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Joe -- We Know Where You Live.

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Healthcare Foundation 0f Connecticut, Cigna, Juan-Figueroa, Joseph Lieberman, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Aetna, Senate Health Bill, Dan Malloy, Politics News

Senator Joseph Lieberman is the rarest of creatures, a political Chimera. He calls himself an Independent, caucuses with the Democrats and is at his core a staunch conservative.

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How to Live on $0 a Day: Assuaging Rage, One Prick at a Time

Lesley Stern | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Bush, Citi, Insurance Companies, Justice, Hank Paulson, John Boehner, Real Housewives, Washington, Economy, Ben Bernake, Bailouts, Larry Summers, Psychology, Balloon Boy Dad, Humor, John Edward, Sarah Palin, Self-Help, Dick Cheney, Comedy, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Comcast, AT&T, Dr. Phil, Ken Lewis, Bill Kristol, Joe Jackson, Satire, Rupert Murdoch, Financial Crisis, Aetna, Jamie Dimond, Bernie Madoff, Rage, Lloyd Blankfein, Netanyahu, Depression, Chase, Mental Health, Rush Limbaugh, Carrie Prejean, Bin Laden, Recession, Advice, Jim Cramer, Vikram Pandit, Anger, Michele Bachmann, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Glenn Beck, Joe Lieberman, Kim Zolciak, Shadegg, Ahmadinajad, Crooks and Liars, Disney, Comedy News

If you're quivering with rage just thinking about Wall Street, it's time to take action. I've discovered a way to achieve a semblance of inner peace without therapists, tranquilizers or weapons.

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Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Aetna, Health Care, Joseph Lieberman, Mobilization-for-Health-Care-for-All, Medea Benjamin, Politics News

Nine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting fro...

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Lieberman Lies About the Public Option

Bill Scher | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Opt-Out, Health Care, Harry Reid, Senate, Joe Lieberman, Health Insurance, Aetna, Politics News

Lieberman announced today he would filibuster the health care bill because it contains a public option compromise. Why does he want to do this? I don't know (*cough* -- Aetna -- *cough* *cough*) exactly.

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Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, White House, Losers, Obama, Business, Legislation, Pharma, Politics, Scorecard, Negotiations, Baucus, Wellpoint, Aetna, Novartis, Pfizer, Health Care, Wall Street, Reid, United Health, Stocks, Merck, Winners, Insurance Industry, Senate, Profits, Health Care Reform, Health Insurers, Dodd, Medicaid, Bill, Medco Health, Politics News

The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

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Help Us Investigate How Often Health Insurers Deny Claims

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 11.18.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: House of Representatives, Unitedhealth, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Health Care Reform, Health Care, America's Health Insurance Plans, Healthcare, California Nurses Association, Eyes & Ears News

Amid all the loud arguments about the proper role for government and private companies in American health care, one point often seems lost: Exactly ho...

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Why Did Health Insurance Stocks Go Up After The President's Speech?

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Reform, Private Health Insurance, Marcy Wheeler, Human, Barack Obama, Health Care Speech, Ezra Klein, Health Care Reform, Cigna, United, Aetna, Wellpoint, Politics News

The president singled out insurance companies for special criticism in his speech on Wednesday. So why did health insurance stock prices go up the next day?

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The Audacity of Obama

Claudia Ricci | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Health, Insurance Companies, President of the United States, Speech, Barack Obama, Cigna, Audacity of Home, US Senate, Aetna, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Wellpoint, Politics News

Tragically, it's almost as though President Obama and his handlers don't get it. They don't see what we saw as he was swept into office on a groundswell of grass roots support in January.

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Dems Press Insurance Companies On "Purging" Small Businesses

Roll Call | Tory Newmyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Bart Stupak, Health Insurance Companies, UnitedHealth Group, Henry Waxman, Aetna, Healthcare Reform, Medica, Humana, Energy and Commerce Committee, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Democratic Lawmakers, Politics News

Two senior House Democratic lawmakers are seeking new information from six top insurance companies in an ongoing probe of the industry's business prac...

