Reform backers call on Blue Cross

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

By: EasyToInsureME

Week of October 12 , 2009A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers made headlines this week in pointing out that the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform proposal, as currently outlined (approved by a 14-9 margin on October 13), would increase the cost of private insurance coverage for individuals, families and businesses above what ...

about 1 month ago

Too small for insurance

By: AliceCullen

It would seem that embattled health insurance companies are taking a page from Goldlilocks. Last week, a 4-month-old child was denied insurance for being too heavy (the company has since changed its mind). Now the Web is buzzing about a toddler who was denied coverage for being too small. On Wednesday morning, "The Today Show" covered the ...

about 1 month ago

EDITORIAL -- GOP Will Make a Huge Mistake If It 'Punishes' Rep. Cao

By: SkeeterVT

If the GOP's Right Wing Goes After the Party's Lone Asian-American Congressman -- a Vietnamese Immigrant Who Represents a Predominantly African-American (and Democratic) District -- Over His Vote in Favor of Democrats' Health-Care Reform Bill, It Will Risk Further Solidifying the GOP's Image as a Lily-White, Xenophobic Party That Is Hostile Toward ...

23 days ago

US Senate votes to start Obama health drive debate

By: intellectual

The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win for now. The 100-seat chamber's two independents joined all 58 Democrats -- including two waverers who declared their intentions just hours earlier -- to ...

10 days ago