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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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Medicare Premiums To Rise 25% Next Year

wsj.com | Jane Zhang | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Medicare Advantage, Humana Inc., WellCare Health Plans Inc., Health Care Reform, Premiums, Obama, Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Seniors, Obama Administration, Business News

Premiums that seniors pay for Medicare Advantage plans will increase an average of 25% next year, largely because insurers, in response to new federal...

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Cutting Subsidies to Insurers Are Not Benefit Cuts

Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cms, Humana Letter, Medicare Advantage, Ahip, Medicare Advantage Plans, Politics News
Barbara B. Kennelly

It's time we call this decades-long dance with the insurance industry and Medicare what it is-- political extortion--not benefit cuts.

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

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.24.2009 | 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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Don't Americans Deserve a Health Care System as Good as the One In France?

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: France, President Obama, Breaking News, French Health Care System, Republicans, Medicare Advantage, Health Insurance Executives, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

We spend $7,290 per person on health care and end up in 37th place. They spend only $3,601 and they are number one. That's just not right.

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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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Time to Just Say No to Giant Corporate "Parasites" -- and Recognize Them for What They Are

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, President Obama, Parasites, Public Option, Blackwater, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Care Reform, Breaking News, Banks, Private Military Security Contractors, Medicare Advantage, Health Insurance, Student Loan Programs, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The corporate parasites are the loudest defenders of "free markets" and the most vociferous opponents of "government takeovers," when in fact they exist by feeding off the taxpayers.

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Ryan Grim

Astroturf Lobby Charged With Tricking Old Folks Into Writing Letters To Local Editors

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medicare Advantage, Ahip, Medicare, Health Care Industry, Politics News

Medicare Advantage plans -- publicly funded but privately administered Medicare plans -- are regularly accused of tricking the elderly into giving up ...

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Ryan Grim

Medicare Advantage Sellers Trick Elderly Into Giving Up Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medicare Advantage, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, Ahip, Medicare Advantage Plans, Politics News

Curtis Smith is retired, but his body doesn't know it yet. The 72-year-old's eyes still pop open at five a.m. every morning, just as they did for deca...

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