Democratic Governor Pat Quinn Supports Obama's Health Law

Democratic Governor Pat Quinn Supports Obama's Health LawAfter getting back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Democratic governor Pat Quinn reviewed a plan to roll out key components of the nation’s new health care law. It includes the proposal of new reins on health insurance companies and an online marketplace where people could shop for insurance.

"There's a lot of confusion about what the law involves, there's confusion about whether the law is actually in effect and a lot of confusion about the politics of it, what's going on in Congress and what's going on in the courts”, said Dr. Cecil Wilson, a Winter Park, Fla., doctor and President of the American Medical Association.

The governor has announced its full support to this new law whereas many Republican governors are still worried about the extra costs to the budget.

According to this new proposal, the federal government would cover about 95 percent of the cost for newly entitled people and rest of the cost would be borne by the states which would drop the federal share to just
90%.

Some of the states are not in the favor of implementing this law while other states are going beyond what law requires.

Illinois Department of Insurance Director, Michael McRaith, a Vice Chair of the task force, said that now consumers would be able to make those choices in much lesser time sitting at homes in front of their computers.