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    <title> Why More Employees Are Saying No To Company Health Insurance </title>
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    <published>2012-05-24T13:19:39Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-24T13:20:08Z</updated>
    
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		        A primary factor driving employees towards being uninsured might not be that they aren&#039;t being offered health benefits by their company, but that the ...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cost-of-healthcare&quot;&gt;Cost-of-Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/workers&quot;&gt;Workers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance-costs&quot;&gt;Health Insurance Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/employee-benefits&quot;&gt;Employee Benefits&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/employee-benefit-research-institute&quot;&gt;Employee Benefit Research Institute&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-coverage-costs&quot;&gt;Health Coverage Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-coverage&quot;&gt;Health Coverage&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance-industry&quot;&gt;Health-Insurance-Industry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-benefits&quot;&gt;Health Benefits&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/rising-costs-of-health-care&quot;&gt;Rising-Costs-of-Health-Care&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/small-business&quot;&gt;Small Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Algernon Austin:  Latinos And The Good Jobs Crisis</title>
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    <published>2012-05-22T07:54:19Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-22T08:09:05Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Algernon Austin</name>
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		        If Latinos are to fully recover from the ravages of the Great Recession, they will need not simply jobs, but jobs that lead to increased earnings over time and that also have good benefits. In short, they will need what we call &quot;good jobs.&quot;
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/latinos&quot;&gt;Latinos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/poverty&quot;&gt;Poverty&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/good-jobs&quot;&gt;Good Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/income-inequality&quot;&gt;Income Inequality&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/retirement&quot;&gt;Retirement&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/wages&quot;&gt;Wages&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hispanics&quot;&gt;Hispanics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/unions&quot;&gt;Unions&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/latino-voices&quot;&gt;Latino Voices News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Pearl Korn:  With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It&#039;s Time for Single-Payer</title>
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    <published>2012-05-21T17:55:03Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-21T17:55:34Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Pearl Korn</name>
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		        Progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement for single-payer and work to ignite the Occupy movement on this issue.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/supreme-court&quot;&gt;Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/heritage-foundation&quot;&gt;Heritage Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/john-conyers&quot;&gt;John Conyers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/progressives&quot;&gt;Progressives&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/mitt-romney&quot;&gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/single-payer&quot;&gt;Single Payer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/democrats&quot;&gt;Democrats&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/occupy-wall-street&quot;&gt;Occupy Wall Street&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/gop&quot;&gt;Gop&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/affordable-care-act&quot;&gt;Affordable Care Act&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/new-york-state-assembly&quot;&gt;New York State Assembly&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicaid&quot;&gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicare&quot;&gt;Medicare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/massachusetts&quot;&gt;Massachusetts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/unions&quot;&gt;Unions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/politics&quot;&gt;Politics News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> &#039;Do You Want To Pay Now?&#039;: How A Hospital Hounded A Sick Patient</title>
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    <published>2012-05-18T14:51:08Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-21T14:51:31Z</updated>
    
