Starting in 2014, health insurance exchanges will be up and running. They will serve as online hubs where individuals and businesses can shop for coverage with the help of easy-to-understand information on all their… Read more.
02.24.2011 /
Insights Blog
Just a year ago, children with pre-existing conditions like leukemia, or even asthma, could be denied health insurance. Seniors struggled to pay for prescription drugs when they reached the “doughnut hole.” And recent college… Read more.
02.24.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
The people's response to Governor Scott Walker's "budget repair bill" is a poignant reminder to each of us to engage in the broader debate about where we are headed as a country. Should not… Read more.
02.23.2011 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law last March, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been working around the clock to implement its provisions. As part of their… Read more.
02.17.2011 /
Colleen Haller,
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Insights Blog
The recent court decisions regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, specifically the individual responsibility provision or “individual mandate,” have reignited the debate between opponents and proponents of the new law. With two… Read more.
02.10.2011 /
Colleen Haller,
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Insights Blog
This blog was originally written and posted by Jen from Young Invincibles. Today the Department of Health and Human Services released proposed rules that would apply the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) consumer protections to college… Read more.
02.10.2011 /
Insights Blog
This story was originally posted by Eve Gittelson on Daily Kos. This unspeakable tragedy, was just brought to my attention, I'm at a loss for words. Melissa Hall was a self-employed, freelance writer and editor.… Read more.
02.04.2011 /
Insights Blog
Originally featured on Huffington Post Yesterday afternoon, Judge Rodger Vinson, who has presided over the 26-state lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, issued his ruling. In a decision that constitutes radical judicial activism run amok,… Read more.
02.02.2011 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
After attending our action-packed Health Action 2011 conference this past weekend, health care advocates from across the country are returning to their home states, ready to continue the fight for quality health care for… Read more.
02.02.2011 /
Rachel Bates,
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Insights Blog
This was originally posted on AOL News Before the ink was even dry on the Affordable Care Act, opponents of reform have been working overtime, doing anything and everything they can to repeal health reform… Read more.
01.31.2011 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
Before the ink was even dry on the Affordable Care Act, opponents of reform rolled up their sleeves and got to work to repeal dozens of consumer protections that were included in the new… Read more.
01.20.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
It seems like we’ve heard the same talking points from conservatives for the past year and a half. They say that the Affordable Care Act will increase the deficit, even though the non-partisan Congressional… Read more.
01.20.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
This blog was originally written and posted by Shavon Arline, National Health Director of the NAACP. As we begin this new year, the NAACP finds ourselves back in the fight to support that which is now… Read more.
01.19.2011 /
Insights Blog
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was created in 1974 by the passage of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. Its purpose is to provide the Congress with “objective, nonpartisan, and timely analysis to aid… Read more.
01.13.2011 /
Tara Bostock,
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Insights Blog
We’ve got some good news, and we’ve got some bad news. The good news is that CMS reports that health care spending in 2009 grew by the slowest rate in the last 50 years. The bad news is… Read more.
01.12.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
This is a guest blog by Lynn Quincy of Consumers Union. Starting in 2012, privately insured Americans will have an easier time evaluating their health insurance choices: The Affordable Care Act requires all medical… Read more.
01.11.2011 /
Insights Blog
