Friday, 30. July 2010
Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund…
Friday, 30. July 2010
The Washington Post: “Opposition to the landmark health care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll, reported Thursday…
Friday, 30. July 2010
Aetna President Mark Bertolini said Wednesday that his company has seen much slower sales of national insurance accounts where large employers pay Aetna to administer plans for employees, The Associated Press reports. Under the new health overhaul, Bertolini said he expected less movement in that market because of the uncertainty in the law…
Thursday, 29. July 2010
A Fair Exchange The New York Times The battle over health care reform won’t end just because Republicans and Democrats find they can cooperate on exchanges…
Wednesday, 28. July 2010
Medical Liability Bill Key To Health Reform Roll Call Repealing ObamaCare and reforming our health care system in a responsible manner continues to be our primary goal – a goal that our constituents sent us here to achieve. Thus, we remain committed to passing comprehensive medical liability reform as part of the solution…
Friday, 23. July 2010
Kaiser Health News /The Washington Post obtained a summary of new rules to be released Thursday by the Obama administration that will make it easier for consumers to appeal the denials of their health insurance claims as the White House tries to “boost political support” for the new health law…
Friday, 23. July 2010
“U.S. workers who lost their jobs as of June 1 won’t be eligible for a 65 percent federal subsidy to help pay for health insurance under an unemployment bill the Senate approved yesterday,” Bloomberg reports. That provision and other assistance programs were stripped from the jobless bill because of concerns about how to pay for them…
Thursday, 22. July 2010
The New York Times: “The Senate broke a stalemate on Tuesday over extending unemployment benefits for Americans who have been out of work for six months or more, voting to override Republican objections that the bill’s costs would add to the federal deficit” (Hulse, 7/20)…
Thursday, 22. July 2010
The New York Times: “The Senate broke a stalemate on Tuesday over extending unemployment benefits for Americans who have been out of work for six months or more, voting to override Republican objections that the bill’s costs would add to the federal deficit” (Hulse, 7/20)…
Thursday, 15. July 2010
CBS News: Support for the new health reform law has dropped seven percentage points in the last two months, though it remains higher than when the law was first signed in March. “Forty-nine percent of Americans now disapprove of the health care reform measure, according to the poll, which was conducted July 9-12. Thirty-six percent support the law…