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McCain: Still Losing GOPs?

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 8:00 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2008

McCain: Still Losing GOPs?
Slate - putting all Emanuel’s borderline House Dems on the spot, giving the GOP an issue for 2010–when he also has health care and The pre-election polls have found him getting as low as 10% of the white vote in South Carolina. The potential for racial

Gender takes center stage in Democratic primaries

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Gender takes center stage in Democratic primaries
International Herald Tribune - This issue of mandating health insurance coverage (not synonymous with health care by the way), is as fundamentally opposed to core conservative values as it is a fundamental tenant of the Progressive (read Socialist) agenda. When is the media going

9 deaths at VA hospital in Downstate Marion due to substandard care

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 2:00 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2008

9 deaths at VA hospital in Downstate Marion due to substandard care
Chicago Tribune - Daigh said the Marion situation was “an exception in a quality health-care system.” He said he was not aware of “other Marions out there” in the VA system. But U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he was disappointed that “after a five-month investigation, so

Fact Check: Romney didn’t say what McCain says he said on withdrawing

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Fact Check: Romney didn’t say what McCain says he said on withdrawing
Miami Herald - Health Here is the quote McCain cited, from ABC’s “Good Morning America” in April 2007. Question: “Do you believe that there should

Congress, White House complete deal on tax rebates, business breaks to
Knoxville News Sentinel - concept of if it’s too expensive to live there then just move means he has to quit his job, leave us with no health insurance, and pcrary, read the first line of my post after I quote therev. And maybe I’m in need of sleep but I’ve read the following

Three battle for GOP bid

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 3:00 pm on Monday, January 28, 2008

Three battle for GOP bid
Herald News - Lee said to create more jobs, the country needs more factories and businesses. He called for making health care more affordable. “About 44 million people in this country don’t have health insurance and 60 percent of that 44 million is employed by

Judge to rule on Calif. migrant housing
Miami Herald - The government has been trying to close Desert Mobile Home Park for several years because of alleged health and safety is in the fertile Coachella Valley about 130 miles southeast of Los Angeles, would flood an already overwhelmed affordable

Obama’s win points to long battle ahead

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 3:00 am on Monday, January 28, 2008

Obama’s win points to long battle ahead
Miami Herald - Health Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the state. But he did it by winning an overwhelming majority of black votes while losing the

Obama Wins Landslide In South Carolina
Common Dreams - em hell!’ Dennis & Edwards can’t even win his home state I’m considering voting for the Senator from Illinois…I the status quo. The lie, of course, is that we have a popular vote. This would be way too dangerous. F-16s before health insurance

HMOs seen cushioning member loss in bad US economy - Reuters

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 1:00 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2008

HMOs seen cushioning member loss in bad US economy - Reuters

HMOs seen cushioning member loss in bad US economy
Reuters - Jan 25, 2008
But analysts and executives still point to the relative steadiness of health insurers in rocky times. The health insurance industry has performed well

Democrats offer their Rx for health care problems - Chicago Daily Herald

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 26, 2008

Democrats offer their Rx for health care problems - Chicago Daily Herald

Democrats offer their Rx for health care problems
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Jan 24, 2008
For people without health insurance, Jagla supports a government-run system paid for with user fees and general revenues. "I don't want the government to

Antidote For Market Woes? - CNNMoney.com

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 4:00 am on Saturday, January 26, 2008

Antidote For Market Woes? - CNNMoney.com

Antidote For Market Woes?
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
Despite the hassles and costs of health insurance, employers continue to shop among plans to make sure they have health insurance. It makes business sense.

Doyle sets agenda for business growth, better health-care coverage

Filed under: Health Insurance — healthinsurance at 10:00 pm on Friday, January 25, 2008

Doyle sets agenda for business growth, better health-care coverage
Green Bay Press-Gazette - In health care, Doyle unveiled a program called BadgerChoice aimed to help small businesses gain access to affordable health care and advocated expansion of insurance to cover autism treatment. He also said he would continue to advocate for making

Airlines’ fuel fee runs out of gas
St. Petersburg Times - dropped from 9.6 percent to 7.3 percent of the company’s 1.1-million-person payroll after the retail giant made coverage more affordable to low-wage workers. That’s well below the 17.7 percent rate of all employed Americans with no health insurance

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