Health Insurance Comparisons » care-reform http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org Affordable Health Insurance Information Guide Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 36 States Aim to Preempt Federal Health Care Plan — Politics Daily http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/36-states-aim-to-preempt-federal-health-care-plan-politics-daily.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/36-states-aim-to-preempt-federal-health-care-plan-politics-daily.html#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:04:07 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/36-states-aim-to-preempt-federal-health-care-plan-politics-daily.html Talk about your preemptive strike. The success of national health care reform legislation is still an uncertainty, but some states are already taking. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/36-states-aim-to-preempt-federal-health-care-plan-politics-daily.html/feed 0 Obama: No “Straight Answer” from Health Insurance CEOs, Warns of … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/obama-no-%e2%80%9cstraight-answer%e2%80%9d-from-health-insurance-ceos-warns-of.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/obama-no-%e2%80%9cstraight-answer%e2%80%9d-from-health-insurance-ceos-warns-of.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:10:31 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/obama-no-%e2%80%9cstraight-answer%e2%80%9d-from-health-insurance-ceos-warns-of.html ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: Despite saying they are “very close” to reaching the goal of health care reform President Obama uses his meeting with insurance executives this week as an example, warning of what could happen if health care . … Let’s compare him to a McDonald’s worker that bags 20 Big Mac Meals an hour @ $5/meal @ 2000 hrs / year. Doesn’t purchase, doesn’t run the facility, doesn’t manage employees, isn’t responsible for revenue or profit. … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/obama-no-%e2%80%9cstraight-answer%e2%80%9d-from-health-insurance-ceos-warns-of.html/feed 0 Robert Reich: The Jobless Rate Makes Health Care Reform Both … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/robert-reich-the-jobless-rate-makes-health-care-reform-both.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/robert-reich-the-jobless-rate-makes-health-care-reform-both.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:05:21 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/robert-reich-the-jobless-rate-makes-health-care-reform-both.html Americans desperately need both health care reform and jobs. Even if it’s difficult for many to make the connection, it’s still possible for the nation to try to do two important things at the same time. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/robert-reich-the-jobless-rate-makes-health-care-reform-both.html/feed 0 Health Care Deadline In TWO WEEKS: Dems Want Bill Finished By March 18 http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-deadline-in-two-weeks-dems-want-bill-finished-by-march-18.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-deadline-in-two-weeks-dems-want-bill-finished-by-march-18.html#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:43:21 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-deadline-in-two-weeks-dems-want-bill-finished-by-march-18.html The deadline for accomplishing health care reform, which for months has been a moving target, has moved yet again. This time to March 18, before President Obama leaves for an overseas trip to Indonesia and Australia. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-deadline-in-two-weeks-dems-want-bill-finished-by-march-18.html/feed 0 Framing Health Care Reform – Swampland – TIME.com http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/framing-health-care-reform-swampland-time-com.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/framing-health-care-reform-swampland-time-com.html#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:34:48 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/framing-health-care-reform-swampland-time-com.html TIME’s Sophia Yan has a dispatch from the frontlines of the PR war underway in the health care reform debate. It’s now or never for health care reform and all interested parties know it — including Health Care for America Now, … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/framing-health-care-reform-swampland-time-com.html/feed 0 Group predicts health care reform will create 4000 Iowa jobs … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/group-predicts-health-care-reform-will-create-4000-iowa-jobs.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/group-predicts-health-care-reform-will-create-4000-iowa-jobs.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:31:08 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/group-predicts-health-care-reform-will-create-4000-iowa-jobs.html The group says if health care cost increases slow down, businesses will find it more profitable to expand employment and workers will more readily move into new jobs. In Iowa, health care reform would mean nearly 4000 new jobs, … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/group-predicts-health-care-reform-will-create-4000-iowa-jobs.html/feed 0 Differing views on health care, the economy | Insurance.us http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/differing-views-on-health-care-the-economy-insurance-us.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/differing-views-on-health-care-the-economy-insurance-us.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:47:16 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/differing-views-on-health-care-the-economy-insurance-us.html Feb. 28–Leading Republicans in Washington say the president’s attention to health care reform takes the focus away from where it should be — … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/differing-views-on-health-care-the-economy-insurance-us.html/feed 0 Like your health care as it is? Vote for reform – Claudia Deutsch … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/like-your-health-care-as-it-is-vote-for-reform-claudia-deutsch.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/like-your-health-care-as-it-is-vote-for-reform-claudia-deutsch.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:47:15 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/like-your-health-care-as-it-is-vote-for-reform-claudia-deutsch.html As we all know by now, one of the biggest scare tactics that proponents of the health care status quo put forth is that, if health care reform passes, people who feel well-served by the current health care system can kiss their comfort … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/like-your-health-care-as-it-is-vote-for-reform-claudia-deutsch.html/feed 0 Linda Bergthold: Compromise on Health Care? Fuggedaboutit http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/linda-bergthold-compromise-on-health-care-fuggedaboutit.