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NFU Supports Affordable Care
Published Monday, November 23, 2009 at 04:53 AM
The National Farmers Union urging members of the United States Senate to vote in support of health care legislation. In a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid, NFU President Roger Johnson said the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590, includes provisions that would permit affordable and accessible coverage for all Americans, regardless of health status, employment or financial situation. The Act includes provisions that would control health care costs for the self-employed farmers, ranchers and small businesses that dominate rural economies. And the community health insurance option will not only dramatically increase the availability of healthcare to producers but also provide competition in underpopulated areas that have been historically dominated by very few private insurers.

Johnson points out that, in addition, the bill includes investments in the health care workforce and incentives for primary care physicians to serve rural areas, prevents insurance companies from discriminating based on pre-existing condition, gender or health status, reforms the Medicare reimbursement system to provide better quality care for seniors, expands tele-medicine services for rural access to specialized care, and expands drug discount programs so rural health facilities can access medicine at lower costs.

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