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Shamefully, Medicare and Medicaid Are Being Abandoned by President Obama and Both Political Parties

Ed Koch | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance, Obama Administration, Medical Bills, Doctors, New York News
Ed Koch

I've been told by a knowledgeable friend that doctors throughout the country are notifying patients that they will no longer accept Medicare payments...

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Saving Medicare From "Private-izing" Ryan.

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Private Insurance, Affordable Healthcare Act, Privatizing Medicare, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Elderly, Senior Citizens, Ryan Budget, Premium Costs, Politics News
Paul Abrams

What kind of person deliberately deceives and misleads hundreds of millions of people into accepting a fairy-tale for their future health coverage -- and would leave them powerless to do anything about it?

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There He Goes Again

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Medicare, Vouchers, Paul Ryan, Private Insurance, David Brooks, Extremism, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

In his most recent New York Times column, David Brooks did what he does best -- attempted to dress up extremism in the guise of respectable, measured language.

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Sam Stein

Private Insurance Stays Silent, 'Neutral' On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Private Insurance Silent, Insurance, Ahip, Health Insurance, Ahip Repeal, Private Insurance, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republicans Health Care Repeal, Health Care Reform, Health Care Repeal, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After Republican leadership failed to pass repeal legislation in the Senate on Wednesday night, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commi...

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In Praise of Public Hospitals

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cosmetic Issues, Pediatrics, Laceration, Emergency Room, Time Physician, Stitches, Pediatric Emergency, Last Resort, Emergency Wards, Bad Rap, Private Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Emergency Rooms, Health, High Quality Care, Hospitals, Insurance Plan, Public Hospitals, Waiting Room, Private Insurance, Bellevue Hospital, Atrium, Private Hospital, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

Public hospitals have a bad rap. They're viewed by many as hospitals of last resort, and most patients with private insurance do anything to avoid them.

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Coloradans Exert Pressure On Bennet Over Public Option

Scott O'Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Bennet, Senator Michael Bennet, David Sirota, Petition, Health Care, Public Option, 760 Colorado Progressive Talk Radio, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Tea Party, Denver, Private Insurance, Bovvy Clark, Video, Denver News

On Wednesday, March 24, the morning after a major spring snow storm blasted Denver, a group of approximately 50 Colorado citizens led by local progres...

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U.S. Cancer Costs Double In Nearly 20 Years

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Private Insurance, Cancer Treatment, Americans, Cancer Drug, American Cancer Society, Health, American Society of Clinical Oncology, New Cancer Treatments, Cancer, Health Care, Cancer Patients, Cancer Care, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the m...

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Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Health Care Bill, Capitol Hill, President, Leadership, Insurance Companies, Debate, President Obama, Partisanship, Elections, Economy, Compromise, Immigrants, Business, Senate Bill, Legislation, Republican, Immigrant, Justice, Health Care, Private Insurance, System, Opposition, Public Option, Politics, Congressional Leadership, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Religious Leaders, Bipartisan, Migrants, Political Reality, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Consumers, Special Interests, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan Solutions, Health Care System, Partisan, Religion, Politics News
Jim Wallis

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

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Public Health Care Spending To EXCEED Private Insurance Spending In 2011

Wall Street Journal | PETER LANDERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Insurance Companies, Poverty, Health Care Spending, Middle Class, Premiums, 2011, House, Costs, Senate, Gdp, 2010, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care, Private Insurance, Home News

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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Sam Stein

Goldman To Private Insurers: No Health Care Reform At All Is Best

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Goldman Sachs analysis of health care legislation has concluded that, as far as the bottom line for insurance companies is concerned, the best thing...

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Clinic With Two Doors, A Symbol Of Two-Tier Care

msn.com | Bill Dedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK - In America, you get what you pay for. Those who pay more get better service. That's the way it is in restaurants, and in health care, too. ...

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Sam Stein

Private Insurer Also Provides "Death Panel" Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcare Death Panel, House Democrats Health Care, Democrats End of Life Consultation, United Healthcare, Death Panel Coverage, Death Panel, Private Insurance, Politics News

For all the hysteria regarding "death panels" being established in health care legislation, it's worth noting that under one major private insurance p...

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Yes We Need Heath Care Reform, But Not to Look Like London

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Leg Badly Set, Private Insurance, British Health Care System, New York; @Y:Health, NHS Teaching Hospital, London Hospitals, English Health Care, Chicago Health Care, Children's Hospital Chicago, Motorcycle Accident, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

I do not mean to argue that health care reform is not needed here, but rather that the British model is not one to emulate. In 2002, our son was hit by a motorcycle while crossing a London street.

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Our Existing Public Option

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

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Terry Curtis Fox

Private insurance companies don't want to be good capitalists and innovate. They fear competition because they are in a position where they don't need to provide a better service.

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The Last Story on Reforming Health Care: We Have Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles J. Zaremski

The debate over health care reform has turned to politics of fear and fear-mongering, instead of focusing on facts and reality.

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How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Private Insurers' Goals: Good Targets or Cynical PR?

John Geyman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Private Insurance, Health Insurance, Health Corporations, Do Not Resuscitate, Ahip, Healthy Living News
John Geyman

The gap between the rhetorical goal of low cost and price gouging is easy to understand: most insurers are investor owned and put their shareholders first.

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