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Coming Soon: The End of Health Insurers As We Know Them -- By Self-Inflicted Wounds

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Cigna, Health Insurance, Aetna, Humana, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Mark Bertolini, Insurance, Politics News

Now you know why more than 50 million of us are uninsured. It is not because most of those people are being irresponsible. Most of them either can't afford to buy coverage or can't buy it at any price.

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Taking the Initiative in a Struggle Against Excessive Rate Increases

Wendell Potter | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: California-Healthcare-Foundation, Unitedhealth, Dave Jones, California, Obamacare, Consumer Watchdog, Dianne Feinstein, Affordable Care Act, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint, Health Insurance Rate Increases, Rate Increases Health Insurance, California Health Insurance Rate Increases, Politics News

When insurers behave this way, they are demonstrating that they care more about their bottom lines than their policyholders. Which makes it all the more imperative for California voters to sign those petitions and vote for the ballot initiative this fall.

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Shame on Humana for Banning Smokers From Employment

Liz Ryan | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Discrimination, Policy, Smoking, Shameful, Humana, Employment, Business News

Shame on Humana, and Geisinger Health Systems and yes, the American Lung Association, and any organization that contorts ethics and morality to believe its employees' daily habits are fair game for its scrutiny.

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Insurer Profits Are Up In The Wake Of Health Care Law They Opposed

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Congress, Unitedhealth, Health Care Profits, Cigna, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Aetna, Humana, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Video, Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Health Care, Wellpoint, Health Care Industry, Business News

Since insurance companies undertook extensive lobbying efforts against health care reform -- spending millions in an attempt to derail the legislation...

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Wal-Mart Has an "Oops" Moment

Al Norman | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Physician Heal Thyself, Medicaid, Accountable Care Organizations, Wal-Mart, Humana, Art Museum, Business News

Before Wal-Mart offers the world an opportunity for a healthier life, the company needs to heed the Biblical dictum "physician heal thyself." Before selling American families a health plan, the Wal-Mart family should focus on improving the health coverage of its own workforce.

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Insurers Pressuring Obama to Defy Law So They Can Continue Keeping You in the Dark

Wendell Potter | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Consumers Union, Unitedhealth, Obamacare, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Chamber of Commerce, Cigna, Healthcare Reform, Aetna, Health Care, Humana, Consumer Reports, Wellpoint, Politics News

If you have no idea what you're paying good money for when you enroll in a health insurance plan, there's a good reason for that: insurers profit from your ignorance. And they're waging an intense behind-the-scenes campaign to keep you in the dark.

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Insurers Plotting How to Circumvent Reform So They Can Continue Selling Junk Health Insurance

Wendell Potter | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Unitedhealth, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Politics News

If the White House caves in to insurance industry demands, millions of low-wage earners will be forced to buy junk coverage on January 1, 2014. If you don't want to be forced to buy junk, send the White House a message. Now.

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Bill Clinton's Advice to Post50s: 'Get In Shape'

Examiner | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, White House, Baby Boomers, Medicare Eligibility, Silver Tsunami, Clinton, Clinton Presidency, Health Post50, PGA Tour Sponsors, Medicare, Humana, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Fifty News

Bill Clinton, the first Baby Boomers president, had some advice the other day for his fellow cohorts: Get in shape....

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Fresh Evidence That Health Insurers Value Profits Over People

Wendell Potter | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Uninsured, Unitedhealth, Health Care Reform, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Health Care, Wellpoint, Business News

WellPoint and Aetna and other insurers have demonstrated repeatedly that while they will do all they can to avoid sacrificing profitability for membership, they are quite willing to sacrifice their members -- and the American public -- for profits.

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Insurance Executives' Get-Rich-Quick Scheme -- Using Your Premiums

Wendell Potter | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Uninsured, Unitedhealth, Hcan, Stock Buybacks, Wall Street, Stock Market, Stock Options, United Health Insurance, Health; Health Care; Health Insurance; Universal Healthcare; Barack Obama; John Mccain; British Healthcare; David Cameron; Hillary Clinton; Mandates; Premiums; Uninsured Millions; United Kingdom; London; British Conservatives; Liberals, Health Insurance, Cigna, Ethan Rome, Humana, Business News

You might be surprised to learn that more and more of the dollars you pay for coverage are being sucked into a kind of black hole. It doesn't really disappear, of course.

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Reframing the Debate to Make Insurers Look Poor

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rj-Reynolds, Uninsured, Unitedhealth, Wall Street, Obamacare, Ahip, Forbes Magazine, Sally-Pipes, Health Insurance, Cigna, Aetna, Health Reform, Humana, Barack Obama, Wellpoint, Business News

The next time you hear the health insurance industry complain about its "measly" profit margins, don't buy it. Their "reframing" is nothing more than an attempt to take your mind off the tragedies they cause for so many Americans.

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The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Unitedhealth, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Health Care, Wellpoint, Health Care Funding, Health Care Lobbying, Business News

The media had lots of health care news to obsess about last week. But most of the press paid no attention to a multi-pronged effort by five major insurers to strip key regulations and consumer protections that aren't to their liking.

