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Health Insurance Issues
This wikizine is designed as a clearing house for information and opinions on the ongoing debates over affordability in Health Insurance and the efficacy of universal health coverage. The national discussion has heated up as more... [more]
This wikizine is designed as a clearing house for information and opinions on the ongoing debates over affordability in Health Insurance and the efficacy of universal health coverage.
The national discussion has heated up as more people slip through the cracks of health care costs, or find their current health care insurance leaves them vulnerable. As the national demand for a viable solution to the health care crisis increases, this issue will draw all '08 presidential candidates to weigh in as each puts forth a plan they hope will impress voters. This wikizine hopes to track those proposals and opinions about those proposals.
In addition, the Health Insurance wikizine includes any information that reveals how the system currently works (or fails to work), any news and discussion of plans and proposals for future systems, and all opinions on the road to viable solutions.
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On Sunday, Sen. Joe Lieberman, the onetime Democrat from Connecticut, vowed to filibuster any health care bill that contains a public option or that offers a Medicare "buy-in" for people under 65. Lieberman's threat, made to Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, further dims the prospects for health care reform. But in vowing to kill health care reform to block any Medicare expansion...
- Senate Democrats Struggle to Get Health Care on Track (flatheadbeacon.com)
- White House Tells Reid to Cut Deal with Lieberman (politicalwire.com)
- Lieberman opposes Medicare at 55 (freerepublic.com)
Heritage FoundationLast month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed through her version of Obamacare almost a week before the agency in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS), could issue its non-partisan and independent analysis of the legislation. And for supporters of the President’s plan, it’s a good thing she did. The CMMS report eviscerated almost every single promise the President...
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- Kaiser Permanente (del.icio.us)
- Baby boomers: Medicare or private? (temple-telegram.com)
- David B. Nash, MD, MBA elected to Humana’s Board of Directors (businesswire.com)
Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman's threat to filibuster a health-reform bill that includes a Medicare buy-in, combined with the firm opposition of swing-voting Republican Olympia Snowe and growing dissatisfaction from conservative Democrat Ben Nelson, means that Sen. Harry Reid's public-option compromise is dead before the Congressional Budget Office even has a chance to calculate its cost. The Medicare buy-in was, truth to tell, a more liberal...
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From slate.com
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AbleNet, Inc. announces a new program to offer Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance funding support through Talk To Me Technologies, LLC. This service is effective December 2009 for the AbleNet SuperTalker™ progressive communicator and FL4SH™ scanning communicator products. "Talk To Me Technologies is expert at assisting customers to get funding through Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance and we look forward to the help they will be...
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From medicalnewstoday.com
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WGIL Radio NewsObama endorses extension of COBRA subsidyBusiness InsuranceWASHINGTON—President Obama's call last week for extending the COBRA premium subsidy increases the likelihood that Congress will renew the program, ...Hare Calls for Extension of Health Care Subsidy for Laid Off WorkersWGIL Radio NewsHare calls for extension of COBRA subsidyQuad City TimesWorkers and employers anxious for COBRA extensionNews-Medical.netall 4 news articles »
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- Health Costs - Wall Street Journal (news.google.com)
- Steps to Take Before Cobra Subsidy Ends (news.google.com)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) latest "compromise" health care bill is 11th-hour legislative sausage that was made on the fly and includes ideas dating at least to the Clinton administration, says the Washington Post. Most significantly, though, Sen. Reid's bill is a dramatic step toward a single-payer health care system, even if the public option is not on the table, says the Post: * Sen. Reid's latest compromise allows...
From freerepublic.com
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- You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance (freerepublic.com)
Sen.Olympia Snowe told reporters that she was inclined to oppose
a proposal to expand Medicare and Medicaid elgibility, two
components that are centrai to Democratic efforts to forge a deal
on the "public option," TPM
reports.
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cannot win over Snowe, that
means he'll have secure the votes of all 60 Democrats. The
problem is that Sen. Ben Nelson has said he would support a
filibuster of...
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- President Snowe Says No To Medicare Buy-In (talkleft.com)
LISBON - County employees will be joining other government and private sector workers when they begin paying a portion of their monthly health insurance premiums starting in 2010.
Columbiana County commissioners this week approved the employee health insurance rates and benefits for 2010, which includes a 10 percent increase in monthly premiums, with employees required to pay hal.
From reviewonline.com
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- Government Transport Policy set to increase Car Insurance Rates (insuranceblog.co.uk)
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, in exchange for dropping a government-sold insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday.
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From heraldtimesonline.com
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Editor's note: Excerpted from report to CPUSA National Committee November 13, 2009.
The current struggle for health care reform gives us a concrete glimpse of the contours, dynamics, and complexities of the issue.
It has been a pitched battle. At one point there appeared to be a crack in the Republican edifice when Olympia Snowe voted to move the bill out of the Senate Finance Committee, but she quickly backpedaled when Majority Leader Harry...
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From pww.org
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is not a likely candidate to write a sequel to the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People," especially when it comes to winning over the opposition to health-care reform. In one broad sweep, the Democratic Leader on Monday tarred all opponents of health-care reform with the same brush as Americans who once opposed ending slavery or extending civil rights to women and Blacks, and he has refused...
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From freerepublic.com
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Sen. Baucus, speaking on the Senate floor earlier this afternoon,
erroneously claimed that the Congressional Budget Office
determined that small business owners would see their health
insurance premiums stabilize, or even fall slightly, if the
Senate health care bill passed. But in reality, the CBO found
that the bill would have virtually no impact on premiums for
small businesses, and could even slightly raise them beyond what...
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From feedproxy.google.com
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Senate Democrats looking to find a way to pass health care legislation have proposed a a Medicare "buy-in" proposal as part of the health care legislation. A major aspect of the proposal would be that individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 would be able to enroll in the medicare program. The Federation of American Hospitals opposes it as does the Mayo Clinic. Senator Lamar Alexander (R - Tenn.) told reporters Republicans were not being...
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From freerepublic.com
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The WaPo's Ezra Klein predicts liberals will compromise on the public option. Accompanying the president were Vice President Joe Biden , Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, White House health care ...
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A Beginners Guide to Classic Car InsuranceBy Insurance blogger Dave HealeyIf you've just bought your first classic car you will need to consider not just where, but also how you are going to insure it. If you are new to classic cars you will probably not even be aware that specialist car insurance policies for classics exist, which are peculiarly different from standard car insurance policy covers as offered by those seen on TV.As a classic...
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