Guest column: Insurance commissioner’s new regulations will send health costs...
New regulations from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner will limit consumer choice and drive up the cost of health insurance in Washington. The new regulations, which will be finalized this...
View ArticleThis Is Who They Are: The Republican Budget Vote
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on the Republican budget, presented by Republican Budget Chair Paul Ryan (as well as alternatives from the Democratic leadership, the Congressional...
View ArticleCompeting for the Latino Vote in Texas Part II: The Democrats' Dilemma
By Loren McArthur, Deputy Director, Civic Engagement, NCLR This two-part blog series explores the challenges and opportunities that a rising Hispanic electorate presents to both the GOP and Democrats....
View ArticleCovered in Oregon: Meet Carol, who bypassed Cover Oregon and went for a...
When Carol Robinson went shopping for a new health insurance plan for 2014, she didn’t mess around. She and her husband, who are both in their 50s, joined the ranks of the self-employed last year after...
View ArticleNew Obamacare Patients Stock Up on Drugs, Except Birth Control
New patients who bought health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges have been stocking up on prescriptions, with one notable exception — birth control, new data show. Reported by msnbc.com 12 hours ago.
View ArticleSave the Economy: Bring U.S. Manufacturing Home
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is meeting up in Pittsburgh this week for it's biannual convention. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a confederation of...
View ArticleHUFFPOLLSTER: New Jerseyans Divided On Christie
New Jersey residents don't buy Christie's defense, but half still approve of his performance. An ACA focus group in Colorado gets a long form write-up from USA Today. And non-representative XBox polls...
View ArticleGOP on MNsure oversight panel want 2015 rates released Oct. 1
Republicans on the MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee want health insurance rates for 2015 released by Oct. 1 -- prior to the November elections. Reported by TwinCities.com 9 hours ago.
View ArticleThe Stunning Metamorphosis Of An "Obama Girl"
This is Carey Wedler (the one with the Obama shirt) approximately six years ago, when she was, in her own words, a fervent "Obama girl" who believed the myth about "hope and change." And this is...
View ArticleUninsured Mother of 3 Dies Because She Was Unable to Pay for Treatment for...
Uninsured Mother of 3 Dies Because She Was Unable to Pay for Treatment for Heart Condition Republicans’ “Callous Neglect” to Blame for Uninsured Woman’s Death Uninsured Florida Woman Dies from Heart...
View ArticleGuest Post: 16 Signs That Most Americans Are Not Prepared For The Coming...
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog, Sometimes I think that I sound like a broken record. I am constantly using phrases such as "get prepared while you still can" and "time is...
View ArticleHCA Cuts Costs for the Uninsured, but Medical Billing Advocates of America...
Hospital Corporation of America has announced a fee discount on “trauma activation” fees to the uninsured. However, MBAA, the nation’s leading medical billing advocacy organization, wants to know what...
View ArticleLower Health Care Costs and Obtain Low-Cost Access to Treatment Options for...
The WMC Discount Health program offers treatment options to help individuals and families lower health care costs and many companies lower health insurance premiums. One inexpensive membership for the...
View ArticleBlue Prairie Group Adds a Top 100 Retirement Advisor to Network of Retirement...
Blue Prairie Group, a Chicago-based institutional retirement and investment consulting firm, is pleased to announce the addition of defined contribution industry veteran, Carmela Elco, to its growing...
View ArticleCoverage for kids on the rise
The percentage of Indiana children without health insurance coverage decreased to 8 percent from 10 percent in the four-year period ending with 2012, according to results of a study being released...
View ArticleCovered California: Health Insurance Deadline Looms
Patch Carlsbad, CA -- The deadline to apply for health coverage is April 15. Reported by Patch 8 hours ago.
View ArticleSebelius resigns after turbulent stint at HHS
Embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has resigned, ending a turbulent five-year tenure that saw her become the public face of the troubled federal health insurance...
View ArticleKathleen Sebelius to Resign as Health Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius, who oversaw the bug-ridden rollout of a federal health insurance program that she herself called "miserably frustrating," is resigning as secretary of Health and Human Service, U.S....
View ArticleSylvia Mathews Burwell To Replace Kathleen Sebelius As U.S. Health And Human...
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a...
View ArticleCover Oregon narrows exchange future to 2 options
Officials with Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange say they've narrowed the options for the site's future to two: switching to the federal exchange, or staying with the current technology and...
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