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Regaining the Momentum on Health Care Reform

Chris Shiflett | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foo Fighters, Rush Limbaugh, MoveOn.Org, Acorn, Seiu, Max Baucus, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Health Insurance, Cigna, Aetna, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Canada, Politics News

Our job -- liberals, progressives, union leaders, public health advocates, community groups, and even rock-and-roll performers -- is to challenge the lies and distortions put out there by the Fox News crowd.

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Is Obama Planning to Sign Congress' Health Care Reform Bill With Lipstick?

Wendell Potter | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Obama, Aetna, Kathleen Sebelius, Public Option, Health Care, Politics News

Sadly, I believe the fat cats are winning and that the bill Congress sends the president will be one that gives an industry with an unsustainable business model a new lease on life and a guarantee of unprecedented future profits.

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The Tyranny of Wall St.-Run Health Care: No CEO Left Behind

Michele Swenson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Bureaucrats, CEO Ron Williams, Wall St.-Run Health Care, Underinsured, Survival-of-the-Fittest Capitalism, Stock Options, Cigna, Corporate and Washington Entitlement, Congresspersons-Turned-Industry Lobbyists, CEO Karen Ignani, Medical Loss Ratios, Uninsured, Insurance Acquisitions and Mergers, Wellpoint, Shrinking Health Coverage Competition, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Government-Run Health Care, Socialism, Aetna, Ahip, Privileged vs. Undeserving Underclass, William McGuire, Bill Moyers, Politics News

The insurance industry has shifted to selling so-called "consumer-driven" plans with very high deductibles that shift a great deal of health care cost from employers and insurers to individuals.

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Occam's Razor Can Cut Down the Health Care Lobbyists

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Health Insurance, Electronic Medical Records, Sweden, Jack Abramoff, Cigna, President Obama, OpenSecrets.Org, Catastrophic Health Insurance, Canada, The Health-Care Industry, Aig, General Motors, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, Pharmaceutical Industry, Aetna, Federal Deficit, Occam's Razor, Lobbyists, United Health Group, The National Debt, Cyberounds.com, Peter Orszag, Single Payer, Cookbook Medicine, Single Payer Health Care, Japan, Blue Cross Blue Shield, France, Chrysler, Dow Jones, Great Britain, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Cuba, Holland, Scandanavia, Politics News

Private health-insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists are threatening the health and stability of America. Some argue that this is equivalent to crimes against humanity.

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The Simple Health Insurance Solution

Don McNay | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Insurance Companies, Obama Healthcare, Congress, Park Foundation, Obama, Health Insurance, Aetna, Kentucky Educational Television, Politics, Cnbc, Government-Subsidies, Richmond Ky, Nancy Pelosi, Wendell Potter, Partridge Foundation, Wnet, Kohlberg Foundation, Premium, Bernard and Audrey Rapoport, Health Care, PBS Documentaries, Blue Dog Democrats, Hillary Care, Ronnie Millsap, P&C Companies, Pbs, Marilyn and Bob Clements, Property and Casualty Insurance Companies, Insurance Agents, Fetzer Institute, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Fox Business News, Ben Chandler, Public Welfare Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Clu, Health, Hartford, Health Care Reform, Million Dollar Round Table, Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, Bill-Moyers-Journal, Hillary Clinton, Mitch McConnell, Anthem, President Obama, Medical-Loss Ratios, Cigna, Orfalea Family, Aig, Insurance Premium, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, American College, Personal Finance, Bill Moyers, Bill Clinton, Msfs, Life Insurance Companies, Chfc, Kentucky, Don McNay, Thirteen/WNET, Structured Settlements, Vanderbilt University, Claims Adjusters, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, John and Polly Guth Charitable Fund, Ket, Business News

I've had my own angry, screaming battles with my health insurance carrier. It seems everyone I've talked to has had a similar experience. I just don't see them marching on Washington about it.

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Is Offshoring America's Healthcare Next?

Scott Lachut | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Unitedhealth, Offshore, Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Business News

Citing the rising cost of healthcare, several insurers have taken a page out of travel guides for "medical tourism" and begun toying with the idea of sending their patients abroad for routine surgeries.

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