http://health-insurance-blog.info Health Insurance - Information and Tips Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:42:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE PRESIDENT: A few miles from here, Congress is in the final stages of a fateful debate about the future of health insurance in America. (Applause.) It's a debate that's raged not just for the past year but for the past century http://health-insurance-blog.info/remarks-by-the-president-on-health-insurance-reform-in-fairfax/ Disturbingly, the IRS would be in charge of verifying that every American taxpayer has obtained acceptable health coverage for every month of the year. If the IRS determines that a taxpayer lacks acceptable insurance for even a single ... http://health-insurance-blog.info/tertium-quids-the-irs-and-health-insurance/ Buried way back on A17 of the NYT, another reminder of how ugly it is out there: Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children's Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will ... http://health-insurance-blog.info/underplayed-story-of-the-day-arizona-drops-childrens-health/ Obama to address health care at Va. universityWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is continuing to push hard for his signature issue — overhauling health care in America. http://health-insurance-blog.info/obama-to-speak-friday-on-health-insurance-at-virginia-university/ Without rate regulation, without anti-trust enforcement, without a viable public option as escape hatch, without a credible theory of competition, and with virtually no constraints on the industry's ability to control the Congress and ... http://health-insurance-blog.info/enrons-ghosts-capture-health-insurance-reform-the-seminal/ Will something analogous happen in health insurance markets? We don't know, and all crises are different http://health-insurance-blog.info/enrons-ghosts-capture-health-insurance-reform-%c2%ab/ The state health insurance commissioner has slashed proposed premiums, keeping rate increases in the single digits -- in some cases just barely -- for people covered through their employers. Commissioner Christopher F. http://health-insurance-blog.info/update-critics-blast-health-insurance-increases-in-ri-projo-7/ POSITION PAPER #4 – HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM The mammoth health reform bill now before the Congress is a monstrosity that will undermine private medical. http://health-insurance-blog.info/health-insurance-reform-hagedorn-for-congress/ Small employers are inching towards a minor breakthrough for providing health insurance to employees. A new product by Zane Benefits Inc. http://health-insurance-blog.info/new-health-insurance-plan-for-small-employers-promises-affordability/ Perhaps my point will be more memorable for the use of a whimsical metaphor, but this issue is no laughing matter. http://health-insurance-blog.info/susan-l-travis-health-insurance-fig-leaves-designed-by-the/