Archive for August 19th, 2009

New Ripples in a Sea of Health Ideas

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I have excellent health insurance, because I have Medicare, but how can I stand by and watch while people suffer ill health and die because they do not have …

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Health Insurance Reform Debate: From Irrationality to Reason …

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

It’s becoming more and more frustrating to see a debate about something as fundamentally important as health insurance reform obscured by a wide array of myths propagated by misinformed citizens who get their information from AM radio …

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Video: Henry Waxman To Insurance CEOs: Show Me The Money

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

It’s a little shocking that the story of health insurance CEO largesse hasn’t been told, by and large, by the Congress in the debate over health care reform. The debate has covered public options and “death panels” and Nazi comparisons …

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Public Optioned-Out

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Second, fix the adverse-selection problem this causes by mandating that everyone get themselves some health insurance. Third, to fix the economic hardship …

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Why mandatory health insurance is a scam on young people - Paul …

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Joe Vitale, a Democrat from Middlesex County, every New Jersey resident will be required to provide proof of health insurance at tax time. If you don’t have insurance, the state will sign you up and start charging you for it. …

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Wonk Room » Why The Public Health Insurance Option Is Worth …

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Steven is confusing health insurance reform with health care reform. If we only get reform that requires insurance companies to provide coverage to everyone who applies, charge everyone the same premiums, and end their discriminatory …

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BaucusCare and TARP for health insurance companies | 43rd State …

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

If it doesn’t, then it is basically TARP for health insurance companies. The reason I say it is TARP for health insurance companies has to do with the informal health insurance mandate that is contained within the bill. …

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Reader Response: Health Care Costs, Habits, Longevity and …

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Examining state health care patterns, including competitiveness in the health insurance market, and how they relate to one another.

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Democrats Scrutinize Health Insurance Executive Pay

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

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Some leading Democrats are questioning the way the health insurance industry compensates its highest-paid employees, as well as some recently announced rate …

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Utahns’ earnings no match for skyrocketing health insurance premiums

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Still, they have switched between three insurance companies and four plans to try to save on costs. They currently have a stripped-down plan with a high …

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