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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…
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…
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…
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…
From Rick Ungar’s Policy Page at Forbes: The Truth About Opposition To Health Reform By RICK UNGAR A new CNN Poll out today speaks volumes about what is bugging the country about health care reform. The survey reveals that 59% of those polled oppose the health care reform law with only 39% in support. But…
Rep. Fred Upton says, ‘We’re going to go after this bill piece by piece.’ | AP Photo From Politico: By: Kendra Marr January 2, 2011 01:15 PM EST The new Republican-controlled House plans to schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care overhaul before President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union…
From The San Jose Mercury News: ‘Death panels’ are back, and that’s good news (Mercury News Editorial) Welcome back, death panels. Really. The ugly rumor last year that President Barack Obama favored government-sponsored “death panels” to decide which patients were worthy of living was a twisted, cynical campaign designed to simultaneously kill health care reform…
From Politico: Death knell for ‘death panel’ debate? By: Brett Coughlin December 28, 2010 05:15 PM EST The debate over “death panels” is hard to kill — but at least one Senate Democratic aide says the issue has now become “Kryptonite for the Right,” thanks to the way a new Medicare regulation is written. The new…
From U.S. New & World Report: Majority Either Like Health Care Law Or Want It More Liberal By Robert Schlesinger Posted: December 29, 2010 You may have noticed the CNN/Opinion Research poll released earlier this week, which had this all too familiar top-line: 54 percent of voters oppose President Obama’s healthcare reform law. But drill…
New proposed Affordable Care Act regulations announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will bring new transparency and scrutiny to proposed health insurance rate increases. These proposed rules allow HHS to work with States to require insurers to publicly disclose and justify unreasonable rate increases. “Year after year, insurance company…
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