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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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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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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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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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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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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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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… 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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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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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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