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Anthem Blue Cross Rate Hikes Move Forward, May Increase 20%

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes......

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Judge Denies Denies Health Insurers' Injunction: Massachusetts' Block On Rate Hikes Stands

The Boston Globe | Robert Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suffolk Superior Court Judge Stephen E. Neel today denied a request by six health insurers to allow them to implement double-digit premium rate increa...

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Prop 17, Mercury Insurance Claims Mocked In New Ad (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new advertisement by documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald aims to derail Mercury Insurance Group's efforts to change the rules that ultimately det...

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Arthur Delaney

Middle Class Losing Health Insurance Faster Than The Rich Or Poor

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the biggest "doughnut hole" of them all: Members of the middle class are losing their health insurance faster than any other income group, accord...

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Does My Insurance Leave Me Naked?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Emily Beaver As a California resident...

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Anthem Blue Cross Grilled By Obama Administration Over Rate Hike

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health ...

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Public Health Care Spending To EXCEED Private Insurance Spending In 2011

Wall Street Journal | PETER LANDERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time, government programs next year will account for more than half of all U.S. health-care spending, federal actuaries predict, as the ...

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Medicare Advantage Premiums To Rise 25% Next Year

wsj.com | Jane Zhang | Posted 05.25.2011

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Premiums that seniors pay for Medicare Advantage plans will increase an average of 25% next year, largely because insurers, in response to new federal...

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Insurance Insanity

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 11.17.2011

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Roseanne Colletti

The consumer health organization, "Families USA", reports health care premiums in the U.S. rose 5 and ½ times faster than earnings over the last eight years.

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Are Hurricanes Or Wall Street Losses Driving Premium Increases? CNBC Didn't Like My Answer

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Court

The CNBC anchors acted like I'd yelled fire in a crowded movie house when I pointed out this morning that it was investment losses driving insurance ...

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