Rescission

One Year Later: Health Care Reform a Law Worth Keeping

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendell Potter

The heated rhetoric we've been exposed to since the health care reform debate began has obscured the harsh realities of a system that failed to meet the needs of millions of Americans. Last year's reform law is a start to fixing that.

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Zach Carter

Fed Officially Abandons Plan To Gut Predatory Lending Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve Board of Governors confirmed Tuesday that it will not proceed with plans to gut a principal federal remedy for preda...

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Zach Carter

Fed Caves On Predatory Lending Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Following a public outcry from consumer advocates, the Federal Reserve is quietly backing down from a plan to gut the most significant f...

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The Fed's New Foreclosure Predator Bailout

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Carter

As if the last decade of abuse wasn't bad enough, banks are again mobilizing to screw borrowers in the pursuit of bonuses. And once again, it appears the Fed has become an accomplice to this nationwide mortgage scam.

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Ryan Grim

UnitedHealthcare Will Voluntarily End Rescissions, Second Insurer In Last Two Days

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Within a day of House leaders calling on insurance companies to preemptively end the practice of rescinding plans when a patient gets sick, two major ...

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WellPoint Routinely Targets Breast Cancer Victims For Rescission

Reuters | Murray Waas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer, Wellpoint Breast Cancer Rescission, Rescission, Wellpoint Breast Cancer, Rescission Breast Cancer, Wellpoint, Angela Braly, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint Rescission, Politics News

One after another, shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. ... The women ...

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Governor Schwarzenegger: Do the Right Thing, Sign Assembly Bill 2

Hector De La Torre | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hector De La Torre

California can lead the nation once again by removing the insurance industry's power to impose a death penalty on health insurance coverage and the care it is supposed to provide.

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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