care Act signed into law by the president in 2010, and the moniker offends some people who favor the measure.

But liberal groups in Colorado are now embracing the term, effectively saying conservatives may have shot themselves in the foot by making the health care reform law synonymous with President Obama’s tenure in office.

Healthcare reform law’s backers hope to reclaim 'ObamaCare' label

October 24, 2011 - The Hill

Supporters of the healthcare reform law launched a new campaign Monday to reclaim the term “Obamacare” and highlight the law’s benefits.

Two Colorado-based groups created the website “Thanks, Obamacare,” which outlines provisions such as the ban on insurers discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions. There’s also a “Thanks, Obamacare” Twitter account.

Taking back ‘Obamacare’?

October 24, 2011 - Washington Post

In the political conversation about health-care reform, the term “Obamacare” is almost always used as a pejorative, hurled at the law in long floor speeches and short political ads deriding the Affordable Care Act.

Now, health reform’s staunchest supporters want to change that. Today, two Colorado-based groups are launching “Thanks Obamacare!,” a new site and campaign to promote the health reform law.

More Small Businesses Offering Health Care To Employees Thanks To Obamacare

October 24, 2011 - Forbes

The first statistics are coming in and, to the surprise of a great many, Obamacare might just be working to bring health care to working Americans precisely as promised.

The major health insurance companies around the country are reporting a significant increase in small businesses offering health care benefits to their employees.

Health care discussion Nov. 4 in Frisco

October 23, 2011 - Summit Daily News

A health care discussion on the Affordable Care Act and on a proposed Colorado Health Care Cooperative, led by state Sen. Irene Aguilar, will take place Nov. 4.

Aguilar, also a doctor, will discuss the Affordable Care Act and the problems she sees with it, along with the Colorado Health Care Cooperative she is sponsoring, which she feels will improve health care in Colorado. After her presentation, Aguilar will take questions from the audience.

Opinion: Health reform helps Coloradans

September 22, 2011 - The Denver Post

For years, Coloradans have lived with uncertainty about their health insurance: lifetime caps, recisions, coverage for life-saving screenings. New provisions that begin Thursday, the six-month anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, address some of the biggest concerns consumers had about the failing health system.

These new requirements will help transform worry about coverage into stability, security and peace of mind for health care consumers.