Reality Check: Health Insurance Reform will eliminate discrimination against the disabled

August 18, 2009

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/

Click on the above link to view a video of Mike Strautmanis, Chief of Staff for Valerie Jarrett and father of a child with a disability, addressing the myth that health insurance reform will mean children with disabilities will not get the care they need. To the contrary, reform will make insurance more affordable, provide more options, and eliminate discrimination in purchasing health insurance so families won't be turned down if a parent or child has a pre-existing disability or other health condition.