This could have been filed under Healthcare - I chose Proper Role of Government instead. Tell me, what is the difference from one organization FROM AN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM aspect that comes along and says:
"Pretty nice <insert your valued object here> you have here; a pity if something were to [...]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878
DATE: November 8, 2009 Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870
Americans United for Change Applauds U.S. Reps. Hodes and Shea-Porter For Helping Pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act
“Thank You Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter for Standing Up to the Big Health Insurance Companies and [...]
I ended my last post this way:
Now add in the $103,000 rise in health insurance that we just learned about, and I start getting antsy. Sure, the Town Administrator has assured us that no change to the bottom line of the budget will happen - that's nice to hear....but I [...]
SOURCE: OpEdNews, November 8, 2009
House Passes Weak Public Option Health Care Bill, Selling Out Women's Rights. Includes Democrats Who Voted Against Bill
By Rob Kall
Giving a $1.2 trillion gift to the health insurance industry, betraying women's rights, the house gave the white house what it wanted.' [...]
In the Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby shares three ideas to make health insurance more accessible and affordable.
Tear down the barriers to buying insurance across state lines.
[...]Here is Mike Pence on the newly-released Pelosi healthcare "reform" plan seeking a government-takeover of the industry, courtesy of the Washington News Observer:
"The Pelosi Health Care Bill has emerged, and it's just another version of their government run health insurance plan that's a freight train of bureaucracy and mandates [...]
Viagra celebrates a birthday! Viagra is, of course, covered by most health insurance plans, even though some of those same plans do not cover birth control pills.
Loose with numbers: Medicare fraud report a fiction
By PIERRE TRISTAM
ESSAYS
I haven't watched CBS' "60 Minutes" in years. But it was one of those stories that stops you in your tracks: Medicare fraud is "a $60 billion crime." Medicare is the $456 billion government health insurance program serving 46 million [...]
A condensation I found at Townhall confirms what I've said before - the Democrats (Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, et al) distort the numbers because they know that most Americans can't tell you the difference between profits and profit margins. They have distorted the profits of the energy companies to [...]
Senators Reid, Schumer and Leahy have introduced the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act as part of comprehensive health insurance reform to eliminate the outdated insurance industry antitrust exemption, and force health insurance companies to compete fairly.
SOURCE: OpEdNews
October 19, 2009
Part Three: Talking with Former Health Insurance Executive Wendell Potter
By Joan Brunwasser
Welcome back for the conclusion of my interview with former health insurance executive, Wendell Potter. Let's circle back to the more personal for a bit, Wendell. When you decided to [...]
...At this moment, all Democratic politicians, even the most conservative, are realizing that their voters will blame them, not the insurance companies, if the [...]
SOURCE: OpEdNews
October 18, 2009
Part Two, Talking with Former Health Insurance Executive Wendell Potter
By Joan Brunwasser
Welcome back for the second installment of my interview with former health insurance executive Wendell Potter. So, Wendell. You decided to speak out. How did you go about figuring out [...]
October 18, 2009
Talking with Former Health Insurance Executive Wendell Potter
By Joan Brunwasser
Wendell Potter has been in the news quite a bit lately. He's the former health insurance industry executive who is now speaking out about industry practices as we debate how to reform [...]
SOURCE: Truthout.org
Wendell Potter tells Greg Palast health insurers' dirty secret. (Photo: Fighting Bob Fest)
Special Feature: Listen to Greg Palast's exclusive interview with health insurance company whistleblower Wendell Potter.
Also, [...]
