DES MOINES, IOWA – Local organizations will hold a series of press events Friday to discuss the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare and voice their support for improved health care for all Iowans.
Progress Iowa, Iowa Citizen Action Network, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans, One Iowa, the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, SEIU, and Working Families Win are co-hosting the events.
The Mason City press conference details are as follows:
WHEN: Friday, June 29, 11:00 AM
WHAT: Press conference regarding health care ruling, supporting better care for Iowans
WHO: Senator Amanda Ragan; Midge Slater, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans;
Matt Sinovic, Progress Iowa
WHERE: Cerro Gordo Courthouse, 1st Floor, Board Room; 220 N Washington Ave, Mason City, IA
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Background:
Since being signed into law, Iowa families have received the following benefits from the Affordable Care Act:
· 42,015 Iowans on Medicare saved an average of $616 on prescription drugs, for a total savings of $25,876,475.
· 18,012 Iowans under the age of 26 gained coverage under the health care law.
· 388,676 people with Medicare in Iowa received free preventive services – such as mammograms and colonoscopies – or a free annual wellness visit with their doctor.
· 1,187,000 Iowans, including 433,000 women and 311,000 children, are free from worrying about lifetime limits on coverage.
· Insurance companies are required to spend 80% of premium dollars on health care instead of overhead.
Matt: Please do me a favor. Contact mercy med. cntr. and ask them if they have performed any of these free mammograms or colonoscopies under the affordable health act. Then ask them if they, at any time, received any money in payment for these free services, and if so, who from. To my mind, if these services were really free, mercy’s answer should be “no”. Thanks, Matt.
I have a question. That $25,876,475 saved on prescription drugs, the free preventitive services, and the free annual wellness visits. Was the script drug money just written off, and none of it was ever collected, and please tell me that the free wellness visits and preventitive services were offered with no expectation of renumeration. It strikes me that someone had to pay for all those freeloaders. And I would venture to guess it was us taxpayers. I am proud to say that I have never accepted a cent in charity. I lived within my means so I would be able to take care of myself. People are responsible for their own actions. Why can’t these bleeding heart liberals realize this basic fact of life?