Lawmakers and their staffs could no longer buy health insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program beginning in 2013 if the proposal …
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Archive for September, 2009
Two firms sued over health ‘insurance’
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009By MAURA LERNER, Star Tribune All three were tricked into buying what they thought were health insurance policies that turned out to be empty promises, …
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Health Insurance Use Healthcare Reform As A Marketing Gimmick
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Seniors receive ads disguised as informational mailers.
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Health insurance reform, and capitalism - Leopard1996’s blog …
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009There should be full interstate competition between insurance companies offering an array of coverages. Right now each state has certain benchmark of what every insurance company’s policy needs to offer. These benchmarks are the things …
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Health insurance tax might crowd out some employee benefits …
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009The health-insurance excise tax that’s part of a Senate Finance Committee bill has been touted as a tax on “Cadillac” plans, but it might affect employers who think of their plan as more of a Chevy with a few nice options. …
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Gallup: 61% see health insurance as a personal responsibility …
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009The results of this poll aren’t surprising. A majority of Democrats view the government as responsible for health insurance while a majority of Republicans and Independents do not:In a recent Gallup survey, 89% of Republicans, …
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Rocky keeps jabbing at insurance companies | Washington Examiner
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Sen. Jay Rockerfeller, DW.Va., lost an effort Tuesday to insert a public insurance option into the Democratic health care bill, but he plans to keep fighting for a way to give the government some control over how health insurance …
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Senator’s next crusade: the constitutionality of car insurance …
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009According to Politico, Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold said under a mandate, people who don’t buy health insurance–or pay as much as a $1900 fee for failing to do so–could be charged with a misdemeanor and face …
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I could probably afford better insurance if I wasn’t paying for …
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009What kind of health insurance would you have as a federal government employee? The Office of Personnel Management would like to help you decide among the gazillion plan choices you have. Perhaps you are a Congress member? …
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MN AG sues 2 out-of-state insurers
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed suit Wednesday against two out-of-state health insurance companies. The suit alleges that the two companies, …
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