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From AllBusiness.com: By John Arensmeyer–Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, opponents have thrown every attack they can think of against the wall, hoping something will stick. As attempts to repeal the law have failed, some of their arguments have become increasingly laughable and, unfortunately, unconscionably reckless. For…
From Mother Jones: Jim West/Zuma Advocates celebrate, but critics warn: A few details—like, er, funding—have yet to be worked out. By David Goodman Mon May. 30, 2011 3:15 AM PDT As Gov. Peter Shumlin took his spot on the granite steps of the Vermont State House, a row of people fanned out behind him wearing…
From The New York Times: By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: May 26, 2011 To be sure, Mr. Ryan had reason to be upset after Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 26th Congressional District. It’s a very conservative district, so much so that last year the Republican candidate took 76 percent of the vote. Yet on Tuesday,…
From The Spartanburg Herald-Journal: State Has Taken Millions In Federal Health-Care Cash By Stephen Largen [email protected] Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:15 a.m. As South Carolina fights in the courts of law and public opinion to stop the implementation of the federal health care law passed last year, the state is caught in a…
From Politico: The poll comes as Republicans are feeling pushback from voters over Paul Ryan’s budget plan. | AP Photo By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 5/23/11 7:18 AM EDT Americans aren’t convinced that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are necessary to balance the federal budget, a new poll found on Monday, even as lawmakers continue…
Kudos to The Post & Courier for continuing to hammer away at Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the S.C. Insurance Commission: Saturday, May 7, 2011 The last thing the people of South Carolina need, as the unemployment rate hovers around 9.9 percent and health care costs have increased significantly, is ineffective regulation of health insurance providers.…
From Rasmussen Reports: Monday, May 02, 2011 For the first time since Democrats in Congress passed the national health care bill in March of last year, support for repeal of the measure has fallen below 50%. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat favor repeal…
From The Post & Courier: By Brian Hicks [email protected] Wednesday, May 4, 2011 These days it really pays to have health insurance. But it pays much better to sell it. Renee Dudley’s story in Sunday’s editions of The Post and Courier said that Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina saw its profits rise 46…
From The Post & Courier: By Renee Dudley [email protected] Sunday, May 1, 2011 South Carolina insurance regulators under-use their statutory power to reject health insurance premium rate hikes, harming consumers who have struggled with continual increases in recent years, watchdogs and analysts said. The South Carolina Department of Insurance “only occasionally” reduces rates after review,…
From The Post & Courier: As premiums have risen, so has executives’ pay. By Renee Dudley Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in profits over the past five years, has boosted the pay of board members and top executives while sticking policyholders with ever-higher premiums, a…
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