Archive for December 22nd, 2009

Scrutinizing health-care reform

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

It would make health insurance affordable for 30 million people. The problem, however, is that the bill does not have an effective mechanism to contain the …

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Last Call on Reforming Health Reform Bill

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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If she quit her job, the couple would eventually lose their health insurance. Both the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives and the one …

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A Health-Care Legislation Explainer for Consumers

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I don’t have health insurance now, so how will the legislation help me afford it under either scenario? Who gets subsidies? The bills make it easier for …

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Harry Reid Turns Insurance Into a Public Utility

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Lost in the shuffle has been its intensely coercive requirements on health insurance issuers, especially in the individual and small group markets. …

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Can health care legislation that insurance and pharmaceutical …

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I’ve had a number of comments in the past few days pointing to the upward trending of health insurance company stocks as proof positive that the Senate health care reform bill is little more than a gift to the nation’s health care …

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Utah insurance site not working as lawmakers hoped | Standard …

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY — A health insurance Web site intended to foster competition and reduce consumer costs by offering more choices on buying insurance pl…

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Don’t Believe the Health Insurance Stock Euphoria

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The liberal media is screaming that the insurance mandate without a public option is nothing more than corporate welfare, and the conservative media says we …

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Health Care Bill Could Face String of Legal Challenges

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Two key issues seem to be attracting the bulk of the legal threats: a mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance and the special treatment that …

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Kerry says health bill would help Mass.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

?We are on the verge of passing health insurance reform legislation that will put patients ahead of profits and will protect rather than penalize …

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Health Insurance Captive Ordered to Stop Selling in Florida

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered captive insurer American Assurance Underwriters Group and its affiliates Worldwide Expatriate …

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