health care cost increases lower in 2011health care cost increase lowest in 50 years

recession, reform likely bending cost curve down

By Linda Bergthold
healthinsurance.org contributor

While critics have been wailing about the impact of reform on health care costs, health care costs have been moderating and in some cases even going down.


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State of the Union leaves reform supporters curious as to President's state of mind regarding health reform law

By Linda Bergthold
healthinsurance.org contributor

Some will be disappointed that President Obama barely mentioned health care reform in his State of the Union address last night. In a speech that focused on the military, manufacturing, education, and energy, health care received very few mentions.


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2.5 million previously uninsured young adults now have health coverage, thanks to Affordable Care Act

By Ron Pollack
Founding Executive Director, Families USA

Ensuring young adults are covered now saves us all money down the line and gives parents and their kids the peace of mind that they’ll have coverage they can count on when they need it the most.


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… and other questions raised by GOP debate outburst

By Steve Anderson
healthinsurance.org editor

How did we get to this point … where an audience at a Presidential debate feels comfortable laughing about the fate of a man who represents the millions of uninsured?


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operators are standing by for calls about health reform

By Steve Anderson
healthinsurance.org editor

Not entirely sure when state health insurance exchanges will take effect? Curious about Grandma’s new free preventive services? Call someone who cares.


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America needs to move forward on health care reform

By Chuck Smith-Dewey
healthinsurance.org founder & ceo

America has always been defined by progress.  Yet the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has elements in many states trying to turn back time. Louisiana, with it’s barrel-bottom ranking of the 49th healthiest state to live in, adds to a growing list of states bucking reform as its governor refuses to set up a federally-mandated health insurance exchange, those [...]


pietin_thumb-transwhat repeal of health reform means to you

new tool shows consumers in each state what they've gained from health reform law - before it's gone

By Steve Anderson
healthinsurance.org editor

As the old saying – and the song by Cinderella – goes, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. We think health reform is like that, and – while we’re not at all certain that the upcoming House Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act will be anything more than political theatre – we [...]


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