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Health Insurance for Children Under Age 19 in Kentucky

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anthem, Injured Children, Obama Care, Msfs, Life Insurance Agent, Chfc, Richmond Kentucky, Golden Rule, Kentucky Access, Kentucky, Structured Settlement Consultant, Don McNay, Children Under Age 19, Sharon Clark, Humana, Barack Obama, Clu, Insurance Agent, Louisville, Health Care Reform, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personal Finance, Aetna, Cssc, Kentucky Department of Insurance, Insurance Commissioner, Lexington, Obama Health Care Reform, Business News

I'm doing research on a longer article about the first battles on implementing health care reform in Kentucky. A battle between well-entrenched healt...

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Health Insurance Industry Executives Make Millions As Firms Plan Big Rate Hikes

Los Angeles Times | Noam N. Levey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unitedhealth, Cigna, Health Insurance Executives Paychecks, Health Insurance Rate Hikes, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance Cost Increase, Wellpoint, Health Insurance Executive Salaries, Aetna, Humana, Health Insurance Rate Increases, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

The top executives at the nation's five largest for-profit health insurance companies pulled in nearly $200 million in compensation last year -- while...

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Pedaling for the Environment and Your Health

Nate Kvamme | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bike Sharing, Trek, Green Living, B-Cycle, Denver, Humana, Bike to Work, Crispin Porter and Bogusky, Denver News

Denver is celebrating Earth Day with the kickoff of Denver B-cycle, the country's first citywide bike-sharing program.

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Humana Layoffs: Insurer Plans To Cut 2,500 Jobs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humana, Humana Job Cuts, Medicare, Medicaid, Layoffs, Health Care Reform, Economy, Recession, Economic Recovery, Business News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The insurer Humana said Wednesday it will cut about 2,500 positions as it adjusts to a smaller enrollment. Its Medicare enrol...

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The Greed Olympics: Banks and Insurers Battle for the Gold

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gregory Curl, Cigna, National Retail Federation, Tom Harkin, Jamie Dimon, Angela Braly, John Stumpf, Humana, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Responsive Politics, Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, America's Health Insurance Plans, Campaign Contributions, Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, American Banking Association, Health Care for America Now, Lobbying, United Health Group, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ina Drew, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, JP Morgan, Wall Street, National Association of Manufacturers, Peter DeFazio, Health Care Reform, Wellpoint, Harry Reid, Banking Reform, Ahip, Business News

As the Greed Olympics heats up, it is time for Americans to stop being spectators. The President and Congress shouldn't be the only ones judging the competition and handing out the medals.

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Cigna, Stephen Hemsley, Edward Hanway, Health Care for American Now, Hcan, Angela Braly, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Insurance Industry, Profits, Max Baucus, Wellpoint, Karen Ignagni, Ahip, America's Health Insurance Plans, Michael McCallister, Rose Ann DeMoro, California Nurses Association, Richard Kirsch, Nancy Ann DeParle, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Kent Conrad, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Mitch McConnell, Mike Enzi, Swine Flu Pandemic, Surgeon General, Humana, H1n1, Obama's Surgeon General, Politics News

There is something terribly wrong when a political minority can hold up a nomination that has the potential to affect a nation's health.

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A Free-Bike Solution to Traffic Congestion

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trek, Crispin, Mass Transportation, Bicycle, Bike, Humana, B-Cycle, Louisville Kentucky, Urban Planning, Porter and Bogusky, Denver News

In 2010, Denver will be the first major city in the U.S. to launch a "Paris-style" free bike program. Minneapolis, Boston, and Miami will come on-line soon after.

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Humana: Profits Over People

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Public Option, Health Care. Tricare, Linda Peeno, America's Health Insurance Plans, Nancy Pelosi, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Michael McCallister, Max Baucus, Jill Canino, Medicare Advantage, Ahip, Humana, Politics News

Whoever picked the name "Humana" for the health insurance giant had a great sense of humor. Had the marketing genius in charge of picking a name for the corporation been more honest, he would have called it "Profita."

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Seniors to Humana: "Don't Lie to Us!"

Jerry Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Florida, Medicare, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Humana, Tony Fransetta, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Bearing Witness, Politics News

This wasn't the usual group of activists rallying for health care reform--it was a 21st century version of the Over the Hill Gang, although there were no wheelchairs or walkers in sight.

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GOP To Block Obama Health Nominees In Medicare Spat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Health Nominees, Gop Obstruction, Humana Medicare, Health Care Reform, Gop, Gop Health Care Reform, Medicare, GOP Medicare, Humana, Health Nominees, Humana Letter, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republicans said Thursday they wouldn't allow President Barack Obama to fill health posts until his administration...

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Humana Letter: GOP Defends Insurance Company's Misleading Anti-Reform Effort

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humana Health Care Reform Letter, Humana Letter, Humana Baucus, Humana Letter Health Care Reform, Humana, Politics News

Humana Insurance company is under investigation by Medicare for sending a letter to senior citizens warning them that the government wanted to cut the...

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Does Humana Have a Free Speech Right To Mislead The Elderly?

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Lemieux, First Amendment Law, First Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Chip Pitts, Commercial Speech, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Cms, Medicare Advantage, Humana, Humana Letter, Healthcare, Humana in the News, Politics News

Medicare officials have admonished one provider for using customer lists to engage in political advocacy and lobbying -- a policy shift that could establish new legal principles in First Amendment law.

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