{"id":7051,"date":"2009-07-15T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/press-release-33\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:39:18","slug":"merkley-health-care-gaining-momentum-with-passage-of-senate-help-committee-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-health-care-gaining-momentum-with-passage-of-senate-help-committee-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: La atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica est\u00e1 ganando impulso con la aprobaci\u00f3n del plan del Comit\u00e9 HELP del Senado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nWashington DC<\/strong> \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, se uni\u00f3 a la mayor\u00eda de sus colegas en el Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Salud, Educaci\u00f3n, Trabajo y Pensiones (HELP) para aprobar hoy una legislaci\u00f3n innovadora sobre atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. El proyecto de ley incluye dos disposiciones redactadas por el senador Merkley: una para aumentar las opciones y reducir los costos de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para las peque\u00f1as empresas y la otra para ayudar a las madres lactantes.<\/p>\n<p>Los estadounidenses est\u00e1n pagando demasiado por un plan de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y demasiadas familias est\u00e1n a s\u00f3lo un paso de perder su cobertura. El proyecto de ley del Comit\u00e9 HELP establece un plan hist\u00f3rico que, por primera vez en la historia de Estados Unidos, brindar\u00e1 a todos los estadounidenses acceso a una cobertura m\u00e9dica asequible, reducir\u00e1 los costos y aumentar\u00e1 las opciones, al tiempo que garantizar\u00e1 que aquellos a quienes les guste su seguro puedan conservarlo. La legislaci\u00f3n har\u00e1 ilegal que las compa\u00f1\u00edas de seguros cobren m\u00e1s por las personas enfermas o rechacen a alguien porque tiene una condici\u00f3n preexistente. El proyecto de ley del Comit\u00e9 HELP tambi\u00e9n incluye una opci\u00f3n de seguro m\u00e9dico p\u00fablico que reducir\u00eda a\u00fan m\u00e1s los costos y responsabilizar\u00eda a las compa\u00f1\u00edas de seguros al brindar una alternativa al seguro privado.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cEl proyecto de ley del Comit\u00e9 Senatorial HELP es una oportunidad \u00fanica en una generaci\u00f3n para una atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica asequible, accesible y de calidad\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEl proyecto de ley ofrece a cada ciudadano una gama completa de opciones de seguro m\u00e9dico, incluido un plan de salud comunitario. Es nuestra mejor apuesta para sanar un sistema de salud quebrado aumentando la cobertura, invirtiendo en prevenci\u00f3n y disminuyendo los costos\u201d.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>La enmienda para peque\u00f1as empresas de Merkley permitir\u00e1 que m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as empresas accedan a una cobertura de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica asequible para sus empleados al garantizar que las empresas con 50 empleados o menos puedan participar en el portal de seguros m\u00e9dicos recientemente creado. Estas puertas de enlace son mercados donde los consumidores pueden hacer comparaciones de planes de salud de manzanas con manzanas. Al permitir que los propietarios de peque\u00f1as empresas participen en un grupo de riesgo m\u00e1s grande y eliminar algunos costos administrativos, la enmienda mejorar\u00e1 la calidad y reducir\u00e1 los costos generales.<\/p>\n<p>Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la Enmienda a la Garant\u00eda de Elecci\u00f3n para Peque\u00f1as Empresas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/newsroom\/press\/release\/?id=62e6e1b7-d08c-4dfc-b563-485eac72a28a\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>La enmienda de Merkley para promover la lactancia materna brindar\u00e1 a las nuevas madres privacidad y horarios de descanso flexibles para extraerse leche en el trabajo durante un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s del nacimiento de su hijo. Los estudios han demostrado repetidamente que la leche materna es mejor para los beb\u00e9s, especialmente durante los primeros seis meses. La lactancia materna beneficia el desarrollo del cerebro y los ni\u00f1os amamantados tienen menos probabilidades de ser susceptibles a una serie de enfermedades como asma, diabetes, obesidad y ciertos tipos de c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n<p>Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la enmienda para la promoci\u00f3n de la lactancia materna <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/newsroom\/press\/release\/?id=921FC624-42DF-42C8-BFFE-1C9C3E941E8F\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cLa votaci\u00f3n de hoy del Comit\u00e9 HELP es una victoria en la lucha por un mejor sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, pero en los pr\u00f3ximos meses comenzaremos a ver intereses especiales y aquellos que favorecen el status quo esforz\u00e1ndose por hundir los esfuerzos por una reforma real. Tengo la esperanza de que mis colegas en Washington DC contin\u00faen con este impulso, escuchen al pueblo estadounidense y se esfuercen por construir un plan de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que brinde opciones, reduzca los costos y ampl\u00ede el acceso para las familias trabajadoras\u201d, dijo Merkley.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &#8211; Oregon\u2019s Senator Jeff Merkley joined a majority of his colleagues on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to approve groundbreaking health care legislation today.\u00a0 The bill includes two provisions authored by Senator Merkley: one to increase options and lower health care costs for small businesses and the other to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley: Health Care Gaining Momentum with Passage of Senate HELP Committee Plan - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-health-care-gaining-momentum-with-passage-of-senate-help-committee-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley: Health Care Gaining Momentum with Passage of Senate HELP Committee Plan - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &#8211; 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