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How to Live On $0 a Day: Bailouts for the Rest of Us

Lesley Stern | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Gold, Economic Crisis, Humor, Economy, Credit Cards, Recession, Lawsuit, Conan O'Brien, Bailout, Satire, Oxycontin, Financial Crisis, Extortion, Comedy, David Letterman, Insurance Companies, Emotional Damage, Pharmaceutical Industry, Banks, Depression, Windfall, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

It doesn't really matter why you need the money, all you know is that life as you know it will cease to exist if you don't get your hands on a big chunk of cash. Yesterday.

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Dr. Oz Puts a Face on the Uninsured

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: National Association of Free Clinics, Health Insurance, Uninsured, Dr. Oz Show, Free-Health-Clinics, Health Insurance Reform, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

Who exactly are these uninsured people we keep hearing about? They're not what many people expect. The vast majority of the uninsured -- 81 percent -- come from working families with low incomes.

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What Repealing the Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption Would Do

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Trust, Health Care Reform, South-Park-Insurance-Companies, Health Care, Health Insurance, Harry Reid, Congrss, Anti-Trust Exemption, Chuck Schumer, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

Price fixing and deal making is absolutely illegal in other businesses, but in the insurance industry, because of an anti-trust exemption, customers are duped without repercussions.

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Punishing the Health Insurance Cartel for Extortion and Fraud

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Ahip Study, Olympia Snowe, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Mafia, Joe Lieberman, Keith Olbermann, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Bob Cesca

If there was any lingering doubt about the ethical bankruptcy of the health care cartel, we now have incontrovertible evidence in the form of a new report commissioned by the health insurance lobby.

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The Audacity of Greed

Robert Reich | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Robert Reich, Public Option, Public Plan, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Public Option, Politics News
Robert Reich

Health insurers have just made the best argument yet about why a public insurance option is necessary.

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It's Time To Bet On Health Insurance Reform

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gambling, Moral Hazard, Public Option, Alan Grayson, Senator Orrin Hatch, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

The very nature of the health insurance industry is antithetical to its stated reason for being: helping people stay well and to get better.

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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
Robert Scheer

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
Heather Smith

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
Miles J. Zaremski

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
Bill Scher

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
Tom Sullivan

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
Mike Lux

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

Read More: Baucus Bill, Public Health Insurance Plan, Senator Max Baucus, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc Medical School, Senate Finance Committee, Gang of Six, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Insurance Industry, Medical Schools, Keck School of Medicine, Health Care Reform, Los Angeles Times, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Reform, America's Health Choices Act, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

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
Chris Weigant

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
Mike Lux

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
Robert D. Stolorow

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
Keli Goff

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
Bob Cesca

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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