Health Insurance Premiums

The Double Game of the U.S. Health Insurance Companies

Thomas A. Bass | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Supreme Court Obamacare, Medical Care Claim Denials, Health Insurance Profits, Health Insurance Industry, u.s. Health Care System, Obamacare, U.S. Health Care, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Companies Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Companies, Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Companies, Business News
Thomas A. Bass

The Affordable Care Act, particularly the mandate requiring U.S. citizens to buy health insurance from private companies, may be in legal limbo, awaiting a Supreme Court ruling, but the insurance companies are planning to profit from this ruling, no matter which way it goes.

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Arthur Delaney

The Bad Things That Can Happen When You Lose Your Job

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Cobra, Unemployment, Unemployment Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Business News

Lianne Valenti lost her job as manager for a company that makes portable power generators last July. Valenti, who is 46 and lives in Long Beach, Ca...

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Five Reasons Health Insurance Companies Should Roll Back Rates Now

Ethan Rome | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Rebates, Health Care for America Now, Hcan, Profits, Stock Buybacks, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Affordable Care Act, Consumers, Health Insurance Premiums, Ethan Rome, Health Care, Business News
Ethan Rome

It's unconscionable that insurance companies continue to impose double-digit premium hikes on America's families and businesses to pay for their excess profits and financial shell games at a time when consumers and employers are struggling in this tough economy.

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Waivers in Health Care Law Often Misrepresented, Misunderstood

Bob Semro | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Employer Health Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Medicare, Health Insurance Premiums, Mini-Med Plans, Health Care Waivers, Denver News
Bob Semro

Opponents of the national health care reform law argue that waivers exempting businesses, labor unions and even entire states are evidence that the new law is onerous. Those criticisms are misleading.

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Cost of Health Insurance Leaves Working Folks Further and Further Behind

Wendell Potter | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Census Bureau, Household Income, Shrm, Standard and Poor's, Salary, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Median-Household-Income, Business News
Wendell Potter

If you don't have to worry about premium increases and higher deductibles, you can easily believe the employer-based system is just as solid as ever and is meeting everyone's needs just fine. News flash: it isn't.

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New Healthcare Rules Could Unlock Entrepreneurship

John Arensmeyer | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Small Business, Preexisting Condition, Health Insurance Premiums, Self-Employed, Healthcare Reform, Small Business America, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Health Insurance, Entrepreneurship, Business News
John Arensmeyer

America prides itself on being the land of entrepreneurialism, yet the act of denying people health coverage for a preexisting condition discourages that tradition.

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Medicare Eligibility Age Increasing Could Mean Higher Health Insurance Costs For Some

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Medicare Eligibility Age, Health Insurance Costs, Medicare Eligibility, Entitlement Reform, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Medicare Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Employers and even some younger people would pay more for health insurance if lawmakers raise the eligibility age for Medicare, a s...

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Will Black Sheep Blue Shield Bring Down American Health Insurance?

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Sheld Rate Hike, Blue Shield, Health Insurance Premiums, Public Option, Health Reform, Los Angeles News
Jamie Court

Blue Shield's rate increases are giving California reformers the ammo to go to the legislature for proposals that give regulators the power to say no and to create a public insurance option in California. What starts here will spread.

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Lies, Damned Lies and Republican Hypocrisy

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Mitch McConnell, Health Insurance Profits, Republicans Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius, John Boehner, Senate Republicans, Gop Health Care, Bill Gates, Health Insurance, House Republicans, Medical-Loss Ratio, Rebates, Medical Loss Ratios, Health Insurance Companies, Hcan, GOP Hypocrisy, Republican Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Health Care Reform, Warren Buffett, Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Ethan Rome

The Republicans will say and do anything to help their rich friends. In the world of post-shame politics, they're the poster children -- they just don't seem to care how extreme and unconscionable their hypocrisy is.

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New Insurance Rules OKed By Association

AP | TOM MURPHY | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Insurance Premiums, Insurance Law, Insurance Claims, Health, Health Insurance Law, State Insurance Laws, Health Insurance Premiums, Statistics, Healthy Living News

INDIANAPOLIS — State insurance commissioners agreed to a framework for regulations for medical loss ratios, an obscure statistic that will becom...

