As if the ideas being floated in the Senate were not bad enough, it appears as if even the “exchange” that they have adopted as one of their main components of healthcare reform will have an “escape clause” for Insurance companies. …
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Health Insurance Companies Urge Staff To Fight Reforms – Consumer …
The nation’s largest health insurance carrier is urging its employees to lobby the Senate against reform proposals that would hurt the firm’s bottom line, according to copies of e-mails released Thursday by a liberal advocacy group. …
Women's Health Insurance Under Healthcare Reform, Affordable …
Major reforms in the health insurance industry are forthcoming.
House Votes 220-215 for Health Insurance Reform | Blue MauMau
The US House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill late Saturday night in a vote of 220 to 215.
Big Government » Blog Archive » Pelosi's Gift to Insurance …
Buried in the thousands of pages of the health care bills drafted by Democrats in the House and Senate is a provision to protect insurance companies from legal accountability for benefit decisions that cause injury or death to patients, …
Grassley Receives $150K From Health Insurance Industry
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley took in $154350 in third-quarter campaign donations from the health insurance industry, according to the Public Campaign Action Fund.Grassley, a ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, …
Big Insurance Keeps Medical Premium Profits Quiet Says Senate Inquiry
Medical health insurance premiums are supposed to go primarily to pay medical claims but a Senate Committee inquiry finds that a larger chunk than previously suspected of what you pay for medical insurance returns to the insurer as …
Senate passes unemployment insurance extension – TheHill.com
their benefits. The Senate on Wednesday easily approved a minimum 14-week extension of unemployment insurance for millions of Americans who have exhausted their benefits.
Video: Rockefeller, Harkin Sparring With Insurance Industry
Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said his committee may demand information from health insurance companies about the reasoning for steep increases in premiums faced by small …
Patient Voices: Coping With and Without Insurance – Well Blog …
The Senate and the House are moving toward completion of their respective health care bills, but many of the reforms under consideration would not take effect until 2013. Until then, many Americans will continue to live with a patchwork …