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For Mass., Individual Mandate Makes All The Difference

December 20, 2010

By Ezra Klein Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 18, 2010; 3:58 PM Unless someone can drop into Anthony Kennedy’s dreamspace and, “Inception”-style, either figure out what he thinks of the individual mandate or simply tell him what to think of the individual mandate, it’s not worth spending much time speculating on the ultimate legal…

Sorting Fact From Fiction Re: Health Insurance Premiums

December 14, 2010

From the nonpartisan, nonprofit Factcheck.org: The Truth About Health Insurance Premiums The new law has brought increases for some. But GOP leaders exaggerate. November 19, 2010 Summary Leading Republicans in Congress are blaming the new health care law for double-digit rate increases being sought by insurance companies in Washington state, New York and Connecticut. But…

Small Biz Tax Credits Available – Get Forms Here!

December 9, 2010

James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: December 03, 2010 04:44:22 PM WASHINGTON — As many as 58,000 small businesses in South Carolina may qualify for a new federal tax credit for providing health insurance to their employees, the Treasury Department said Friday. The Internal Revenue Service is sending postcards to the companies, urging them…

If Partisanship Hadn’t Replaced Public Service…

December 2, 2010

…this report would bode very well for the Affordable Care Act. First Focus Report Finds Medicaid Savings from Health Reform Will Significantly Exceed Costs to State Budgets Washington D.C. – As the President and Congressional leaders meet with governors this week to discuss the fiscal challenges facing states across the nation, a new report released…

Factcheck.org Goes In-Depth On Anti-ACA Distortions

November 22, 2010

From factcheck.org: The Truth About Health Insurance Premiums The new law has brought increases for some. But GOP leaders exaggerate. November 19, 2010 Summary Leading Republicans in Congress are blaming the new health care law for double-digit rate increases being sought by insurance companies in Washington state, New York and Connecticut. But insurance regulators, leading…

Guess Who Loves The Individual Mandate, Big Profits?

November 19, 2010

It’s a political pickle, all right. The same health insurance goliaths that secretly bankrolled  anti-Obama campaigns in the midterm elections, while publicly proclaiming cooperation with the White House, now have to persuade their politicians to lay off the individual mandate, no matter what their Tea Party supporters say. From Bloomberg Businessweek: By Drew Armstrong When…

Health Insurers Paid Chamber $86.2 Million To Stop Reform

November 17, 2010

Karen Ignagni, CEO of AHIP, the insurers’ lobby through which money was funneled. . Today Bloomberg broke an eye-popping story on the true extent to which health insurers went to quietly undermine reform while publicly assuring us of their cooperation. See here where former insurance industry insider Wendell Potter predicted as much, that Big Insurance…

What Happens If States Ditch Medicaid?

November 11, 2010

Expect longer waits here, with states still picking up the tab. By Suzy Khimm The Washington Post The Medicaid expansion was meant to be one of the hallmark accomplishments of health-care reform. The Affordable Care Act will expand the program rapidly by subsidizing insurance for all Americans up to 133 percent of the poverty line,…

10 GOP Ideas Found In The New Health Care Reform Law

November 11, 2010

Some stridently partisan opponents of the new health care reform law have vilified its advocates as enemies of our Constitution while ignoring that – complicated and imperfect though the law may be – major aspects of it were hatched within conservative circles or have enjoyed Republican support in the recent past. This often overlooked truth…

What The 2010 Mid-Term Elections Mean For Health Care

November 3, 2010

Below is the day’s best post-election analysis on the future of American health care, posted originally at The Incidental Economist. By Steve Pizer and Austin Frakt People are asking us, what does the election outcome mean for health care? In short, not as much as many think. There’s a big difference between campaigning and legislating.…

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