Health Coverage

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Health Insurers Could Bypass Some Key Reforms

Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, Senate Health Committee, Health Legislation, Politics News, Health Reform, Politics News

Legislators are designing this new insurance marketplace to protect consumers from many of the pitfalls and inequities in the current system. But even...

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A Child's Race Against a Deadly Disease

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Chip, Health Care, Disease, Children's Health Coverage, Politics News

Fighting two-year-old Case Hogan's degenerative disorder has placed his parents in great financial peril. Too many middle-class families have too few financial options to help pay for their children's medical bills.

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"Rescission": Health Insurers Defend Withdrawing Coverage Over Pre-Existing Conditions

washingtonpost.com | Karl Vick | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Recission, Health Coverage, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, Business News

Rescission -- the technical term for canceling coverage on grounds that the company was misled -- is often considered among the most offensive practic...

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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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Understanding the Uninsured Surcharge: What's in Your Wallet?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Health Benefits, Politics News

When it comes to political debates, issue framing trumps facts every time. Democrats are not going to win in a shouting match.

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Who Needs Health Reform?

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Doctors, Oxford Health, Health Coverage, Health Care, Health, Comedy News

That's the joy of horrible health insurance: When I'm thinking about how I could have died this year, my insurance lets me ignore it and instead think about the financial shit-storm that I've landed in.

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Let's Stop Playing the Lottery with Our Children's Health

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Children, Children's Health, Politics News

Because of the unjust lottery of geography, millions of children are excluded from the critical care they need.

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Health Care Industry and Congress -- We're on to You, and We're not Going to Take It Anymore

Kathie McClure | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Preexisting Condition, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Purple Bus Lady, Health Care, Politics News

Why would an otherwise sane Atlanta soccer mom brave hail, snow and tornadoes to drive across the nation inspiring others to petition lawmakers?

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Health Coverage: Making Too Little, Making Too Much?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Health Care, Children's Health, Living News

Texas serves as a prime example of why health reform at the national level that guarantees all children affordable, high-quality and accessible care is desperately needed.

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CPR for Health Care Reform

Dr. David Kipper | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Politics News

The once coveted doctor-patient relationship needs resuscitation if health care reform has a chance of surviving.

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Wal-Mart Backs Employer Health Insurance Mandate

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Wal-Mart, Business News

WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart is the latest in a line of traditionally Republican-leaning businesses to embrace key portions of President Barack Obama's...

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This Is Congress's Chance to Fix the Health Care System for All Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Congress, Medicaid, Chip, Children, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

Ensuring that children get health coverage early to prevent or treat childhood illnesses that could affect them in adulthood is one of the best ways to bend the long-term cost curve.

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Insuring Taylor's Future

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Uninsured, Children, Politics News

Many middle class families with children who have chronic disorders face being wiped out financially because too few private insurance companies cover the medically necessary care they require.

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Insurance Companies To Lawmakers: We'll Continue Stripping Coverage For Sick People

Los Angeles Times | Lisa Girion | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Health Care, Sick People, Insurance Companies, Health Coverage, Insurance Sick People, Politics News

Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical...

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Bridget's Battle

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Cancer, Health Coverage, Children's Health Coverage, Politics News

Desni and Bob Crock want their two-year-old daughter Bridget to have everything she needs to fight the rare cancer that's attacking her lung, but they find themselves fighting a second battle at the same time.

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Raising Women's Voices for Health Care

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Health Care, Immigrant Health Coverage, National Women's Law Center, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Raising Women's Voices, House Resolution 676, Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Maternity Health Care, Women of Color Health Care, Health Care, Gender Rating in Health Care, Amnesty International, Politics News

The financial downturn has made it crystal clear that women's economic status is intertwined with the health care equation.

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Medicare "Rip Off" Strikes Elderly As Obama Tries To Reform Healthcare

Bloomberg | Avram Goldstein | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Coverage, Insurance Premiums, Elderly, Medicare, Medicare Costs, Barack Obama, Health, Humana Health Insurance, Medicare Ripoff, Obama Health Care, Humana, Business News

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Just as President Barack Obama starts his overhaul of the U.S. medical system, providers of U.S.- backed health plans for the el...

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Fear A Layoff? Go To The Dentist, And Other Insurance Tips

MSN | Liz Pulliam Weston | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, COBRA, No Insurance, Recession, Business News

Americans are dependent on their jobs for more than income. Many of us get our health, life and disability coverage through our work. So as the risk o...

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