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Posted by: Erin Kelly on Mar 18, 2010
Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh tried to silence our voices. Limbaugh, and other anti-reform crusaders, hijacked the 800-number we provide so dedicated activists like you can call Congress.
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Category: Health Care Costs,Pre-Existing Conditions,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 16, 2010
You may have seen a television commercial where a woman at a restaurant is asking her waiter endless questions about menu items. But then, when the same woman is shown at her doctor's office and is asked by her doctor if she has any questions, seemingly out-of-character, she replies with a "no."
Posted by: Tara Bostock on Mar 15, 2010
When I was in elementary school, I spent my time playing inmy backyard or running around with my friends on the playground, I certainlydidn't think much about health care. But that's probably because I didn't haveto: I was always covered through one of my parents' jobs and so was my entirefamily.
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Category: Affordability,Health Care Costs,Insurance Industry
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 15, 2010
One of the biggest myths surrounding the current health care legislation is the notion that these reforms will add to our national deficit. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Category: Health Care Costs,President Obama,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Mar 11, 2010
After an exhausting year of debating health reform, we have finally reached the home stretch. We are closer than we have ever been to affordable, comprehensive health reform. However, opponents of reform continue to do everything in their power to delay, mislead, and disrupt the process. While they may score short-term political points, I have to wonder if they know what is truly at stake.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Mar 08, 2010
First, there were the highly publicized rate hikes in California. Then, the Department of Health and Human Services released a report detailing rate hikes in several more states. And then there was WellPoint, who joined the club last week by jacking up premiums in 11 states.
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Category: Affordability,Health Care Costs,Insurance Industry
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Mar 05, 2010
The fight over health reform has reached a fevered pitch, but between all the arguing over process and the lies and distortions that have been thrown around by the opposition, the true meaning of reform seems to have been lost: People's lives are at stake.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Mar 05, 2010
If I learned anything from the Summit last week, it was this: Democrats and Republicans agree that denying health coverage to people based on pre-existing conditions is wrong and should be stopped. However, while the Democrats' plan will ban insurers from these pre-existing condition exclusions, the Republican plan does not. Why doesn't the rhetoric match the policy?
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 04, 2010
A recent Kaiser Poll showed that while Americans are split on their support for the health care legislation in general, they are very supportive of individual aspects of the legislation. The logic then follows-to generate more support among those that are wary, we need to be clear about the all of the protections and benefits Americans will receive with health reform.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 02, 2010
The news of WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield hiking up premiums for its customers in California by 39% made waves across the country, and many other of WellPoint's affiliates will soon follow suit.
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Category: Affordability,Health Care Costs,Insurance Industry