Pre Existing Condition Insurance Plan

Administration Halts Program That Helped Sick People Find Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.27.2012

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Health insurance agents and brokers will no longer be getting paid to tell sick people about a government-backed health insurance plan that can't turn...

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The Supreme Court's Bridge To Nowhere?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.29.2012

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Alan Sorkowitz of Tucson, Ariz., had been planning a road trip to see family this summer, but now that it seems the Supreme Court might strike down th...

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Health Care Reform Beneficiary 'Very Nervous' About Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.28.2012

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Mary Duffy is worried that if the Supreme Court strikes down health care reform, she will lose her health insurance. Duffy, who is 62 and lives in ...

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Still Paddling: Health Care Reform Two Years Later

Veronica De La Cruz | Posted 05.23.2012

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The Affordable Care Act has given all of us new rights. We cannot afford to forget why we fought so hard to win them in the first place. It's new land and territory definitely worth continuing to paddle for.

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Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Reaches Tiny Fraction Of Uninsured

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration trumpeted a near-milestone Thursday for the Affordable Care Act's fledgling program for people with pre-existin...

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The Bad Things That Can Happen When You Lose Your Job

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.27.2012

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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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Health Care Reform Program Much Costlier Than Expected In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.29.2011

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A temporary program created by the 2010 health care reform law has provided health insurance to fewer people than expected. Yet at the same time, in o...

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Health Care Reform Program That Covers Pre-Existing Conditions Sees Low Enrollment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jane Smith | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Fewer than 34,000 Americans have signed up for a health care reform program designed to insure the uninsurable until the new law's broad...

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Health Care Reform Program's Enrollment Far, Far Below Expectations In First Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Enrollment in a new federal program for the uninsured is far below expectations from when the program launched following the enactment o...

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98 Percent Of Federal Funds For Uninsured Go Unspent

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Though as many as 25 million uninsured Americans have pre-existing medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes, a year-old progra...

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Would You Spend Six Months Uninsured To Qualify For Affordable Health Coverage?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.27.2011

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The authors of the health care reform bill signed into law last year did not mean to create an incentive for people with private insurance to abandon ...

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Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan To Offer Much Lower Premiums

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The government announced Tuesday that it will lower premiums and ease eligibility requirements for its fledgling health insurance progra...

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Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan A Lifesaver For Some, A Missed Opportunity For Many

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.25.2011

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David Howard had been without health insurance for months when he heard early last year that a component of the new health care reform law would almos...

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More People Sign Up For Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, But Enrollment Still Low

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act's fledgling program for people with pre-existing conditions inched up to 18,313 in March, the Obam...

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Arizona Couple Ditches Insurance To Qualify For Health Care Reform's High-Risk Pool

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Rappaport and her husband, Alan Sorkowitz, said they watched the monthly premiums for their health insurance policy jump from $1,700 to nearly...

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Health Overhaul Centerpiece Endures Growing Pains

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medica...

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Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan: 1,200 People Approved So Far

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just 1,200 people have been approved so far for a new program to provide insurance coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. The program, know...

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