He largely stuck to the day’s message, reassuring those who already have health insurance, like the workers assembled before him, that reform would …
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Archive for July 29th, 2009
Lawmakers Cut Health Bills’ Price Tag
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Washington Post
The new proposal includes a public health insurance option to compete against private insurers, but it does not tie the payments to Medicare’s rates of …
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The White House - Blog Post - The President Highlights Health …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Speaking to North Carolinians at a town hall in Raleigh, the President made clear why health reform will benefit all American: “if you’ve got health insurance, then the reform we’re proposing will also help you because it will provide …
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The White House - Blog Post - The President Highlights Health …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Speaking to North Carolinians at a town hall in Raleigh, the President made clear why health reform will benefit all American: “if you’ve got health insurance, then the reform we’re proposing will also help you because it will provide …
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The Volokh Conspiracy - Does Health Insurance Make You Fat?
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009According to the paper, which estimates weight gain in terms of body mass index, a measure of weight related to height, “private insurance increases BMI by 1.3 points and public insurance increases BMI by 2.1 points.” …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Fox News, Insurance Industry Say There’s No …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009For example—there really isn’t a health care crisis and everybody is just gosh-darn happy with their insurance providers. Did we mention that the health insurance industry is doing such an above-board, honest job that it doesn’t need …
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President Obama Delivers Remarks on Economic Recovery at Town Hall …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009And we’re making health insurance 65 percent cheaper for families who are relying on COBRA while they’re looking for a job. Everybody know what COBRA is? …
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Senators Eye Tax on ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans to Pay for Health Care …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009The so-called “Cadillac” health insurance plans come with hefty price tags and generally provide the insured with free rein to skip co-pays and see just …
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Matthew Yglesias » The Popularity of Government-Run Health Insurance
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009The flipside of Americans’ loss-aversion about their current health coverage, discussed below, is that those people who have the opportunity to benefit from government-run health insurance tend to be much more loss-averse than those …
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Hit & Run > New Weight Loss Plan: Drop Your Health Insurance …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Americans who have health insurance, either private or public, are more likely to gain weight or become obese, wrote authors Jay Bhattacharyaand Kate Bundorf from Stanford University, Noemi Pace from University College Londonand Neeraj …
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