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/linda-bergthold-compromise-on-health-care-fuggedaboutit.html#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:10:56 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/linda-bergthold-compromise-on-health-care-fuggedaboutit.html Opponents of health care reform try and scare the public by pointing to increased costs to the government, as if paying from our own pocket for private insurance is somehow not the same. I just think it is amazing that no one has determined what single payer will cost taxpayers out of pocket so we can at least compare it to private insurance costs. Instead we keep on with the partisan bickering. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 2/25/2010 … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/linda-bergthold-compromise-on-health-care-fuggedaboutit.html/feed 0 Pajamas Media » 'One Problem, One Bill': Real Health Care Reform http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/pajamas-media-%c2%bb-one-problem-one-bill-real-health-care-reform.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/pajamas-media-%c2%bb-one-problem-one-bill-real-health-care-reform.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:50:15 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/pajamas-media-%c2%bb-one-problem-one-bill-real-health-care-reform.html The president is acting as if he came up with some new and improved concept for health care reform, when all he’s done is repackage an old, out of touch with reality proposal that nobody wants, except maybe Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/pajamas-media-%c2%bb-one-problem-one-bill-real-health-care-reform.html/feed 0 House Strips Health Insurance Companies of Antitrust Exemption … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/house-strips-health-insurance-companies-of-antitrust-exemption.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/house-strips-health-insurance-companies-of-antitrust-exemption.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:56:58 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/house-strips-health-insurance-companies-of-antitrust-exemption.html House Strips Health Insurance Companies of Antitrust Exemption. Congress is stymied at approving a sweeping health care reform bill. But that’s not preventing the House has from taking a “piecemeal” approach and passing more narrow, … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/house-strips-health-insurance-companies-of-antitrust-exemption.html/feed 0 Huff TV: Sam Stein Talks Health Care And Reconciliation On … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/huff-tv-sam-stein-talks-health-care-and-reconciliation-on.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/huff-tv-sam-stein-talks-health-care-and-reconciliation-on.html#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:29:38 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/huff-tv-sam-stein-talks-health-care-and-reconciliation-on.html President Obama released his version of a health care reform bill on Monday. As Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein put it, “The White House took ownership of health care today in a way that actually hasn’t been seen to this point.” …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/huff-tv-sam-stein-talks-health-care-and-reconciliation-on.html/feed 0 FDL Action » Obama's New Health Insurance Rate Authority: New … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-obamas-new-health-insurance-rate-authority-new.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-obamas-new-health-insurance-rate-authority-new.html#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:32:46 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-obamas-new-health-insurance-rate-authority-new.html This morning, Obama released his new health care reform plan. It was a series a changes to the Senate health care bill. One was the addition of a new Health Insurance Rate Authority. It was an idea recently introduced by Dianne … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-obamas-new-health-insurance-rate-authority-new.html/feed 0 Health Insurance Rate Hikes Highlight Need for Reform | Health … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-insurance-rate-hikes-highlight-need-for-reform-health.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-insurance-rate-hikes-highlight-need-for-reform-health.html#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:18:45 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-insurance-rate-hikes-highlight-need-for-reform-health.html Congressional delays on health care reform have allowed unregulated health insurance companies to continue to raise rates. Insurers in at least six states are trying to raise premiums this year by … Read more of this post, … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-insurance-rate-hikes-highlight-need-for-reform-health.html/feed 0 Miles J. Zaremski: The 'Phoenix' of Health Care Reform: The Public … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/miles-j-zaremski-the-phoenix-of-health-care-reform-the-public.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/miles-j-zaremski-the-phoenix-of-health-care-reform-the-public.html#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:24:29 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/miles-j-zaremski-the-phoenix-of-health-care-reform-the-public.html What these fourteen senators are now proposing with the public option is health care reform’s phoenix. Or, to put it another way, the final chapter on the public option has yet to be written. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/miles-j-zaremski-the-phoenix-of-health-care-reform-the-public.html/feed 0 FDL Action » Opposition To Health Care Reform Mainly From Those … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-opposition-to-health-care-reform-mainly-from-those.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-opposition-to-health-care-reform-mainly-from-those.html#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:30:29 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-opposition-to-health-care-reform-mainly-from-those.html The incredibly strong opposition to health care reform in the Republican base makes bipartisan reform next to impossible. I doubt any Republican in Congress would ever want to go completely against their entire base to help Democrats … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/fdl-action-%c2%bb-opposition-to-health-care-reform-mainly-from-those.html/feed 0 Bowman Cutter: Health Care: How a Summit Can Work http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/bowman-cutter-health-care-how-a-summit-can-work.