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Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Olympia Snowe, Baucus, Timothy Geithner, Senate Finance Committee, Bailout, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Wall Street, Health Care, Politics News

The health care debate has become a convenient distraction, for both political parties, from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.

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The Millennial Generation Steps Up For Health Care Reform

Heather Smith | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Zach Braff, Youth Movement, Rock the Vote, Health Care, Millenial Generation, Health Care Reform, Health, Health Insurance, Donald Faison, Impact News

Young Americans are the most uninsured age group in our country. They are living and breathing the health care issue, most of them hoping every day that they will not suffer an accident or illness that will put them in deep debt for years to come.

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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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Insurance Companies Remind Public Why We Hate Them

Bill Scher | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus, Public Option, Health Care, Health Insurance, Politics News

The insurance industry is acting as if price spikes would just magically happen after the bill becomes law, not acknowledging that it sets the costs of premiums.

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What Civilized Country Operates Like This?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, Duke University Medical Center, Remote Area Medical, Kristof, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Keith Olbermann, T.R. Reid, Pre-Existing-Condition, Politics News

What civilized country operates like this? In case God-and-country defenders of the status quo need reminding, America's for-profit health insurance system serves neither.

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Short-Term Deliverables

Mike Lux | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Congressional Elections, Public Option, 2009 Obama Administration, Economy, Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Jobs, Politics News

The generic Congressional polling numbers are in a statistical dead heat, and Democratic base voter enthusiasm is trending down. But, there is no reason for the party to panic, yet.

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Help The Steins: Mother Who Went Blind To Save Her Children's Sight Struggles With Medical Debt [UPDATED]

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Care Reform, Debt, Public Health Insurance Plan, Health Insurance, Medical Insurance, Blindness, Impact News

UPDATE: Due to an overwhelming response from the HuffPost community, we've extended the length of this fundraiser, raising our goal to $30,000 (we wer...

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An Open Letter to Senator Max Baucus : Save Your Health Care Bill With Simple Reform

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote.

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Alex Lange, Parents On Ed Show: "Glaring Example" Of The Need For Reform (VIDEO)

Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurer Discrimination, Pre-Existing Condition, Baby Can't Get Health Insurance, Alex Lange Ed Show, Health Care Debate, Health Insurers Coverage, Ed Show, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Industry, Baby Can't Get Health Care, Alex Lange, Baby Can't Get Insurance, Video, Babies Health Coverage, Alex Lange Parents Interview, Pre-Existing Condition Obesity, Baby Too Fat for Health Care, Health Care Reform, Too Fat Baby, Health Insurance Reform, Babies Health Insurance, Politics News

Bernie and Kelli Lange, parents of the now famous baby Alex, went on the Ed Show tonight to discuss the recent whirlwind that engulfed them when the i...

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Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Senate Finance Committee, Wasted Time, Timetable, Health Insurance Industry, Obama, Reform, Reid, Baucus, Obstructionism, Health Care, August, Committee, House, Finance Committee, Democrat, Congress, Bipartisan, Democrats, Barack Obama, Americas Health Insurance Plans, Insurance Industry, Chris Weigant, Health, Industry, Health Insurance, Max Baucus, Obstructionist, Harry Reid, Republicans, Ahip, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.

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Insurance Industry Declares Open War on Reform: They Promise to Raise Their Rates If Reform Passes

Mike Lux | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, 2009 Obama Administration, Public Option, Politics News

The insurance industry has given health reformers the best argument we ever could have had to pass a public option and the strongest possible regulations on insurers.

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Colorado's Public Option: State Program For Sick, Similar To Proposed Federal Proposals, Proves Effective

The Denver Post | Jennifer Brown | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Health Insurance, State-Run Public Option, Public Option, Medicare, Health Insurance, CoverColorado, Denver News

Colorado already has a public option in health care -- it's just exclusive to sick people who have been rejected by private insurance companies. It's...

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Small Businesses Take A Back Seat In Obama's Health-Care Plan

Newsweek | Kevin Kelly | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Health Care Bill, Small Businesses, Small Business, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Insurance, Health Care, Bill, Health Care Plan, Business News

A healthy percentage of the uninsured, about 46 percent, work for small businesses too poor to afford insurance. And poll after poll says that fear of...

