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Will 'progressives' let middle class burn to prove their point?
When Anthem Blue Cross announced its controversial premium increases in California recently, the insurer claimed, "a carrier must be able to receive actuarially sound rates." So it is remarkable that "progressive" San Francisco State Senator Mark Leno, a single payer health care advocate, recently introduced eleventh hour legislation codifying Anthem Blue Cross's "actuarially sound" defense of premium increases in law.
Health reform regulation scorecard: The big stuff is headed to court
Wouldn't it be great if we could all deduct our federal income and investment taxes from next year's income? And if we could also deduct that stress-reducing trip to a spa in Bora Bora? And if the government would just take our word for it? Fantasy for us, but the health insurance industry think that's what federal health reform ought to allow, on a corporate scale.
Obama's victory lap in rush hour gridlocks LA to raise $1 million for Congress
It took my wife an hour and half to make the two mile commute home Monday, after the secret service closed some of LA's busiest streets at rush hour to shuttle the president from his Beverly Hills hotel to a fundraiser for Congress...
HHS rate review grants contain stand-outs and sabotage
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that HHS awarded $46 million in rate review grant funds to 45 states. But how much new protection will consumers gain from double-digit premium increases?Insurers hold death benefits for more profit
Life insurers are facing broad criticism for profiting from the death benefits of soldiers and other life insurance policyholders after a claim is supposed to be paid...
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Recent Articles:
Resist Corporate, Insurer 'Blackmail' Demands to Exempt Junk Insurance From Health Law, Group Tells White House
CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan, 310-392-0522 x319, Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
September 2, 2010
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Health Law Changes Rules For Docs With In-House Imaging Machines
By Phil Galewitz, KAISER HEALTH NEWS / USA TODAY
August 23, 2010
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States Get Funds to Boost Oversight of Health Insurance Premiums
By Noam N. Levey, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
August 17, 2010
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Seattle Showdown: How Much Say Will Health Insurance Industry Have Over New Health Reform Law?
CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 213-280-0175, cell, or judy@consumerwatchdog.org
August 16, 2010
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Captive Life Agents May Face Selling Conflicts After Financial Reform
By Fran Lysiak, BESTWIRE
August 16, 2010
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