According to Washington Post , the package could exceed $ 500 billion.
larger investments in health care and health insurance reform will be a part of the recovery plan, with some great financial aid programs health care to achieve a significant financial boost
the programs in question :.
SCHIP
Children's Health Insurance Program of the successful state will probably play a big role in the upcoming health care reform plan. SCHIP was widely regarded as a successful but costly program to get children the health insurance they need. Already Congress has supported the expansion of SCHIP to include more children, and it looks like it will happen under Obama.
COBRA
US Representative Pete Stark of California is calling for an expansion of COBRA, which allows the unemployed to continue group health insurance coverage from their previous employer . But because COBRA coverage is expensive, the Stark MP offers grants to help the unemployed pay for the plan.
Medicaid
The Medicaid program for low-income Americans receive up to $ 40 billion over the next two years as part of the stimulus package.
In addition to these programs, the stimulus package will likely include some $ 10 billion as a down payment to help doctors, hospitals and other health care facilities to implement electronic medical records and streamline offices with computers, wrote the article post.
What is actually included in the package is still much for the debate.
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