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.
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: Kate Blocher on Mar 03, 2010
After last week's bipartisan Health Reform Summit, it seems
pretty clear that many Republicans are unwilling to help move health reform forward.
So what options do Congressional Democrats have? The most likely course of
action is to pass the bill through reconciliation. The process would begin with
the House passing the current Senate bill, which would then be signed into law
by President Obama.
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.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Mar 01, 2010
Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the honor of
meeting up with a group of 10 dedicated health care activists from Philadelphia Unemployment
Project and Pennsylvania HCAN who were finishing up the last leg of a 150
mile march from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Melanie's March, named after an avid
health reform activist, Melanie Shouse, who recently passed away from breast
cancer, sought to show legislators just how urgently we need health reform.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Feb 26, 2010
After all the questions and anticipation surrounding
yesterday's health care summit, it was finally here! Congressional leaders and
President Obama had a unique opportunity to discuss health reform and, for the
most part, move beyond popular talking points toward a substantive discussion
of what's really in health reform. Despite moments of honest debate, Republicans
tended to revert back to those tried-and often untrue-scare tactics about
health reform. I'd like to set the record straight on some misinformation
presented at the summit.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Feb 23, 2010
The beltway has been abuzz ever since President Obama
announced he plans to hold a Health Care Summit between key Congressional
leaders. Will Republicans attend? Will President Obama provide a health reform
proposal? Will the Republicans provide their own proposal? If they do provide a
proposal, will meet
the criteria of meaningful health reform?
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Feb 22, 2010
If the news of impending premium
hikes in California wasn't enough to convince you of the urgency of passing
health reform, then the news that insurance companies in at least six other
states (and counting) have proposed dramatic rate increases as well should
shock you into the realization that the time for reform is NOW!
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