Tuesday, June 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most health insurance plans will soon be barred from turning children down due to pre-existing medical problems, under an enforcement plan the White House announced today for the new patients’ bill of rights. President Barack Obama is marking the first 90 days since he signed the landmark health care overhaul legislation by spelling out details of how the law’s short-term benefits will be implemented. The major expansion of coverage to some 32 million now uninsured doesn’t come until 2014, but other safeguards take effect for plans renewing on or after Sept. 23.