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• An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 439
  Wrap these reforms together -- a public option open to everyone (allow states to opt out of this if they dare), Medicare-negotiated drug benefits, no 12-year monopoly for new drugs, and a major... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Health insurers could bypass some key reforms

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But thats what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway.
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• Paraskevidekatriaphobia & Friday the 13th superstitions

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New York, Nov 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the phobia of fear of the day when it is Friday also and the date is 13th. Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or extreme bad luck. In the Gregorian [...]
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• Goldman Sachs Report: Watered Down Senate Bill Would Lead To ‘Bull Case Scenario’ For Insurance Industry

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 757
  The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein has obtained a Goldman Sachs report analyzing the impact of health reform on Cigna, Aetna, WellPoint, UnitedHealth and Humana. The report , conducted sometime in mid-October, concludes that a more moderate version of the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) legislation would lead to ...
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  Insurance Industry Blog — Authority: 123
  
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• Myners goes into battle with Brussels over insurers

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Finance Blog — Authority: 669
  Perhaps it is because he is unelected and therefore not subject to the tyranny of the ballot box, but Lord Myners, the City minister, has always struck me as one of the good guys in government. We’ll forget the inept and disingenuous way he dealt with the Fred Goodwin pension issue. But in terms of [...]
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• Barack Obama’s Health Insurance Plan and Its Effect on Ohio Health Insurance

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 144
  Barack Obama’s ambitious health care plan is fairly simple and straightforward. His plan seeks to dramatically and swiftly increase the number of people that have health insurance . He insists that this plan will save the typical American family approximately $2500 in annual costs. Since the average Ohio ...
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• Acute care bundling can benefit patients, providers AND payers

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 117
  By Rick NorlingRetired CEO Premier healthcare alliance Innovative efforts at Geisinger Health System to re-engineer care have led to an exciting concept called acute care bundling.   The boundaries of acute care have typically been admission and discharge processes at hospitals. However, the opportunity for process ...
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• Big question mark: Fate of health care in Senate (AP)

  
  Politics - Political News — Authority: 153
  WASHINGTON – The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged ...
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• I will tell you exactly what will happen if you get this Universal Health care.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  This is based on 26 years in the Medical field and I warn you I am not going to pull any punches. I will not “pretty it up” so it sounds better as the media and our government is so adept at doing.. I am going to tell it exactly how it will be and how events will transpire. This is based both on my understanding ...
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• House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies (AP)

  
  Politics - Political News — Authority: 153
  WASHINGTON – A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers. The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak , D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would ...
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• Robert Reich: Healthcare Advice To Obama From An Unlikely Source

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Priorities, Priorities, Priorities Robert Reich , staunch partisan democrat, made these comments in his blog November 1 regarding the priorities of the Obama administration. Todays employment numbers make them that much more valid. "Obamas focus on health care rather than jobs, when the ...
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• Government should not act like a private insurance company

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 117
  By Mike StephensRetired CEO Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian  True cost savings from healthcare reform legislation will be highly unlikely if the government behaves like a private health insurance company. As announced late last week, the so-called public option will not impose what the plan will pay hospitals, ...
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• Senate Bill: Insurers Must Cover “Prayer Treatments”

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 565
  The measure would put Christian Science prayer treatments…on the same footing as clinical medicine. While not mentioning the church by name, it would prohibit discrimination against “religious and spiritual healthcare.” Full report from Los Angeles Times .
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• 5 Things You should Never Say to Your Insurers

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 447
  Some words are red flags to insurers and using them could mean that your claim might be delayed or even denied.1. “I Think …”Never begin a statement regarding a claim with these words. If you aren’t sure, don’t guess. What you say could cause your claim to be delayed or denied, says attorney Vedica Puri. ...
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• What Health Care Reform Means for Mental Health

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 601
  Now that it looks like some form of health care reform will be passed this year — barring a catastrophe like Joe Lieberman — we have some idea of how the eventual act will affect mental health services. All of the plans now under consideration will mean some real improvements for mental health consumers, and ...
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• Insurers fighting claims over Chinese drywall News – Insurers …

  
  Compare Home Insurance Rates — Authority: 152
  Insurance News – Insurance Industry News – Get up to the minute insurance news & insurance industry news feeds. Syndicate Insurance News Feeds & Insurance RSS Feeds on your website or Post your Insurance News to InsuranceHeadlines.com. Read the original post: Insurers fighting claims over ...
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• Dodd Proposes a Freeze on Credit Card Rates

  
  Woman Tribune — Authority: 431
  This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd recently introduced new legislation that would immediately freeze credit card rates on existing balances through February of 2010. Dodd felt this bill would prevent issuers from further interest rate hikes that ...
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• Health insurer earnings are suffering from swine flu and coming reforms

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 796
  Filed under: Company News , Earnings The onset of H1N1 flu season and the coming health-care reforms are putting health insurers -- and their latest quarterly reports -- in the spotlight. With the exception of Aetna ( AET ), most insurers shares have dropped as investors worry about potential fallout of reform and ...
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• M.I. Volume Sinks to New Low

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 450
  During September, mortgage insurers issued 2,415 fewer policies than in August, the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America reported. Compared to a year earlier, volume was down by 26,940 policies. It was the lowest level of activity since at least 2000 based on an analysis of data by MortgageDaily.com .
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