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Posted by: Erin Kelly on Dec 15, 2009
With the nitty-gritty details of health reform changing every day, it's pretty difficult for most people to not only keep up, but also to figure out what's in it for them. Let us help you out.
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Category: Pre-Existing Conditions,Underinsurance and Medical Debt,Uninsured Americans
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Dec 10, 2009
The Center for American progress has come up with a great new video that exhibits why American's can't wait for health reform.
Posted by: Jessica Larochelle on Dec 09, 2009
It's that time of year again. The temperature is dropping, the days are getting shorter, people are getting in the holiday spirit, and the staff at Families USA is busy preparing for our annual conference, Health Action 2010. We hope you can join us!
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Dec 04, 2009
The health care bill has hit the Senate, and opponents of reform are planning to do everything in their power to stall the debate proceedings, and, if possible, grind them to a halt.
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Category: Congress,Health Care Costs,Underinsurance and Medical Debt
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Dec 03, 2009
A lifeline has just been yanked out from underneath many Americans and their families.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Nov 13, 2009
Saturday marked an historic moment in the health reform movement: For the first time in history, a comprehensive health reform bill passed out of a chamber of Congress. This milestone moves us one step closer to high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
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Category: Health Care Costs,Underinsurance and Medical Debt
Posted by: Julia Eisman on Oct 23, 2009
In what's becoming a weekly move from the insurance industry, yet another report has surfaced by an insurance company which is (shockingly) anti-reform. It seems that now that Congress is trying to clamp down on their egregious behaviors (like how a rape victim was deemed uninsurable after she took an HIV test after being attacked), they're not very happy.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Oct 21, 2009
Recently, a story about a family feuding with their insurance company hit the Internet. The child's parents were upset because the insurance company was denying them coverage, saying that their son was too fat. Their son was four months old.
Posted by: Claire McAndrew on Oct 20, 2009
Many of us need a little extra help when it comes to sticking to an exercise routine or kicking our unhealthy habits. If our employers want to help us get healthy, that isn't so bad, right? We spend a third of every weekday at work, so a healthy workplace could really make a difference. But what if our employers decide to "help us" by charging us more-much more- for our health insurance?
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Oct 09, 2009
Betsey McCaughey is perhaps best known for contributing to the downfall of health reform in the early '90s. And since the health reform debate has heated up this year, she's back at it again, trying to scare seniors and any American who will listen to her preposterous lies.
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Category: Congress,Medicare,Underinsurance and Medical Debt