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		        No one at the hospital ever said Bruce Folken&#039;s medical care would suffer if he didn&#039;t pay up, but it sure felt that way.&lt;br /&gt;
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Folken, 62, went to Fairv...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/lori-swanson&quot;&gt;Lori Swanson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt&quot;&gt;Debt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/minnesota&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business&quot;&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt-collectors&quot;&gt;Debt Collectors&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/credit&quot;&gt;Credit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/uninsured&quot;&gt;Uninsured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt-collection-industry&quot;&gt;Debt Collection Industry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hospitals&quot;&gt;Hospitals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business-news&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/slidepollajax&quot;&gt;Slidepollajax&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/accretive-health&quot;&gt;Accretive Health&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-costs&quot;&gt;Healthcare Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/personal-finance&quot;&gt;Personal Finance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hospital-debt-collection&quot;&gt;Hospital Debt Collection&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Ethan Rome:  More Hypocrisy From GOP&#039;s Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists</title>
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    <published>2012-05-18T20:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-18T20:01:36Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Ethan Rome</name>
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		        The Republican leaders in Congress have mostly defined themselves by what they&#039;re against, but now they&#039;ve announced what they&#039;re for -- the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act. I can only imagine the political identity crisis this is causing within the GOP.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/supreme-court&quot;&gt;Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/war-on-women&quot;&gt;War on Women&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/john-boehner&quot;&gt;John Boehner&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/mitt-romney&quot;&gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/affordable-care-act&quot;&gt;Affordable Care Act&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/gop&quot;&gt;Gop&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/paul-ryan&quot;&gt;Paul Ryan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/republicans&quot;&gt;Republicans&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/politics&quot;&gt;Politics News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Health Care Costs For Families With Insurance Reach Staggering Amount: Study</title>
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    <published>2012-05-15T11:00:23Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-15T11:10:51Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>The Huffington Post News Team</name>
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		        Health care costs for a family of four covered by workplace health insurance will exceed $20,000 for the first time ever this year -- $20,728 to be pr...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/uninsured&quot;&gt;Uninsured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/money&quot;&gt;Money&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business-news&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/careers&quot;&gt;Careers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/jobs&quot;&gt;Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business&quot;&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-costs&quot;&gt;Healthcare Costs&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/money&quot;&gt;Money News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Jay Weston:  New Dental Website Can Save You Money!</title>
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    <published>2012-05-11T12:32:52Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-11T12:32:51Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Jay Weston</name>
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		        Dental care has become increasingly expensive in this country, and even with insurance many people are stuck paying large fees on top of that.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/dental-care&quot;&gt;Dental Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicare&quot;&gt;Medicare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/discounted-dental-care&quot;&gt;Discounted Dental Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/best-of-la&quot;&gt;Best of La&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/brighter&quot;&gt;Brighter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/dental-insurance&quot;&gt;Dental Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/finding-dentists&quot;&gt;Finding Dentists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/yelp-dentists&quot;&gt;Yelp Dentists&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/los-angeles&quot;&gt;Los Angeles News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> The Cost Of Paying For Health Care Is...</title>
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    <published>2012-05-09T07:36:17Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-09T07:37:03Z</updated>
    
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		        BOSTON -- Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, ac...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/retirement-costs&quot;&gt;Retirement-Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs-rising&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs Rising&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/retirement&quot;&gt;Retirement&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cost-of-retirement&quot;&gt;Cost of Retirement&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obama-health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Obama Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/money&quot;&gt;Money News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Leann Reynolds:  How to Navigate Medicare/Medicaid With Cancer</title>
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    <published>2012-05-08T18:11:06Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-08T17:12:03Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Leann Reynolds</name>
        <uri>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leann-reynolds/</uri>
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		        When someone is diagnosed with cancer, they are so deluged with information about their health and how to treat the disease so that managing their Medicare or Medicaid coverage gets overlooked.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/family-caregiving&quot;&gt;Family Caregiving&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/caregiving&quot;&gt;Caregiving&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer&quot;&gt;Cancer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicare&quot;&gt;Medicare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer-health-insurance&quot;&gt;Cancer Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer-treatment&quot;&gt;Cancer Treatment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicaid&quot;&gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer-health-care&quot;&gt;Cancer Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer-treatment-costs&quot;&gt;Cancer Treatment Costs&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/healthy-living&quot;&gt;Healthy Living News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Access To Health Care Getting Worse, Even For Those With Insurance: Report</title>
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    <published>2012-05-07T16:35:23Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-07T16:35:15Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>The Huffington Post News Team</name>
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		        Even having good health insurance is no guarantee of getting the best health care. Ashlie Hubbard learned this the hard way after the birth of her dau...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/supreme-court&quot;&gt;Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/urban-institute-health-care&quot;&gt;Urban Institute Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/urban-institute&quot;&gt;Urban Institute&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-reform&quot;&gt;Healthcare Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business&quot;&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-costs&quot;&gt;Healthcare Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Wendell Potter:  Health Policy Dogs That Won&#039;t Hunt -- Even in Texas and Georgia</title>
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    <published>2012-05-07T14:47:35Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-07T14:47:35Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Wendell Potter</name>
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		        Yes, HSAs can be just what the doctor ordered for the young, healthy and highly compensated among us, but many others who enroll in these plans find out when they get sick that coverage is far from adequate.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/texas&quot;&gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/affordable-care-act&quot;&gt;Affordable Care Act&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/georgia&quot;&gt;Georgia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-savings-account&quot;&gt;Health Savings Account&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/tort-reform&quot;&gt;Tort Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/atlanta-journal-constitution&quot;&gt;Atlanta Journal Constitution&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/high-deductible-health-insurance&quot;&gt;High-Deductible-Health-Insurance&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/politics&quot;&gt;Politics News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Leo W. Gerard:  Obamacare Pays Off - in Real Cash</title>
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    <published>2012-05-07T08:30:24Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-07T08:30:23Z</updated>
    
