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Insurance industry, business groups launch ad blitz against reform

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:36:10 -0500

Could spend up to $10 million in new ads attacking health reform

Health reform passes the cost test

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:23:49 -0500

The Obama plan will cut costs�$600 billion over the next decade. Why walk away from it?

Consumers need health reform benefits now

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:18:18 -0500

After a year of open and public debate, and numerous hearings, bills, and votes, the time to give Americans better, fairer, and more affordable health care is now.

CU to launch DC ad to push for health reform

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:31:10 -0500

CU has spotlighted the skyrocketing costs of medical bills & the stories of Americans who have lost coverage

Insurance execs sit on bags of money, while policyholders feel the pinch

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:07:56 -0500

States can�t even keep health insurance rates down when the insurance company is sitting on piles and piles of surplus cash (and investments).

In case you were wondering, we've been at this a year now

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:21:43 -0500

Those who say we should scrap the health reform bill and start over have yet to say what would happen differently the next time. It took a year to get to this point--with efforts to reach compromises large and small dating back to this time last year.

States lack power to stop health insurance hikes

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:33:26 -0500

Anthem premium increase in California highlights how many states don't have authority to protect consumers

Many states lack power to protect consumers from premium hikes

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:31:00 -0500

Anthem Blue Cross' 39% increase in California illustrates why national reform is needed

In the alternative, fund high risk pools?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:01:29 -0500

Rather than try and insure everyone, perhaps we should just try and insure the sick people. The problem is, states have been trying that idea for years and it's time we learn from failure.

President's reform proposal bridges Senate, House bills

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:08:26 -0500

Closes Medicare donut hole, increases help for working families to buy insurance

Why we need health reform - Anthem's 25% rate hike

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:59:48 -0500

Reform bill would put brakes on out-of-scale premium increases

Breathtaking cost savings claims are nothing but hot air

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:10:31 -0500

In Sunday's New York Times, Newt Gingrich announced that tort reform would save the health care system $600 billion a year--a breathtaking number, but unfounded.

Letter to Washington: finish meaningful reform

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:29:21 -0500

Consumers Union joined the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the America Nurses Association and many others to ask Washington leadership to conclude its bipartisan summit with an agreement to move ahead with meaningful health care reform this year.

Discover the benefits you'll get under health reform

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:51:36 -0500

Health reform will benefit millions, but opponents don't want you to know all the concrete benefits that you will enjoy if the leading proposals actually pass. Find out what they don't want you to know.

What is government-run health care -- and what isn't

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:10:09 -0500

�Government-run health care� is an expression that has been used to inflame rather than inform. Discover what health programs are run by the government, and how they provide popular health care to millions of Americans