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Kaiser study finds ObamaCare premiums “lower than expected”

September 9, 2013

The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, a leading health policy research organization, reported “lower than expected” premiums for ObamaCare’s new insurance exchanges in a major study released last week. With open enrollment in new insurance marketplaces set to begin Oct. 1, the Foundation compiled premium data from the new marketplaces in the 17 states where it is fully…

Wal-Mart Rolls Back Employee Healthcare Benefits

October 21, 2011

From The New York Times: Paul Taggart/Bloomberg News Thereby returning an untold percentage of its workforce to the Medicaid rolls. By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and REED ABELSON Published: October 20, 2011 Citing rising costs, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, told its employees this week that all future part-time employees who work less than 24 hours a week on…

Hicks: Health-Insurance Fat Cats Driving S.C. To Poor House

May 4, 2011

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…

S.C. Blue Cross Swimming In Cash, Screwing Over Our State

May 2, 2011

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…

New Healthcare Changes Underway

January 4, 2011

9 Ways The New Law May Affect You in 2011 By Kaiser Health News Staff Jan 03, 2011 Opponents of the new health care overhaul law are threatening to repeal, defund and kill it in court, but that isn’t stopping Washington from implementing a number of important provisions in 2011. While many people will welcome…

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