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Beyond Hysterics: The Health Care model that works
house in Berlin, Michael Prolingheuer bought private health insurance . Coverage was then relatively cheap (though it now costs $905 a month). It also promised greater choice of doctors and easier access to care than Germany's statutory qua...
Americans Are Refusing To Face Unavoidable Health-Care Choices
WASHINGTON ? We cannot, it seems, have a candid national conversation on health care. President Barack Obama's speech the other night was a brilliant performance, and it may improve prospects for congressional passage of his reform. But no p...
Seniors Increasingly Wary, Confused About Health Reform
Dorothy Breitenfeld, who lives on a grain farm in Fond du Lac County, is adamantly opposed to the health care reform proposals before Congress, convinced they will lead to long waits for treatment. It's scary, she says. Evelyn Nowakowski of...
Obama Uses Treasury Data To Sell Health Care Overhaul
President Obama has begun a new phase of his effort to overhaul the nation's health care system by trying to gird Americans for the perils that await them if his effort fails. In speeches and in the weekly radio address he released Saturday...
Pets Provide Better Human Health and Wellness and Reduce Healthcare Costs
The North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA) has raised awareness of the value of pets, and pet health insurance, by designating September as National Pet Health Insurance Month. Pet health insurance provides a financial saf...
Health Reform and A Health Insurance Broker
With health insurance rates skyrocketing look no further than Miami health insurance broker East Coast Health Insurance to be offering their opinion on the Washington legislation debate. Many health brokers are of course easy to predict, fa...
Fantasy Sports Team Owners Can Score Real Disability Insurance
About a year ago, Long Island, N.Y., insurance broker Henry Olszewski was sitting pretty, poised to make a run at a fantasy football league title with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the reigning National Football League most va...
New Health Care Provider Network Available in Georgia
The Principal Financial Group(R) introduces Principal Edge Network(SM), a proprietary health care provider network now available in Georgia. The network helps employers achieve competitive discounts while providing extensive access to local...
Conservatives Gather at the Capitol to Criticize the Overhaul on Family Health Insurance
Conservatives gathered at the Capitol yesterday to criticize the overhaul of the country's family health insurance. FamilyHealthInsurance.net believes people need affordable family health insurance and provides a service for people to searc...
HHS Awards $70.9 Million to States to Extend Health Insurance Coverage
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $70.9 million in grants to 13 states to support the expansion of health care coverage for their uninsured populations. The grants are funded under the new State Health Access Program (SHAP), an...
Republican Whips Hold Media Avail on Health Care
If his goal last night was to clarify the specifics of his proposal on health care reform and to try to reach out to those with whom he's had some disagreement to attempt to reach bipartisan compromise, it seemed to me that he failed signif...
CENSUS NUMBERS STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO REFORM HEALTH INSURANCE
Washington, DC--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement today in reaction to the Census Bureau findings on the growing number of uninsured Americans: The release of today's Census numbers reinforces what we alread...
Obama's Address to Congress on Reforming U.S. Health Care System
THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, September 9, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, ON HEALTH CARE U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 8:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, membe...
AARP: Independents More in Favor of Health Reform
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI Wanted to be sure that you saw this press release from AARP about a survey conducted on independents and their concerns with health insurance reform. -- Brendan Daly September 10, 2009 Contact: Jordan McNerney or...
Health Insurance Reform - A $3,800 Tax on People Who Don't Purchase Insurance?
ealth Insurance Reform DAILY MYTHBUSTER: A $3,800 Tax on People Who Don't Purchase Insurance? Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about components of America's Affordable Health Choices Act. Myth: The House bill will t...
Congressman Andrews Continues to Hold Health Care Discussions
Last week as the House of Representatives' summer recess came to a close, Congressman Rob Andrews joined a number of forums throughout South Jersey to hear constituents' thoughts on health care reform. Last week's discussions followed the C...
"Mr. President, We Have Solutions. It's Time to Quit Talking and Start Listening!"
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert challenged President Barack Obama's recent unfounded remarks that critics of the Administration's government takeover of healthcare have not offered any solutions. The Congressman stated: Many Member...
Inglis statement on President Obama's health care speech in joint address to Congress
U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) reacted to President Obama's joint address to Congress late Wednesday evening. The President made a fine speech, but we need to do the math more honestly. He said that his plan won't add a dime to the deficit. Th...
Rep. Johnson Responds to President's Health Care Speech
Representative Timothy V. Johnson released the following statement in response to President Obama's healthcare speech to a joint session of Congress: I appreciate the President taking this opportunity to address the Congress and the people...
Lamborn Statement Reacting to President Obama's Health Care Address
Tonight, Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) responded to President Obama's address to the Joint Session of Congress with the following statement: What the American people need is a new plan, not new rhetoric. The President tried to repackage...
Income, age, sex, Employment and Health Insurance: Survey of eHealth consumers uninsured
Today, eHealth Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH), parent company of eHealthInsurance Services (www.ehealthinsurance.com) has published the results of an ongoing investigation (1) of consumers shopping for individual health insurance customer eHealthInsur...
Dodd Declines Kennedy's Committee, Stays as Chairman of Banking
Sen. Chris Dodd announced he won't be stepping into the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chairmanship vacated when Sen. Edward Kennedy died of cancer. Instead, Dodd, D-Conn., will keep his job at the helm of the Senate's Bank...
Crisis Continues uninsured claims immediate health reform, says APHA
The following is a statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E) Executive Director, American Public Health Association: According to new Census Bureau data released today, there are now more than 46 million Americans who do not h...
Increase in uninsured Makes solid for health reform
AMA Comments on New Census Bureau Uninsured Number Released Today CHICAGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D., President, American Medical Association: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/...
Zurich North America Commercial Accident & Health Group extends offer consumer markets in the Eucharistic Celebration
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zurich, one of the largest property-casualty insurance companies, today announced its Accident Health unit has entered the mass consumer (affinity) market with a varied offering of Accidental Death, Disme...
Kennedy Is Gone, But Health Care Still His Issue
WASHINGTON_Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is gone, but his words echoed through the House chamber Wednesday as President Barack Obama tried to prod recalcitrant Democrats and Republicans into finishing the late senator's life work _ overhauling the...
Centene to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference
Centene Corp. has announced that it will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference, to be held September 14-15, at the Grand Hyatt New York hotel. In a release, the Company noted event details: Centene will presen...
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