Health On The Hill - October 4, 2010

Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press; Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation

As the November elections near, more Democrats appear to be campaigning on the health care law, touting a package of consumer protections that went into effect for plan years starting after Sept. 23. Meanwhile, retailers and restaurants say that they need waivers from some provisions of the health care law so that they can continue to offer affordable coverage to workers. And a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that monthly premiums for stand-alone prescription drug plans will rise by 10 percent, on average, next year if beneficiaries stay in their current plans.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – October 4, 2010</h1>
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 Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, <a href="http://www.ap.org/">Associated Press</a>; Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> As the November elections near, more Democrats appear to be campaigning on the health care law, touting a package of consumer protections that went into effect for plan years starting after Sept. 23. Meanwhile, retailers and restaurants say that they need waivers from some provisions of the health care law so that they can continue to offer affordable coverage to workers. And a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that monthly premiums for stand-alone prescription drug plans will rise by 10 percent, on average, next year if beneficiaries stay in their current plans. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/10/100410_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/CBD074BB-6D8F-48E7-AB84-3B7C9ED76B9B">Read the transcript</a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20October%204%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F100410-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100410-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11316&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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