Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

Hot on Facebook

'Serpent Pastor' Dies of Snake Bite Mack Wolford believed faith compelled him to face the risk »

Insurance Group Bashes Baucus Bill With Report

White House betrayed by 'hatchet job' predicting cost hikes

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2009 7:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – The White House is steamed this morning over a report, sponsored by the insurance industry, saying the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill would cause premiums and costs to rise. The report was commissioned by America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry group that... Read full story »

COMMENTS

Read the comment policy

You need to Log in to Newser to comment. Don't have an account yet? Sign up now!

9 comments

A snapshot of the day's best news stories.

View Larger Grid

All Today Yesterday Pick a Date

What's Popular Now on Facebook

'Serpent Pastor' Dies of Snake Bite

Miami Face-Eater Identified

Politico (Source Grid »)
Washington Post (Source Grid »)

The report (PDF)
Politico

Politics • Health

health care costs • health insurance • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • America's Health Insurance Plans

More Newser Stories

Dour Industry Report Backfires

Dems, GOP alike have hard time believing Hail Mary predicting higher costs

(NEWSER) - The health insurance industry report presented yesterday that predicts the reform bill will do little to stop rising costs appears to have backfired. Dems are up in arms at the timing and content of the “misleading and harmful” attack from their erstwhile ally in the effort. Sen. Jay Rockefeller used the report—which he called “politicking for corporate gain at its worst”—to reiterate his call for “inclusion of a public health insurance option,” Politico notes. More»

Industry Report Distorts Health Reform Cost

Insurance firms' numbers blindside Baucus bill's backers

(NEWSER) - A new report that says the Senate Finance Committee’s reform bill would raise private insurance premiums is riddled with troubling exceptions, writes Jonathan Cohn. The report, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans, estimates the costs of premiums over time if the bill is implemented, but it doesn’t take into account the subsidies also implemented under the bill to help families pay for coverage. More»

Current Care Kills More Than 'Army of Death Panels'

System 'takes lives and breaks apart families'

(NEWSER) - Despite screeches that a government-run health care program will bump people into an early grave, "it’s a good bet that our existing dysfunctional health system knocks off far more people than an army of ‘death panels’ could, even if they did exist," writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. The current system allows 18,000 “unnecessary deaths” yearly among the uninsured, a study found. That's one person every half hour. More»

Hospitals Agree to $155B in Future Savings

Will accept lower payments for Medicaid, Medicare

(NEWSER) - The nation’s hospitals have struck a deal with White House and Senate negotiators that will save the government $155 billion over 10 years, the Washington Post reports. The hospitals will accept lower-than-expected Medicare and Medicaid payments, and a gradual reduction in the amount paid to help care for the uninsured. The government, meanwhile, has promised that a public insurance plan would pay better-than-Medicare rates. More»

Bully for Health Care Players Joining in Cost Cutting

But is the gift on offer a Trojan horse?

(NEWSER) - The last time Democrats tried to reform health care, the insurance industry crushed them, spooking the public with its infamous "Harry and Louise" campaign. This time, it’s offering to help, along with doctors, hospitals, unions, and medical-device makers. “On the face of it, this is tremendously good news,” writes Paul Krugman of the New York Times. But “there’s every reason to be cynical about these players’ motives.” More»

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

What is Newser?

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most thought-provoking and entertaining stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »

Partnering with: Slate

View Newser on the mobile website

Insurance Group Bashes Baucus Bill With Report

White House betrayed by 'hatchet job' predicting cost hikes

health care costs • health insurance • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • America's Health Insurance Plans

MOST POPULAR STORIES

[ By Views ]

[ By Comments ]

More Newser Stories

Dour Industry Report Backfires

Dems, GOP alike have hard time believing Hail Mary predicting higher costs

Industry Report Distorts Health Reform Cost

Insurance firms' numbers blindside Baucus bill's backers

Current Care Kills More Than 'Army of Death Panels'

System 'takes lives and breaks apart families'

Hospitals Agree to $155B in Future Savings

Will accept lower payments for Medicaid, Medicare

Bully for Health Care Players Joining in Cost Cutting

But is the gift on offer a Trojan horse?

About Us

Site

Community

Site Maps

Tools

More News

What is Newser?