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Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Mitch McConnell, Mike Enzi, Swine Flu Pandemic, Surgeon General, Humana, H1n1, Obama's Surgeon General, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

There is something terribly wrong when a political minority can hold up a nomination that has the potential to affect a nation's health.

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Humana: Profits Over People

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Public Option, Health Care. Tricare, Linda Peeno, America's Health Insurance Plans, Nancy Pelosi, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Michael McCallister, Max Baucus, Jill Canino, Medicare Advantage, Ahip, Humana, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Whoever picked the name "Humana" for the health insurance giant had a great sense of humor. Had the marketing genius in charge of picking a name for the corporation been more honest, he would have called it "Profita."

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Cigna, Stephen Hemsley, Edward Hanway, Health Care for American Now, Hcan, Angela Braly, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Insurance Industry, Profits, Max Baucus, Wellpoint, Karen Ignagni, Ahip, America's Health Insurance Plans, Michael McCallister, Rose Ann DeMoro, California Nurses Association, Richard Kirsch, Nancy Ann DeParle, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Kent Conrad, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News
Peter Dreier

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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A Free-Bike Solution to Traffic Congestion

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Trek, Crispin, Mass Transportation, Bicycle, Bike, Humana, B-Cycle, Louisville Kentucky, Urban Planning, Porter and Bogusky, Denver News
Alexia Parks

In 2010, Denver will be the first major city in the U.S. to launch a "Paris-style" free bike program. Minneapolis, Boston, and Miami will come on-line soon after.

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Seniors to Humana: "Don't Lie to Us!"

Jerry Waxman | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Florida, Medicare, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Humana, Tony Fransetta, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Bearing Witness, Politics News
Jerry Waxman

This wasn't the usual group of activists rallying for health care reform--it was a 21st century version of the Over the Hill Gang, although there were no wheelchairs or walkers in sight.

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GOP To Block Obama Health Nominees In Medicare Spat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Health Nominees, Gop Obstruction, Humana Medicare, Health Care Reform, Gop, Gop Health Care Reform, Medicare, GOP Medicare, Humana, Health Nominees, Humana Letter, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republicans said Thursday they wouldn't allow President Barack Obama to fill health posts until his administration...

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Does Humana Have a Free Speech Right To Mislead The Elderly?

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, First Amendment Law, First Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Chip Pitts, Commercial Speech, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Cms, Medicare Advantage, Humana, Humana Letter, Healthcare, Humana in the News, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Medicare officials have admonished one provider for using customer lists to engage in political advocacy and lobbying -- a policy shift that could establish new legal principles in First Amendment law.

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Humana Letter: GOP Defends Insurance Company's Misleading Anti-Reform Effort

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Humana Health Care Reform Letter, Humana Letter, Humana Baucus, Humana Letter Health Care Reform, Humana, Politics News

Humana Insurance company is under investigation by Medicare for sending a letter to senior citizens warning them that the government wanted to cut the...

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The Will Ferrell Video - Actually Not a Parody

David Dayen | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Insurance Industry, Mitch McConnell, Medicare Advantage, Health and Human Services, Humana, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Dayen

Shocking that Mitch McConnell would leap to the defense, Will Ferrell-style, of a health insurer based in his state which has feathered his nest to the tune of six figures, no?

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HHS Investigates Medicare Providers' Massive Misinformation Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medicare and Medicaid Services, Protest Hhs Humana, Medicare Misinformation, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Astroturf, Humana, Keep Government Out of My Medicare, Humana Mailer, Humana Medicare, Humana Letter, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Today, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department took its first steps toward cracking down on misinformation disseminated by Medicare providers.

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Help Us Investigate How Often Health Insurers Deny Claims

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 11.18.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: House of Representatives, Unitedhealth, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, Health Care Reform, Health Care, America's Health Insurance Plans, Healthcare, California Nurses Association, Eyes & Ears News

Amid all the loud arguments about the proper role for government and private companies in American health care, one point often seems lost: Exactly ho...

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Dems Press Insurance Companies On "Purging" Small Businesses

Roll Call | Tory Newmyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Bart Stupak, Health Insurance Companies, UnitedHealth Group, Henry Waxman, Aetna, Healthcare Reform, Medica, Humana, Energy and Commerce Committee, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Democratic Lawmakers, Politics News

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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New York Times' Insurance Industry Tearjerker Tries To Change The Subject From Industry Practices

David Dayen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Public Option, Traditional Media, Rationing, Wellpoint, New York Times, Health Care, Humana, Astroturfing, Politics News
David Dayen

The New York Times published a very nice press release from the desk of Humana, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies.

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Health Insurance Exec Admits Her Industry Rations Care: "We Believe In Controlling Utilization"

David Sirota | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Humana, Barack Obama, Rationing, Politics News
David Sirota

Reality is right there in black and white for all to see.

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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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Off the Bus, On the Bike

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Freewheelin Bike Share, Denver Bike Share, DNC Bike Share, Humana, Bikes Belong, DNC 2008 Green, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Signs of the Democratic Party's efforts to hold a "green" Convention show up everywhere in Denver. DNC officials drive hybrid Chevy SUVs; there are official emails encouraging media to ride public transportation, shuttles from major hotels to convention venues, even signs put up by Convention sponsor Coors/Molson boasting that the Convention's flex-fuel vehicles run on a brewery byproduct.

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Low Taxes and a Sale Boost Humana Profit

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Humana, Health Insurance, Humana Health Insurance, Business News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Health insurer Humana Inc. posted a 57 percent surge in fourth-quarter earnings Monday from its growing government segment, a ...

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A Price War In Health Insurance

BusinessWeek | Joseph Weber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance, Mercer, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, UHN, Business News

When UnitedHealthcare (UNH) told American Printing House for the Blind that its health insurance bill would jump 49.9% in 2008, Chief Financial Office...

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