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questions about the Affordable Care Act? - operators are standing by for calls about health reform

Steve Anderson — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:12:37 +0000

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

kill health reform? not on their lives. (pt. 3) - reform law's preventive benefits, expanded coverage succeed in bringing patients back to the care they need

Arlene Karidis — Sat, 07 May 2011 16:37:11 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series from health reporter Arlene Karidis. Karidis says the Affordable Care Act is already helping many of the people who need it most, but that for many more Americans the best of the reform legislation is yet to come. A central theme shouted by health reform [...]

are high-risk insurance pools the answer? - party of small government proposes big-government alternative to health reform's individual mandate

Steve Anderson — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:10:12 +0000

We definitely appreciate the idea of high-risk insurance pools. We’ve been promoting the state pools for years, in fact, as a last resort for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions who can’t get health insurance coverage anywhere else. But while we appreciate the idea of high-risk insurance pools, we know there are problems with implementation [...]

2011 and the future of health reform - year ahead is brighter for the uninsured - and the insured

Steve Anderson — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:02:44 +0000

It's hard to feel good about the way Congress finally passed those provisions into law. We're as disheartened about the way Congress functions as we are about the nation's health care system, and we feel that it's definitely due for major reform. But the fact is that the nation has waited far too long for the free market to solve the system's ills – and regardless of the process, the resulting legislation at least moved us forward.

without health reform, american dream will continue to be nightmare for entrepreneurs

Steve Anderson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:41:55 +0000

There’s something about this huge debate on health care that’s been sorely lacking and … and that something is a discussion of what health reform could mean to entrepreneurs. Remember the American Dream? Where you come up with a great product or service and then open your own business? You work harder, not smarter? The [...]

before you oppose a ‘government plan,’ make sure you don’t already have one.

Steve Anderson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:33:33 +0000

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make sure you don’t already have one." style="float:right;" />One of the most interesting reactions to the ongoing health reform debate has to be the public’s revulsion at the prospect of increased government control of the health care system. I understand concerns about additional financial burdens that come with new government programs … and concerns about adding to the nation’s deficit. I get that. [...]