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Alex Lange Denied Health Care Coverage: "Your Baby Is Too Fat"

The Denver Post | Nancy Lofholm | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Debate, Health Insurance Industry, Babies Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Pre-Existing Condition Obesity, Baby Can't Get Health Insurance, Health Insurers Coverage, Babies Health Coverage, Health Insurer Discrimination, Baby Can't Get Insurance, Alex Lange, Baby Can't Get Health Care, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition, Baby Too Fat for Health Care, Too Fat Baby, Health Insurance Reform, Business News

UPDATE: Rocky Mountain Health Plans has now said it will cover Alex Lange, a baby they previously refused to give health insurance because of his weig...

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For 37,000 New York Unemployed, Benefits Will Soon Lapse

nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Welfare, Economic Collapse, Unemployment, The Great Depression, Food Stamps, Economic Crisis, Economy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, The Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, New York, New York News

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have had the unfortunate distinction of collecting unemployment benefits longer than anyone in the state's history. B...

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Health Care Reform, Climate Change, and the Evasion of Our Mortality

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trauma, Right-Wing Rhetoric, Climate Change, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, 9/11, Globa-Warming, Mortality, Heidegger, Keith Olbermann, Idle Talk, Death, Politics News

Much of the right-wing rhetoric about health care reform -- focusing on such non-issues as socialism, government control, and higher taxes -- has been obscuring what health care reform is really about: our mortality!

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Insurers Mount Attack Against Health Reform

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Insurers, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people...

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Mad at Greedy Insurers for This Health Care Mess? Then Why Aren't You Mad at Your Greedy Neighbors?

Keli Goff | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Diabetes, Insurance, Insurance Companies, Obesity, Health Care, Politics News

Obesity costs us as much as $147 billion per year, and smoking costs taxpayers a whopping $300 billion annually, or 1,000 times the amount of the AIG bonuses.

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The Health Insurance You Have Now Sucks

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Teabaggers, Financial Meltdown, Wall Street, Public Option, Economic Meltdown, Protests, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Recession, Politics News

The president likes to say, "If you like the health insurance you have now..." The problem is that much like your utter lack of financial security, the health insurance you have now... sucks.

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CBO: Baucus Bill Reduces Deficit By $81 Billion, Costs $829 Billion Over A Decade

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Health Bill, Health Care Bill, Cbo Health Care Bill, Health Bill Saves Money, Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Care Bill Cost, Health Care Bill Deficit, Health Bill Reduces Costs, Congressional Budget Office Health Bill, Congressional Budget Office, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-yea...

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A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Dialogue, Public Policy, Social Justice, Debate, Religious Beliefs, Misinformation, Dignity, Abolition, Religious, Biblical, Community, Health-Care Debate, Healing, Biblical Principles, Legislation, America, Civil Rights, Ten Commandments, Moral Values, Insurance Company, Abortion, Profits, Common Good, Principle, Civil Rights Movement, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gospel, Health Care, Politics News

There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.

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Health Care and the 'Predator State'

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Predator State, James K. Galbraith, Charles Grassley, Social Security, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Insurance, South Dakota, John Thune, Barack Obama, Darwinian, Politics News

Although Republicans have snapped up James Galbraith's catchy book title, the politicians have misunderstood his message. They need to go back over The Predator State for a second reading.

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Will We Ever Hear the Message Instead of 'Shooting the Messenger?'

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

We owe it to ourselves to consider Congressman Roe's Healthcare Reform Bill memo, as our important concern, without reference to our biases, should be the message itself, not the messenger.

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Thomas Frank: Conservatives Treating Health Insurers Like 'Panda Bears' That Need 'Our Nurturing'

wsj.com | THOMAS FRANK | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Predator State, Thomas Frank, Chuck Grassley, James Galbraith, Health Insurers, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Insurance Panda Bears, GOP Panda Bears, Grassley Panda Bears, Thomas Frank Health Care Reform, Politics News

In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith's book, "The Predator State," to his reading lis...

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Adjusting Insurance Company Attitudes

Ellen Snortland | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Divestment, Health Insurance, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, Muhammed Yunus, Domestic Violence, Politics News

For battered women in some states, state laws allow insurance carriers to deny coverage to victims of abuse because (are you ready?)... domestic violence (DV) is a pre-existing condition!

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