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The president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota says health care reform measures in Congress would accelerate increases in insurance costs.
In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up."
Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry.
Where someone lives makes a difference in whether or not that person has health insurance.
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose modestly again this year, but researchers predict a return to bigger increases that may eventually produce crippling premiums if left unchecked.
Lawmakers in many states enjoy free or heavily subsidized health insurance paid for by tax dollars, even as the recession claims the jobs and health benefits of millions of workers who elected them. The disparity is creating a backlash in some states to cut back lawmakers' health benefits. Here is a look at those benefits at a glance.
Waiting in line at the pharmacy to pick up prescriptions, Lawrence Cafero Jr. can't help but feel a bit guilty.
Hawaii ranks at the top in a number of key health categories:
Hawaii's decades-old law aimed at increasing health coverage by requiring companies to provide insurance to their workers has brought something less than universal health care to the 50th state.
The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.
A long-awaited federal law that shields people from genetic discrimination plants its first layer of protection Thursday.
Activists backing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are asking the Justice Department to open a wide-ranging investigation of what they say is monopoly-like power in the hands of major insurers.
American workers — whose taxes pay for massive government health programs — are getting squeezed like no other group by the nation's health insurance woes.
One of President Barack Obama's leading economic advisers says the White House is opposed to taxing health insurance. But Christina Romer is not ruling it out.
Cassandra J. Kelsey has tried to cut back on all her expenses since losing her job in January. But suffering from degenerative arthritis, she can't do without health care.
A South Carolina health insurer has added a twist to its customer service by opening a strip-mall store to sell policies and answer questions.
Newly unemployed Americans will have to spend about 30 percent of their jobless benefits on average to pay for health insurance through their former employer, according to a new report.
John McCain's health plan would bring about a dramatic shift in how millions of people get health insurance coverage. He would let people shop around for plans offered by insurers in other states. New Yorkers could look to Alabama, for example, or any other state when shopping for coverage.
Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say.
The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study.
The Bush administration overreached last year when it limited states' ability to extend health coverage to moderate-income children, government auditors said in a letter released Friday.
Thomas Mahoney came out of a seizure last December surrounded by paramedics ready to take him to the hospital by ambulance. Mindful of the cost, he asked his mom and girlfriend to drive him instead, slipping in and out of consciousness along the way.
Democratic lawmakers on Friday cited the slowing economy as a reason that the House should override President Bush's veto of a bill that would increase spending on a popular children's health insurance program.
The modest spending increase that Congress approved for a popular children's health insurance program will maintain coverage for those already enrolled. But many lacking insurance will have to look elsewhere.
Stewpack Isn't Gonna Like This: RNC's insurance plan covers abortionThe Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party's own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
Study: Lack Of Insurance May Have Caused 17,000 Child Deaths Over 20 Years "An estimated 17,000 children in the United States might have died unnecessarily over nearly two decades because they didn't have health insurance, according to a report from researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore," reports U.S. News and World Report.
RNC insurance plan covers abortion The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party's own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
Pelosi's New Payroll Tax: A Whip for Socialized Medicine Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, set out a startling scenario in floor debate Saturday before the House approved the health care bill pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Illegal Immigration May Be a Rift IssueAbortion will not be the only social issue dividing Congress as it seeks to construct a compromise health care bill capable of passing both houses.
Health savings? No one knowsBarack Obama ran for president on a promise of saving the typical family $2,500 a year in lower health care premiums. But that was then. No one in the White House is making such a pledge now.
AP Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthyMajority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.
Reid Says Health Bill Will Be Done by Christmas The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said Tuesday that he expected to bring major health care legislation to the floor next week and to complete work on the bill before Christmas.
Health-Bill Battle Won't Get a Recess The fight over the future of the U.S. health-care system is heading outside the Beltway this week, as groups on all sides take advantage of Congress's Veterans Day recess to put pressure on lawmakers.
Why the Democrats Can't Pass A Bill Without a Public Option, By the NumbersBen Nelson and Joe Lieberman are running around saying that they'll kill any bill that has a public option. Quite predictably. And everyone in the media (and on the Hill) are kowtowing to them, saying that this means that it will have to go.
Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?This weekend, a group of male pro-life Democrats gambled with women's health, and women lost.
Provision in Health Care Bill Governing Prayer Treatments May Be UnconstitutionalThe debate over the health care bill has reached a new level - a spiritual level - with a provision in the health care legislation requiring the consideration of prayer treatments as medical expenses brought to light.
Enclarity Announces Near-Instantaneous Provider Data CleansingEnclarity, Inc. (www.enclarity.com) announced major advances to its ProviderPoint healthcare provider data cleansing solution, including automated, real-time Web Services delivery.
Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation.
Poll: Americans Divided on Health Care OverhaulAmericans are feeling more doubtful about an overhaul of the health care system than they were in September, according to a new Gallup poll.
Democrats Raise Alarms Over Costs of Health Bills As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama's promise to slow the runaway rise in health care spendin …
Immigration Plan QuestionedIn the wake of House passage of a sweeping Democratic health care overhaul, conservative Republicans were perplexed and angry Monday that their leaders decided not to force Democrats into a tough immigration vote that they believe could have brought down the bill.
Health Bill Faces Senate Heat President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul faces an uncertain battle in the Senate after a narrow weekend victory in the House revealed the continuing divide among Democrats.
The Man Who Made Pelosi Cry 'Uncle' Not many folks in Washington have made Nancy Pelosi cry "uncle."
Abortion Curbs Draw 40 Democrats' Threat of 'No' Vote More than 40 House Democrats signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowing to vote against a final health overhaul measure if it includes abortion restrictions contained in legislation approved Nov. 7, said Representative Diana DeGette.
Misogyny in Healthcare: Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback For Abortion AccessTwo articles: Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback For Abortion Access If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in the reformed health insurance market known as the Exchange, …
Why I Voted NOWe have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance companies for being what they are.
The Obama government is doing a GREAT job of pretending that the insurance industry is opposed to Pelosi's Health Insurance bill that passed the House last night. But only an idiot would even BEGIN to think that they would oppose this bill.
True Leftists don't support H.R. 3962Once again Dennis Kucinich shows what Liberals should be saying but aren't:
A Society that Venerates Lawyers More than Doctors by Dennis PragerThose of us who are not true believers in expanded government are certain of the following:
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