Today’s Health Care Court Cases
This post was written by Stephanie Cutter and originally posted on the White House Blog. Today, judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia will hear arguments in two… Read more.
A video starring your mother
Mother’s day is this Sunday and, unlike previous years, you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get your Mom a great gift. Our friends at Mom’s Rising have created an awesome video… Read more.
05.06.2011 / / Insights Blog
On cervical cancer prevention
Each year about 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 4,000 American women die from the disease. While this number has decreased over the last few decades, it… Read more.
05.04.2011 / / Insights Blog
Barbour insists there’s no one in Mississippi without health care
Last week, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said, “There’s nobody in Mississippi that does not have access to health care.” As a Native Mississippian, I truly cannot understand how Governor Barbour can outright lie like that. Saying… Read more.
04.28.2011 /
Good news for recent college graduates
With college graduations quickly approaching, there will be a new wave of young adults looking for jobs. Graduation also means that these same adults will have to start making payments on their student loans.… Read more.
04.26.2011 / / Insights Blog
The California Health Benefits Exchange is Born!
This blog was originally written and posted by California Health Access. The California Health Benefits Exchange Board held its first meeting today in Sacramento. The Board, staff, and nearly 100 stakeholders in the audience were… Read more.
04.25.2011 /
A gift to you this tax day
It’s that dreaded time of year that only those of us who are guaranteed a big return are excited for: Yesterday was tax day. But please bear with us for a moment, because this… Read more.
04.19.2011 / / Insights Blog
Skip the Appeals Process??
Just a few moments after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed suit in federal court in an effort to repeal the vital consumer protections that… Read more.
04.15.2011 / / Insights Blog
Health insurance: Even tough for CEOs to get
The truth really is stranger than fiction: Even the CEO of one of the most powerful health insurance companies would have issues finding health insurance in the individual market. In an interview with Kaiser Health… Read more.
04.13.2011 / / Insights Blog
Health Coverage Still Tough To Get For Individuals
A recent report released by Commonwealth Fund, a health care advocacy group, found that nearly three-quarters of Americans who tried to buy insurance on the individual market in the last three years faced obstacles that… Read more.
03.31.2011 / / Insights Blog
The crab and his mother
Aesop tells us an interesting story called “The Crab and His Mother.” The fable goes: A crab said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming… Read more.
03.28.2011 / / Insights Blog
Battling back against rate hikes
Carrie Fitzgerald, an advocate for children and families in Iowa, was frustrated by health insurance premiums continually increasing for Iowans in the individual market. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield dominates 80 percent of… Read more.
03.24.2011 / / Insights Blog
Patients will no longer pay more, then get less
Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, President of the National Physician's Alliance, was sick and tired of seeing more and more of her patients paying more for insurance and getting less in return. She calls the… Read more.
03.23.2011 /
One year later: No death panels here
I don’t know about you, but it seems like yesterday that Sarah Palin was speaking into every microphone she could find lamenting that health reform would lead to President Obama personally pulling the plug… Read more.
03.23.2011 / / Insights Blog
How health reform helps young adults
In the video above, Aaron Smith, co-founder of Young Invincibles, a group representing the interests of 18 to 34-year-olds in the health care debate, talks about the benefits of the Affordable Care… Read more.
03.18.2011 /
Health reform prevents medical bankruptcies
Stacie is no stranger to the pitfalls of the health care system. As a mother of two daughters who survived cancer, she depends on quality, consistent health insurance to ensure that her… Read more.