This thread is not intended to spark partisan debate on the new law. I was looking something up for my stepdaughter (who has had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis for 20 years) and ran across this:
HELP FOR EARLY RETIREES—Creates a temporary re-insurance program (until the Exchanges are available) to help offset the costs of expensive premiums for employers and retirees for health benefits for retirees age 55-64. Effective in 2010.
Just a note, the prohibition against denying coverage to adults for preexisting conditions doesn't kick in until 2014.
Don't have any details ... just thought some of you would want to know. I lose my health insurance coverage in 2013, so this is good news for me. ;~)