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Experts Doubt GOP’s ‘Job Killer’ Claim

January 18, 2011

By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Despite what Republicans say, the 2010 health care law isn’t necessarily a job killer. Republicans have titled their effort to overturn the law the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act,” and that’s their favorite talking point against it. The House of Representatives will start debate on…

Common-Sense Cost Controls? Yea, They’re In There Too.

January 14, 2011

    January 13, 2011, 3:47 pm Wishful Thinking on Health Costs By DAVID LEONHARDT Opponents of the health law sometimes like to suggest that cutting health costs would be easy, if only we’d be willing to try common-sense ideas. But that’s wishful thinking. The law does include most of the common-sense ideas supported by…

As Congress Brawls, Investors Realize Reform’s Promise

January 13, 2011

Molina Healthcare is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. | AP Photo By SARAH KLIFF | 1/13/11 12:18 AM EST Updated: 1/13/11 6:55 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO – As Republicans push forward on repealing health reform, planning the law’s demise, a different conversation is happening among thousands of health care investors gathered in San…

Why We Can’t Afford Repeal

January 13, 2011

A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group The Cost of Repeal: Examining the Impacts on Consumers and Businesses of Repealing the New Federal Health Care Law 2011-01-10 Executive Summary On March 23, 2010, after a long congressional debate, President Barack Obama signed into law comprehensive federal health care reform legislation, known as…

S.C. Mandating Managed Care For Medicaid Patients

January 13, 2011

From The Associated Press: Published: Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011 | 5:24 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. – Most Medicaid patients in South Carolina will be required to choose a managed care plan starting this spring, a state agency announced Tuesday. With few exceptions, the state Department of Health and Human Services is getting rid of the…

10 Ways Healthcare Repeal Would Harm Children

January 13, 2011

From Huffington Post: By Bruce Lesley and Lisa Shapiro Posted: January 8, 2011 10:50 AM As is the ritual in Washington every two years, this week Congress began a new legislative session with Republican John Boehner (R-OH) holding the Speaker’s gavel. In remarks opening the 112th Session, Speaker Boehner recognized the enormous challenges of our…

So Far, Insurance ‘Bridge’ Interests Fewer Than Expected

January 13, 2011

From The Post & Courier: By Renee Dudley [email protected] Sunday, January 9, 2011 Just more than 100 South Carolinians are enrolled in the federally-run insurance plan for adults with so-called “pre-existing” medical conditions, according to the latest data. Some advocates for the uninsured said last week that figure is far below their expectations. “Clearly there…

So Much For The “Job-Killing Health Care Act”

January 7, 2011

We’ve posted before about the surprising number of small businesses already taking advantage of the Affordable Care Act’s tax cut incentive and offering health insurance to their employees. We’re posting again because it’s great news and now the big money men are paying attention, as evidenced by this column in Forbes. And, please, note that…

CBO: Repeal Health Reform, Add $230 Billion To Deficit

January 6, 2011

Based on previous analysis, repealing would increase the deficit, CBO director Doug Elmendorf writes. | AP Photo By SARAH KLIFF Republicans kicked off the first day of congressional proceedings to overturn health reform with unwelcome news: a Congressional Budget Office estimate that repeal would increase the deficit by $230 billion by 2021. The nonpartisan CBO’s…

Protect Health Care For All Americans!

January 6, 2011

South Carolinians, please urge your congressman to preserve the new Affordable Care Act ahead of next week’s House vote! The new health care law contains too much good for us to abandon it. See below what South Carolina would lose with its repeal, and then please contact your congressman! Rep. Tim Scott (SC-01) – (202)…

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