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        <name>Leo W. Gerard</name>
        <uri>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/</uri>
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		        Nearly 16 million health insurance consumers will get rebates totaling an estimated $1.3 billion beginning Aug. 1 because Obamacare limits the profits that insurance companies can make off of illness, injury and pain. This is what Republicans are trying to take away from health insurance consumers.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/bell-telephone&quot;&gt;Bell Telephone&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/congressional-republicans&quot;&gt;Congressional Republicans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/laugh-in&quot;&gt;Laugh In&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/affordable-care-act&quot;&gt;Affordable Care Act&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/henry-j-kaiser-family-foundation&quot;&gt;Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/kaiser-foundation&quot;&gt;Kaiser Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medical-loss-ratio&quot;&gt;Medical Loss Ratio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/mlr&quot;&gt;Mlr&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/lily-tomlin&quot;&gt;Lily Tomlin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/us-supreme-court&quot;&gt;U.S. Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/ernestine&quot;&gt;Ernestine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance-industry&quot;&gt;Health Insurance Industry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/insurance-companies&quot;&gt;Insurance Companies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obama-health-care&quot;&gt;Obama Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/video&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-law&quot;&gt;Health Care Law&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/politics&quot;&gt;Politics News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Oregon Reforms Health Care For Poor Residents</title>
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    <published>2012-05-03T18:32:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-03T18:32:33Z</updated>
    
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		        Oregon may have found a way to improve the health care it provides poor residents while saving money. The federal government has agreed to give the st...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/kathleen-sebelius&quot;&gt;Kathleen Sebelius&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/budget&quot;&gt;Budget&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/economy&quot;&gt;Economy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/jobs&quot;&gt;Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/recession&quot;&gt;Recession&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/unemployment&quot;&gt;Unemployment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicaid&quot;&gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-reform&quot;&gt;Healthcare Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/john-kitzhaber&quot;&gt;John Kitzhaber&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/oregon&quot;&gt;Oregon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/video&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> U.S. Health Care Costs Highest In Industrialized World: Study</title>
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    <published>2012-05-03T13:11:37Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-03T13:52:36Z</updated>
    
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		        Health care in America costs more than in other industrialized nation and we aren&#039;t even getting the world&#039;s best care for our dollars, according to a...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obesity&quot;&gt;Obesity&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/oecd&quot;&gt;Oecd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/uninsured&quot;&gt;Uninsured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/asthma&quot;&gt;Asthma&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hospitals&quot;&gt;Hospitals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/doctors&quot;&gt;Doctors&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicaid&quot;&gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/medicare&quot;&gt;Medicare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cancer&quot;&gt;Cancer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/diabetes&quot;&gt;Diabetes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-costs&quot;&gt;Healthcare Costs&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Here Come The Feds: Hospital Debt Collection Under Scrutiny From Obama Cabinet Member And Democrats</title>
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    <published>2012-05-02T18:56:26Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-02T18:56:11Z</updated>
    
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		        Government regulators are looking into reports of aggressive debt collectors hassling patients at hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
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Health and Human Services Secretary Ka...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/lori-swanson&quot;&gt;Lori Swanson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt&quot;&gt;Debt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/minnesota&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/kathleen-sebelius&quot;&gt;Kathleen Sebelius&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/economy&quot;&gt;Economy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/jobs&quot;&gt;Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/henry-waxman&quot;&gt;Henry Waxman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business&quot;&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/video&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt-collectors&quot;&gt;Debt Collectors&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/uninsured&quot;&gt;Uninsured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/pete-stark&quot;&gt;Pete Stark&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hospitals&quot;&gt;Hospitals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hhs&quot;&gt;Hhs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Jamie Court:  The Preview Health Insurance Executives Don&#039;t Want You to See</title>
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    <published>2012-05-02T14:12:12Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-02T14:12:32Z</updated>
    
