Posted by: Kate Blocher on Apr 13, 2010
It is likely
sometime in your life that you, or someone you know, have been denied insurance
coverage due to a pre-existing condition. According to a report
recently released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services: 12.6
million non-elderly adults - 36 percent of those who tried to
purchase health insurance directly from an insurance company in the individual
insurance market - were in fact discriminated against because of a pre-existing
condition in the previous three years.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Apr 06, 2010
The victory on health reform was long overdue and will make
great strides in improving the lives of millions of American families-bringing
us closer to a more just and equitable health care system. But you wouldn't
know it to talk to opponents of reform. Despite the popularity of the
individual provisions of the health reform law, opponents have continued their
tactics of misinformation and negative rhetoric.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Mar 31, 2010
Now that health reform has become law (ah, that
feels good), long-awaited benefits will start kicking in! From subsidies to
exchanges and insurance regulations to cost-containment measures, it's
sometimes hard to keep it all straight. But the main thing to remember is that
we all have a lot to gain from the passage of health reform, especially us
ladies.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Mar 24, 2010
Now that President Obama has signed the health insurance
reform bill, it's time to put the nasty rhetoric of the past year to bed and
start looking forward to the reality of reform.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 19, 2010
Insurance companies have demonstrated some pretty egregious
practices when it comes to who they'll cover and if they'll take away coverage.
We've heard horror stories, but this one takes the cake. Reuters
reported yesterday that in 2002, 17-year-old Jerome Mitchell, a college
freshman, was dropped from his insurance plan because he was diagnosed with
HIV.
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.
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: 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.
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