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NewsCuccinelli health reform challenge labeled 'extremist'
Opponents of Virginia's challenge to the healthcare reform law pointed out how killing the legislation would hurt Americans. "Today we saw political extremism and requested judicial activism run amok Read more...
Sick people can't count on access to high-risk pools
If it looks like too many sick people are trying to sign up for the high-risk pool plan, they could be turned away, reports The Hill. Richard Popper, deputy director of the Office of Consumer Read more...
No insurance? Consequences could be deadly
A lack of health insurance will result in the deaths of more than 275,000 Americans between the ages of 25 and 64 over the next decade, according to the report, "Lives on the Line: The Deadly Read more...
Study: Health premiums up 95 percent since 2000
Here's a new health expense number that has a certain horror-movie quality, even to those of us who have followed the business for decades. According to a new study nonprofit advocacy group Families Read more...
Harry and Louise are back--and pitching health reform
If you have a grey hair or two on your head, you doubtless remember Harry and Louise, the hapless middle-class couple depicted in 1990s anti-reform ads mounted by health insurance industry. Harry and Read more...
Study: 37 percent of CA residents have been uninsured at one point
An analysis by Families USA, a health advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., discovered that 37 percent of non-senior California residents have gone without health insurance at one time or another Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Tax Credit Calculator from CHOICE Administrators Helps Small Businesses Access Billions of Federal Dollars for EORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- National health reform legislation passed earlier this year provides for billions of dollars in federal tax credits to be made available to small business owners in Read more >> More Than 1 in 5 Non-Elderly Americans Have Diagnosed Pre-Existing Health ConditionsNew Report Reveals 57.2 Million Non-Elderly Americans Will Gain Protections from Health Reform Law Prohibiting Insurance Coverage Denials and Discriminatory Premiums WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> |
