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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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health insurance stories: 171 news summaries

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Why Small Government
Has Collapsed

Prospect writer says Dems can drown movement in bathtub

Aug 8, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have never been so well positioned to sell big-government liberalism—as the other side looks pathetically out of step with Americans’ desires to expand health care and bolster infrastructure, says the American Prospect’s Paul Waldman. After the Minnesota bridge collapse, the public is ready for the party that... More »

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health care • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • health insurance • Americans • SCHIP • infrastructure • Andrew Sullivan • George W. Bush

House Passes Health Plan for 4M More Kids

Dems take step toward universal coverage over GOP objections

Aug 2, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House has passed a sweeping expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program that will extend covered to 4 million uninsured kids using revenue from cigarette taxes and cuts in subsidies to private Medicare plans. The bill, which was approved 225-204, is a step toward universal coverage over Republican... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Republican • health insurance • taxes • Medicare • cigarettes • tobacco • children • House of Representatives • Jim McDermott

House Dems Call for Expanded Health Care Bill

Calls for both children's coverage and shoring up Medicare

Jul 23, 07 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate reached a rare bipartisan agreement to beef up insurance coverage for low-income kids, and now House Democrats are proposing a health care plan with an even wider scope. Their plan yokes the children's coverage to big changes in Medicare, and is sure to heat up the confrontation between... More »

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health care • health care costs • health insurance • insurance companies • child care • medical costs

UAW Gears Up for Contract Talks on Health Care

Current system must change as retirees outnumber active workers

Jul 19, 07 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United Automobile Workers Union starts high-stakes contract talks with Detroit automakers tomorrow, at a time when the union counts more retirees than active workers in its ranks—meaning higher health-care costs—and the American automotive industry is in dire financial straits. The talks are being called "the most... More »

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health care costs • health insurance • United Auto Workers • Detroit • unions • retirees • automaker • workers • auto industry

Uninsured Ignore New Health-Care Law

Massachusetts takes
its time enforcing universal requirement

Jul 2, 07 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A law requiring Massachusetts residents to have health insurance kicked in yesterday, but two-thirds of the 372,000 residents who need coverage haven't signed up, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Massachusetts is a pioneer in universal health care, and most people eligible for subsidized care have insurance, but some 6%... More »

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health care • health • health insurance • law • Massachusetts • universal health care • Medicaid

Michael Moore Saves, Exploits His Enemy

The director cuts a check for rival's medical expenses, uses in film

Jun 11, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man behind an anti-Michael Moore website found himself on the right end of his target’s checkbook after the documentarian dropped 12K to cover the blogger's uninsured wife's medical expenses. Jim Kenefick received the anonymous gift after seeking help from visitors to Moorewatch.com, which aims to expose Moore's... More »

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health insurance • big gifts • Sicko • Michael Moore • Jim Kenefick • documentary • film director

Barack Backs Universal
Health Care

Plan resembles
Hillary's failed
attempt as First Lady

May 30, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - White House applicant Barack Obama has unveiled a health care plan which will offer all Americans coverage comparable to what federal employees get. The Obama Plan would cost upwards of $65 billion a year, which the Senator plans to fund by cancelling Bush tax cuts and increasing efficiency, the Chicago ... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • health insurance • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • universal health care • Election 2008

Insurer Ties Employee Pay to Patient Health

Plan will offer bonuses for boosting patients' use of preventive services

Apr 4, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The country's largest health insurer says it will pay up for good health--offering bonuses to employees who boost patients' use of preventive medical services. WellPoint Inc.'s plan is intended to encourage participation in programs like diabetes management, which helps patients handle their medical needs before they end up in... More »

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medicine • health care • health care costs • health • health insurance • insurance companies • preventative medicine • WellPoint Inc. • diabetes • insurance

Thompson Joins Race for 2008

Claims he's the only real conservative
in the GOP field

Apr 2, 07 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former governor and Bush cabinet member Tommy Thompson announced  for president yesterday, staking a claim to the territory to the right of the other GOP contenders. "I am the reliable conservative, my record shows that,"  said the one-time secretary of Health and Human Services and four-term governor... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Middle East • Republican • health insurance • politics • Tommy Thompson • Health and Human Services • presidency • Wisconsin • Cabinet • presidential campaign • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Insurers Fighting Claims of Elderly

“They’ll do anything to avoid paying, because if they wait long enough, they know the policyholders will die."

Mar 26, 07 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elderly patients who bought long-term care policies are finding their claims denied by companies calculating that they don’t have the resources or the energy to fight and are likely to die before their cases are settled. An investigation by Charles Duhigg identifies insurance companies that reject coverage for the... More »

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health care • fraud • health insurance • elderly • insurance companies

The Moral-Hazard Myth

Why Our Insurance Systems Doesn't Work

Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Blink, examines the premise underlying U.S. health insurance known by the Dickensian term: Moral Hazard. The theory of Moral Hazard describes the notion that insurance can change peoples’ behavior. Without deductibles, co-payments and other barriers to use, people will use too... More »

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health care • health • health insurance • United States • immunization • Malcolm Gladwell • insurance • infant mortality • life expectancy

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