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New Hire Mr. Potter Brings Blue Shield Into The New Year

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Rebates, Blue Shield, 2% Pledge, Old Mr. Potter, Medical Industry, Rate Hikes, It's a Wonderful Life, Big Insurance, Extortionary Practices, Henry Potter, Business News

Is it just me or is there something inordinately mean about sending out medical insurance rate hike packages in time for the very last day of the year?

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Five Reasons Health Insurance Companies Should Roll Back Rates Now

Ethan Rome | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Rebates, Health Care for America Now, Hcan, Profits, Stock Buybacks, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Affordable Care Act, Consumers, Health Insurance Premiums, Ethan Rome, Health Care, Business News

It's unconscionable that insurance companies continue to impose double-digit premium hikes on America's families and businesses to pay for their excess profits and financial shell games at a time when consumers and employers are struggling in this tough economy.

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Lies, Damned Lies and Republican Hypocrisy

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Mitch McConnell, Health Insurance Profits, Republicans Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius, John Boehner, Senate Republicans, Gop Health Care, Bill Gates, Health Insurance, House Republicans, Medical-Loss Ratio, Rebates, Medical Loss Ratios, Health Insurance Companies, Hcan, GOP Hypocrisy, Republican Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Health Care Reform, Warren Buffett, Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

The Republicans will say and do anything to help their rich friends. In the world of post-shame politics, they're the poster children -- they just don't seem to care how extreme and unconscionable their hypocrisy is.

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It's a Good Thing We're Still Talking About the Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heritage Foundation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Recovery, Stimulus, Arra, Rebates, Politics News

What has been absent in the current debate is a shift in how policymakers will think about economic stimulus -- and, particularly, about economic recovery -- in the future.

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Marketing in Disguise

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retailers, Women in Business, Retail, Business, Consumer Spending, Shipping, Rebates, Serving Sizes, Retail Industry, Consumer Confidence, Advertising, Marketing, Consumers, False Advertising, Airlines, Consumer Protection, Business News

When marketers knowingly play in the darker parts of the gray to drive sales, they're doing a disservice to the consumer and the industry. A good deal not a good deal when it misinforms consumers.

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Congress Passes "Uncle Buck" Bill

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Klnuker, Rebates, Bailout, Clunker, Cash for Clunkers, Car Sales, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Candy, Stimulus, Uncle Buck, California Budget, Pixar, Uncle Buck Bill, Cars, Comedy News

Congress has approved the "Cash For Clunkers" Bill. To qualify, drivers must admit to owning a vehicle whose appearance would be improved by an accident.

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Car Confidential

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebates, Financing, Economy, Cars, Consumer Confidence, Automobile, Dealer, Recession, Auto Industry, Business News

Many automobile dealers contend it's not that consumers lack money, or credit or jobs, but that they have a serious lack of confidence.

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IRS Uses YouTube To Spread Tax Rebate News

USA Today | Erin Kutz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The IRS is taking a cue from aspiring comedians and Barack Obama aficionados this week, making use of YouTube to get its message out. The agency prod...

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IRS Sending Out Millions of Alerts

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebates, Tax Rebates, Rebate Reminders, Tax Rebates Reminder, Irs, Tax Rebate Check, Henry Paulson, Economic Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Bush Economic Stimulus Package, Social Security, Social Security Benefits, Business News

WASHINGTON — Don't be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the Internal Revenue Service beginning next week and the n...

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Rebates: What You Need To Know

CNN Money | Jeanne Sahadi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Adjusted Gross Income, Tax Rebates, Irs, Taxes, Rebates, AGI, Business News

Lawmakers have given their final seal of approval to a $170 billion plan intended to spark the slowing economy. The plan's centerpiece: tax rebates. ...

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