health care cost increase lowest in 50 yearsBy 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.
’44′ gives 44 words to health reformBy 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.
Pollack: ensuring young adults’ coverage now saves us all money down the lineBy 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.
what would Jesus do … for the uninsured?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?
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.
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 [...]
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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