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Death Wish Politics

Mike Lux | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Companies, Deficit, 2009 Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Polling, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Individual Mandate, Jobs, Death Wish Politics, Politics News

Democrats have to figure out how to produce real benefits for real people now. Rather than bragging about the signs of progress in the economy when voters don't feel them yet, Democrats need to focus on jobs.

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CBO Health Care Estimates: Washington Post Profiles Agency That Estimates Health Care Bills' Costs

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Insurance Companies, Phil Ellis, CBO Numbers, Public Option, House, Cbo, Reform, CBO Estimates, CBO Costs, Negotiations, Health Insurance Companies, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Senate, Home News

Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis ...

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House Vote On Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Trust, John Conyers, Congress, Health Care Debate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Health Insurers, Insurance Companies, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Transparency, Politics News, Obama Health Insurance Reform, Health Insurance Companies, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

The battle against the health insurance industry is steadily intensifying. House Democrats have formally scheduled a vote to revoke the industry's che...

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Obama Weekly Radio Address: Insurers Are "Filling The Airwaves With Deceptive And Dishonest Ads"

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Health Insurers Have It All But Want Still More

Norman Goldman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cronyism, Wall Street, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Politics News

The health insurance industry has us all by the throat -- and yet they want more! They have a "10 Point Stranglehold Program" on America -- but they want 13. Here's what I mean:

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Health Insurance Stocks Down As Prospects For Reform Rise

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Health insurance stocks took a dive Tuesday, with the S&P Health Care Sector index becoming the worst-performing segment of the S&P 500, largely becau...

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Health Insurers' "Rape" of America

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Insurance, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Companies, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Politics News

Isn't it about time that every single American who is concerned about health care stand up and be counted once and for all and tell insurers, "enough is enough"?

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Health Insurance Companies Want Severe Penalties For People Who Do Not Buy Coverage

The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Lobbyists, Senate Finance Committee, Health CareHealth Care, Low-Income, Alissa Fox, Peter Orszag, Pre-Existing Conditions, Middle Class, Insurance Companies, Mandatory Insurance, Debbie Stabenow, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Insurance Companies, Schumer, Penalties, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Karen Ignagni, Individual Mandate, Chuck Schumer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Stabenow, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...

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If the Insurance Companies Win, We Lose

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Unitedhealth, Cigna Insurance, Stephen Hemsley, Health Insurance Companies, Ed Hanway, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

The health care debate is a fight over who gets what. It is a battle between the health insurance industry and the rest of us -- as consumers, as patients, as taxpayers.

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Gut-Check Time For Congress Over Health Care Reform

Rich Robinson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, President Obama, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Costs, Congress Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

Societies are judged by how they treat the least in their ranks. This is a gut-check for our country, a huge test whether corporate America runs this nation, or We the People do.

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Obama's Former Doctor: Health Insurance Companies Are "Screwing Up" Medical Care

CNN Money | Parija B. Kavilanz | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Companies, David Scheiner, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama's former personal physician of 22 years, Dr. David Scheiner, has been very vocal on the issue of health insurance, particularly with h...

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GOP Rushes To Defend Insurance Companies From Dem Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government Run Health Care, Insurance Companies, Congress, Health Care Debate, Dave-Camp, John Boehner, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Obama Administration, John Kyl, Senate, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Cms, Medicare, Health Care, Humana Letter, Politics News

UPDATE: Veering right into Glenn Beck territory, House Republicans darkly hinted Wednesday that the White House was behind the nefarious plot to muzz...

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If Done Right, Health Insurance Co-ops May Be Better Than a Public Plan

Jeff Blattner | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Companies, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Co-Ops, Politics News

Progressives who insist upon a government option would do well to remember the quality of government we endured over the past eight years.

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Karen Ignagni Won't Talk About Her Health Care Coverage

Mother Jones | —David Goodman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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What kind of health care coverage does the nation's top health insurance lobbyist have? Her trade group refuses to say. Karen Ignagni is the health...

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Dems Press Insurance Companies On "Purging" Small Businesses

Roll Call | Tory Newmyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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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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Health Insurance Greed -- From Bad to Worse

Kathie McClure | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Denying coverage to organ donors?! More proof that there is no limit to the greed of the health insurance industry. Without regulation and competition, they will ruin our health and our nation's economy.

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Progressives Rally Against Third Way

Adam Green | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Kessler, Sell Out, Third Way, Progressive, Jon Cowan, Anne Kim, Public Option, Capitol Hill, Twitter, Health Insurance Companies, United Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Lobby, Politics News

Yesterday, Third Way -- which claims to be the "moderate wing of the progressive movement" -- proved why they should rebrand themselves "the Think Tank arm of the insurance industry lobby."

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Competition Lacking Among Private Health Insurance Companies

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — One of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class is that it would quash competition...

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Major Health Insurance Company Urges Employees To Attend Tea Parties

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: UnitedHealth Group, Health Insurance Companies, Anti-Health Care Reform, Politics News

At least one major insurer is urging its employees to participate in tea parties. Last week, UnitedHealth Group--the second largest health insurance ...

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House Dems Seek Detailed Financial Info From Health Insurance Companies

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A spokesman for the health insurance industry accused Democrats of mounting a "fishing expedition" on Wednesday, as individual insu...

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Paying for Health Care Reform: Part 1

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Tax Hikes, Health Care Tax, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Companies, Insurance Companies, Congress Health Care, Politics News

The critical question of how to pay for health care reform seems more difficult than it needs to be, as Congress has chosen to rely on a reform strategy that depends on competition.

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Congress Is Behaving as if the Health Care System Isn't in Tatters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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We are either going to get no health care reform or watered-down health care legislation that acts as a bandage, helping some people but ignoring the larger problem creating the pain.

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Former Health Care Reform Foes Tell Obama Of Progress

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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A broad collection of health care interests, who pledged four weeks ago to work together to wring $2 trillion in savings out of the system over the ne...

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