This article from Healthcare Design shows the breakdown of how this $150 Billion will be used to improve our Healthcare System.  The areas that the money will boost are: health insurance, research and information technology.

$25 billion to pay 65% of insurance premiums for about 7 million workers who have lost their jobs but who want to keep their employer-sponsored health insurance.

$19 billion to encourage the broader use of health information technology such as electronic medical records and electronic prescriptions, via incentive payments to doctors through Medicare and Medicaid.

$10 billion to increase medical research funding through the U.S. National Institutes of Health and to renovate research facilities. This is expected to fund research into cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, obesity and other ailments.

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