'Privatization' Is Not 'Privacy'
*Author's note:* I had the privilege on April 4 of delivering the following remarks as part of a panel on "Creating the Politics of Privacy," a session of the capstone conference for Ohio State's...
View ArticleIs the Nonprofit Mental Health Industry Misleading Congress?
Congress is being misled by the nonprofit mental health industry, which argues that ordinary life events like bad grades, being unemployed, having an unhappy marriage, and this year's cause célèbre,...
View ArticleColorado's private health insurance enrollment stands at 124,000
Final figures for Colorado's open-enrollment in private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act stands at about 124,000, state exchange officials announced Monday. Reported by Denver Post 18...
View ArticleZane Benefits Publishes New Information on How to Cancel Group Health Insurance
What Your Business Needs to Know Park City, UT (PRWEB) April 14, 2014 Today, Zane Benefits, the #1 Online Health Benefits Solution, published new information on how to cancel group health insurance....
View ArticleObamacare To Cost Less In 2014 Than Initially Estimated: CBO
CBO also estimates that 12 million more non-elderly people will have health insurance in 2014 than if Obamacare had not become law. Reported by IBTimes 18 hours ago.
View ArticleMcCurry Divinely Inspired, Says Hillary Won't Run
*Mike McCurry Knows Politics*. He learned at the knee of the Master, Bill Clinton, as his press secretary in the early 1990s. Last week, he told a rapt audience at a private dinner at the National...
View ArticleRep. Blackburn: Obamacare Destroyed Health Insurance Industry
The federal government spent billions of dollars and eviscerated the nation's health insurance industry to accommodate perhaps 3 million people who did not have insurance, Rep. Marsha Blackburn said....
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10 Tips For Surviving Life After College
Leaving college can be tricky for many students, as they take jobs in the "real world" far away from the comforts and security of campus life. Oftentimes, the best advice comes from those who have...
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AGC of California Selects The Contractors Plan as Health Insurance Partner...
AUSTIN, Texas & SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Associated General Contractors of California (AGC of CA) and its Affinity Partner Fringe Benefit Group today announced that the AGC of CA...
View ArticleGolden Opportunity from the Golden State
Enrollment of more than 7 million Americans in health insurance isn't the only recent milestone for the Affordable Care Act. Beginning this month, following sustained legal pressure, the state of...
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Boston councilors pitch gender identity health insurance coverage
[caption id="attachment_126350" align="alignnone" width="614"] A gay pride flag flies outside of Boston City Hall. Credit: Michael Naughton/Metro file photo[/caption] A pair of Boston city councilors...
View ArticlePan-American Life Insurance Group taps former AIG exec to grow insurance...
Pan-American Life Insurance Group is gearing up to expand its accident and health insurance offerings in the U.S. and Latin America in an effort build on growth that helped more than double earnings...
View ArticleIf We Build It, Will They Come? Drug Treatment and the Affordable Care Act
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Congress has provided us with a historic opportunity to reduce the demand for illegal drugs. The law requires health insurance companies, Medicaid and...
View ArticleCBO: Deficits to drift lower on lower health costs
The biggest factor is $165 billion less in spending on health insurance subsidies for policies sold through exchanges created under Obamacare. Medicare spending will also dip slightly, mostly because...
View ArticleReport projects health law's subsidies will cost $1 trillion over 10 years,...
The Affordable Care Act's health insurance subsidies will cost a little less than previously thought, according to a new... Reported by Deseret News 14 hours ago.
View ArticleMNsure extension deadline for private insurance buyers April 22
MNsure has told about 8,200 people who couldn't get health insurance by the end of last month that they might now face a sign-up deadline of April 22. Reported by TwinCities.com 14 hours ago.
View ArticleCBO Projects Lower Premiums in Health-Insurance Exchanges
Health-insurance premiums for plans sold in the Affordable Care Act's exchanges will be lower than previously expected for the next few years, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office....
View ArticleHealth Insurance: Obamacare Costs Lower Than Expected
One of the largest criticisms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as “Obamacare“) is that the program is simply too expensive. Lawmakers opposed to the ACA have continually called the program...
View ArticleStudent Loan Borrowers' Costs To Jump As Education Department Reaps Huge Profit
The U.S. Department of Education is forecast to generate $127 billion in profit over the next decade from lending to college students and their families, according to the Congressional Budget Office....
View ArticleObamacare cost forecast is reduced 7% by U.S. fiscal watchdog
Lower-than-expected health insurance premiums will save the federal government $104 billion in subsidies over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office says. Reported by L.A. Times 9 hours ago.
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