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wright County Egg, Salmonella, Grist, QUALITY EGG LLC, PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVISTS, Michelle Chen, Sierra Club, KAISER FOUNDATION FAMILY, Tom Philpott, Osha, DECOSTER EGGS, Working in These Times, Tainted Eggs, Colorlines, Eggs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, AUSTIN "JACK" DECOSTER, Doctors, Iowa, Hillandale Farms, Health Insurance Premiums, Lindsay Beyerstein, Jack DeCoster, Iowa Independent, Lynda Waddington, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insuranceby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tainted egg shell game The Iowa chap...

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The Paradox of Medicare Overhead

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare, Health Insurance Premiums, Public Option, Politics News
Dr. Philip Neches

A great deal of misinformation, spin, and overheated hype came out of last year's debate on health care. The most startling was the stark comparison between the overhead of private health insurance and Medicare.

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High-Risk Illinois Patients May Be Stuck Paying High Rates Despite Federal Program

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Illinois Healthcare, High-Risk Patients, Health Insurance Premiums, Federal Health Benefits, Health Reform, Pre-Existing-Condition, Illinois Health Reform, Chicago News

CHICAGO — For thousands of Illinois residents who pay high health insurance premiums because of medical problems, the new federal health care le...

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Senate Democrats Push For Regulation Of Health Insurance Premiums

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius Premiums, Senate Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Dianne Feinstein Premiums, Tom Harkin Premiums, Health Insurance Premiums, HHS Premiums, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation on Tuesday for federal regulation of rat...

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Health Premiums Could Rise 17 Percent For Young Adults

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Young Adults, Health Premiums, Economic Recession, Health, Young Demographic, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Young People, Health Care, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Ame...

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Shareholders Move to Curb Extravagant Pay for WellPoint CEO

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, CEO Pay, Excessive Pay, William h.t. Bush, Blue Cross, Health Insurance Industry, Angela Braly, Health Insurance Companies, Private Health Insurance, Anthem Blue Cross, Warren Buffett, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Reform, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint, Wellpoint Board, Business News
Ethan Rome

Even by the standards of people who believe that it's okay to do just about anything to make money, WellPoint consistently goes too far. Their turbo-charged greed is out of control, and their lack of any moral compass is shocking.

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For Whom the (Health Care) Bill Tolls

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Care Crisis, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

My lab, and my practice, is located in Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. Griffin is a Yale-affiliated, not-for-profit, community hospital. It is also a model for its industry, with no offense to any others that are as well.

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Obama's Health Care Plan: Premiums Would Actually Rise Under President's Proposal

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business Health Insurance, Obama Health Care Plan, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Tax Credits, Health Insurance Premiums, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Premiums, Deductibles, Kaiser Family Foundation, Business News

WASHINGTON — Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print...

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Ms. WellPoint CEO: How Much Is Enough?

Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Giants, Women, Corporate Profits, Health Care Debate, Women CEO's, Health Insurance Rate Hikes, Insurance Profits, Hillary Clinton, Health Insurance Premiums, Feminism, Health Care, Health Insurance, Politics News
Janet Kinosian

California's largest health insurer will hike premium rates up to 39% despite $2.7 billion fourth quarter profits.

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Insurance Premiums Rise More Than 30%: What Did We Expect?

Andrew Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurers, Health Insurance Rates, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Companies, Politics News
Andrew Rubin

If Congress fails to enact meaningful health care reform, insurance companies will continue to function exactly as they do today.

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Health Care Costs: A Look Into WellPoint's Profits

AP | By TOM MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Premiums, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Insurance Industry Profits, Wellpoint Profits, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Wellpoint, Business News

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Health Insurance Costs: 'Shocking' Premium Increases Coming, Says Health And Human Services Dept.

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care Premiums, Business News

WASHINGTON — Consumers are facing budget-busting increases in medical insurance premiums, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Healthcare, Health, Politics News
Matt Osborne

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Your Health Insurer Will Screw You

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Anthony Weiner, Public Option, Public Health Insurance Plan, Health Insurance Loopholes, Health Insurance Premiums, Politics News
Peter J. Ognibene

Individuals who lack the negotiating leverage that organizations exercise on behalf of their members, wind up paying the highest rates for coverage and are left to hope they won't get trapped by an exclusion or loophole.

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Without Reform, Health Insurance Premiums Could Double By 2020

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Insurance Premiums Could Double, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care Costs, Commonwealth Fund Study, Politics News

Without health care reform, health insurance premiums could almost double by 2020, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a 90-year-old non-p...

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