    <author>
        <name>Jamie Court</name>
        <uri>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-court/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">
		        Thirty five states require health insurance companies to get permission before raising rates, but not California.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/dianne-feinstein&quot;&gt;Dianne Feinstein&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/california&quot;&gt;California&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/dave-jones&quot;&gt;Dave Jones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/ballot-initiative&quot;&gt;Ballot Initiative&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/affordable-care&quot;&gt;Affordable Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/california-health-insurance&quot;&gt;California Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/california-health-insurance-rates&quot;&gt;California Health Insurance Rates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/video&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/politics&quot;&gt;Politics News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title>Scout, Ph.D.:  Thousands of Vietnam POWs Fight for Health Insurance</title>
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    <published>2012-05-02T13:01:21Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-02T13:08:49Z</updated>
    
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		        For the last two years, Mr. Khao has contacted every legislator he can, asking for official recognition and veteran&#039;s benefits for these thousands of U.S. citizens who were soldiers for the CIA&#039;s secret war in Laos. So far nothing has come to pass.
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/american-embassy&quot;&gt;American Embassy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/congress&quot;&gt;Congress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/minnesota&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/asian&quot;&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/special-forces&quot;&gt;Special Forces&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/war&quot;&gt;War&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/immigration&quot;&gt;Immigration&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/prisoner-of-war&quot;&gt;Prisoner of War&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/laos&quot;&gt;Laos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/post-traumatic-stress-disorder&quot;&gt;Post Traumatic Stress Disorder&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/changeorg&quot;&gt;change.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/cia&quot;&gt;Cia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/southeast-asian&quot;&gt;Southeast Asian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/air-force&quot;&gt;Air Force&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/vietnam-veterans&quot;&gt;Vietnam Veterans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hmong&quot;&gt;Hmong&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/vietnam&quot;&gt;Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/us-government&quot;&gt;U.S. Government&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/impact&quot;&gt;Impact News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Administration Halts Program That Helped Sick People Find Health Care</title>
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    <published>2012-04-27T19:07:12Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-27T19:07:38Z</updated>
    
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        <name>The Huffington Post News Team</name>
        <uri>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/</uri>
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		        Health insurance agents and brokers will no longer be getting paid to tell sick people about a government-backed health insurance plan that can&#039;t turn...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/preexisting-condition&quot;&gt;Preexisting Condition&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance-preexisting-condition&quot;&gt;Health Insurance Preexisting Condition&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/pcip&quot;&gt;Pcip&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/obamacare&quot;&gt;Obamacare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-reform&quot;&gt;Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan&quot;&gt;Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare-reform&quot;&gt;Healthcare Reform&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/pre-existing-condition&quot;&gt;Pre-Existing-Condition&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Nonprofit Hospitals Sued 40,000 Patients Over Unpaid Bills</title>
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    <published>2012-04-27T12:26:16Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-27T14:37:57Z</updated>
    
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		        Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level. &lt;br /&gt;
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Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bill...
        	    &lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/lori-swanson&quot;&gt;Lori Swanson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt&quot;&gt;Debt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt-collectors&quot;&gt;Debt Collectors&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/video&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/pete-stark&quot;&gt;Pete Stark&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/uninsured&quot;&gt;Uninsured&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/minnesota&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care-costs&quot;&gt;Health Care Costs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/debt-collection&quot;&gt;Debt Collection&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/economy&quot;&gt;Economy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/al-franken&quot;&gt;Al Franken&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/hospitals&quot;&gt;Hospitals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/jobs&quot;&gt;Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-insurance&quot;&gt;Health Insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/business&quot;&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/health-care&quot;&gt;Health Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/healthcare&quot;&gt;Healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/tag/north-carolina&quot;&gt;North Carolina&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/business&quot;&gt;Business News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    <title> Debt Collector May Face Federal Investigation For &#039;Abusive&#039; Hospital Tactics</title>
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    <published>2012-04-26T15:02:18Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-26T15:02:48Z</updated>
    
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		        A debt-collection agency that reportedly worked to obtain money owed by patients inside U.S. hospitals should be investigated by federal authorities, ...
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