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/bowman-cutter-health-care-how-a-summit-can-work.html#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:30:27 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/bowman-cutter-health-care-how-a-summit-can-work.html If, you believe the situation is precarious, that some kind of change of strategy is essential, and on the minor question of the substance, even a start at real health care reform is unlikely without a game-changer — then the situation … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/bowman-cutter-health-care-how-a-summit-can-work.html/feed 0 Va. Lawmakers Take On Washington Democrats « Liveshots http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-lawmakers-take-on-washington-democrats-%c2%ab-liveshots.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-lawmakers-take-on-washington-democrats-%c2%ab-liveshots.html#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:04:13 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-lawmakers-take-on-washington-democrats-%c2%ab-liveshots.html … seemingly stalled health care reform efforts in Washington, state lawmakers in Richmond, Virginia want to make sure residents of the Old Dominion State aren’t subject to a federal mandate requiring citizens to buy health insurance. … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-lawmakers-take-on-washington-democrats-%c2%ab-liveshots.html/feed 0 The Health Care Blog: Wellpoint and Their “39%” Rate Increase http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/the-health-care-blog-wellpoint-and-their-%e2%80%9c39%e2%80%9d-rate-increase.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/the-health-care-blog-wellpoint-and-their-%e2%80%9c39%e2%80%9d-rate-increase.html#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:16:01 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/the-health-care-blog-wellpoint-and-their-%e2%80%9c39%e2%80%9d-rate-increase.html When the day is done this probably says more about why systemic health care reform is so critical than about any one company’s behavior. Last week we heard national health care spending skyrocketed to 17.3% of the economy. … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/the-health-care-blog-wellpoint-and-their-%e2%80%9c39%e2%80%9d-rate-increase.html/feed 0 Health Care Part 3 of 3: Why bipartisanship was and is bound to … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-part-3-of-3-why-bipartisanship-was-and-is-bound-to.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-part-3-of-3-why-bipartisanship-was-and-is-bound-to.html#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:38:27 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-part-3-of-3-why-bipartisanship-was-and-is-bound-to.html In my first column, I argued that Democrats should pass health care reform using a parliamentary tactic known as budget reconciliation. In my second column, I analyzed the obstacles facing a reconciliation bill and reiterated my … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/health-care-part-3-of-3-why-bipartisanship-was-and-is-bound-to.html/feed 0 Nancy Pelosi's Bill Could Help Golden Rule Health Insurance & UPMC … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/nancy-pelosis-bill-could-help-golden-rule-health-insurance-upmc.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/nancy-pelosis-bill-could-help-golden-rule-health-insurance-upmc.html#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:36:42 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/nancy-pelosis-bill-could-help-golden-rule-health-insurance-upmc.html With major health care reform talks stalled, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hopes to pass smaller bills with the more popular bits of the large bill. The first is removal of antitrust exemptions for health insurance companies. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/nancy-pelosis-bill-could-help-golden-rule-health-insurance-upmc.html/feed 0 Va. Senate bans health insurance mandate http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-senate-bans-health-insurance-mandate.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-senate-bans-health-insurance-mandate.html#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:49:23 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-senate-bans-health-insurance-mandate.html TODAY’S TAKE: The Democratic-led Virginia Senate sent a strong message about health care reform efforts in Washington, DC, on Monday (Feb. 1), passing a bill that makes it illegal for Virginians to be required to buy health insurance. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/va-senate-bans-health-insurance-mandate.html/feed 0 Monopolies Control Health Insurance | Progressive Democrats of … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/monopolies-control-health-insurance-progressive-democrats-of.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/monopolies-control-health-insurance-progressive-democrats-of.html#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:53:23 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/monopolies-control-health-insurance-progressive-democrats-of.html By Don Monkerud | PDA Blog Contributor Like pathetic knights of another era jousting at windmills, industry shrills attack health care reform, claiming it. …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/monopolies-control-health-insurance-progressive-democrats-of.html/feed 0 National Nurse Union shows why Dem health insurance is junk … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/national-nurse-union-shows-why-dem-health-insurance-is-junk.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/national-nurse-union-shows-why-dem-health-insurance-is-junk.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:14:09 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/national-nurse-union-shows-why-dem-health-insurance-is-junk.html Insurers may continue to MR SUBLIMINAL [murder us]rescind policies for “fraud or intentional misrepresentation” – the main pretext insurance companies now use to cancel coverage. … Compare HR3200 with HR676. Medicare for All would save $350 billion a year (study in New England Journal of Medicine). In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, “I am a proponent of a single-payer … Correspondents. Health care reform: DCBlogger. … …

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]]> http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/national-nurse-union-shows-why-dem-health-insurance-is-junk.html/feed 0 Wonk Room » Health Insurance Industry Contributed Millions To … http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/wonk-room-%c2%bb-health-insurance-industry-contributed-millions-to.html http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/wonk-room-%c2%bb-health-insurance-industry-contributed-millions-to.html#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:05:37 +0000 admin http://healthinsurance-comparisons.org/wonk-room-%c2%bb-health-insurance-industry-contributed-millions-to.html Last September, ThinkProgress reported that despite its public support for health care reform, the insurance industry was engaged in a “duplicitous” campaign to undermine the effort. Now the National Journal has confirmed that from … …

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