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WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The House health-care bill would repeal an exemption from federal antitrust oversight that the health-insurance industry has enjoyed for decades, but the move alone might not make local insurance markets more competitive.
QueerToday.com (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
"November 7, 2009 — This evening, the House of Representatives voted to adopt the Stupak/Pitts amendment. Planned Parenthood condemns this unacceptable addition to the health care reform bill that, if enacted, would result in women losing health benefits they have today. Simply put, the Stupak/Pitts amendment will restrict women’s access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance...
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
THANK YOU, Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes. A great day for the people. From a Paul Hodes for Senate email: Today, the House will have an historic, groundbreaking vote on a health care reform bill that includes the public option. I am voting "yes" and I want to share with you the important reasons why. After carefully reviewing and reading the full text of the bill, I wholeheartedly believe...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta, Nov. 7: Equity-linked annuity plans may soon make their way into the domestic insurance market.
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Planned Parenthood responds to Stupak: “The Stupak/Pitts amendment violates the spirit of health care reform, which is meant to guarantee quality, affordable health care coverage for all. In fact, this amendment would create a two-tiered system that would punish women, particularly those with low and middle incomes, the very people this bill is intended to assist. The majority of private health...
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Things are moving quickly (for a change) in Congress today, and the House may actually vote on the health care bill tonight: After receiving a pep talk from President Obama, House Democrats cleared a key procedural hurdle Saturday in the debate over expanding the nation's health care system, setting the stage for a daylong debate and an evening vote that could push the legislation across a historic...
America's Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
Whether or not Nancy Pelosi can pass health care reform at some point in the next few days depends upon how many of the so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats she can bring to the dark side in favor of her 2,000-plus page legislation. She only needs a handful of them. During the course of this entire debate, one of the consistently best voices on the right has come from Arizona Congressman John Shadegg,...
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
In his EC from DC report, Fifth District Congressman Emanuel Cleaver explains why he supports the House health care bill: This weekend, something that has not happened in our nation’s history will finally come to fruition. After 50 years of promise, hundreds of previous bills, and nearly a solid year of committee hearings and negotiations, The U.S. House of Representatives will consider and vote...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
They vote tomorrow. Please don't wait, do it now. Write Your Representative - Contact your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives.Write Your Representative This service will assist you by identifying your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives and providing contact information. Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Supporters of the Affordable Health Care for America ActYesterday, the American...
Library Grape (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A conservative friend of mine popped up a question to me on Facebook: Maybe you can answer this, Today it costs some $7k a year for a pretty comprehensive stand alone health insurance policy. Why can't the Feds and states pool their money and offer an insurance company $2,500 a head per year? We would reduce the cost and give everyone good care and just let insurance companies compete for the contract....
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The AARP is behind the House Bill , and what's more, is going to lobby Members for it. Here's their statement : “We started this debate more than two years ago with the twin goals of making coverage affordable to our younger members and protecting Medicare for seniors,” said AARP CEO Barry Rand. “We’ve read the Affordable Health Care for America Act and we can say with confidence...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The August Congressional Budget Office budget forecast for the fiscal year that began last month says that Uncle Sam will take in $2.264 trillion from October 2009 through September 2010. That's an increase of 7.6% over fiscal 2009's intake of $2.105 trillion . Though it won't be official until Tim Geithner's crew releases its Monthly Treasury Statement next week, it's virtually certain that the government's...
Today With President Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Earlier today, AARP announced its support . Now, it's the AMA's turn: HOUSTON – The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced support for concurrent passage of H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961, U.S. House of Representatives health system reform bills. “The time to make health system reform a reality is now,” said J. James Rohack, AMA president. "These two bills were introduced...
Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Most insurer growth strategies at odds with proposals to reform individual market. Insurers are pursuing strategies to tap the growth potential of the individual health insurance market, including entering less-regulated markets and developing lower-cost, less-comprehensive products targeting younger, healthy consumers, according to a study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change...
myairapplications.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Green car insurance is a subject that is cropping up more regularly than ever in the UK. As concerns over global warming continue to grow, companies in all sectors of business are looking at how they can reduce the damage they cause the environment. The car insurance market is no exception; but is green car insurance a [...]
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