health insurance news

The Republic–New Hampshire’s state Senate is considering whether or not to give $333,000 in federal funding back to the federal government that would be used to plan a state-run health insurance exchange. The House voted to do so last month. The money is part of a $1 million grant; two thirds of it have already been spent.

The Associated Press–New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House voted to return $333,000 of a $1 million federal government award that would have been used to plan a state health insurance exchange.

Think Progress – If Democrats move to pass health care reform after tomorrow’s summit, their newfound momentum can be at least partly attributed to WellPoint’s decision to drastically increase premiums in California’s individual health insurance market. The rate increases highlighted the broken health care system and pressured lawmakers to drastically reform the individual health insurance market. The administration’s strong response also enunciated the differences in lawmakers’ approach to reform and may have pushed the President to add stronger cost control provisions into his health care blue-print.

Politico.com – Is Judd Gregg a tease or a real potential partner for President Barack Obama in trying to salvage some health care reform in this Congress?

The Washington Times – The White House and its Democratic allies on Sunday tried to play down the role of a government insurance option in health care legislation as the party in power worked to reclaim momentum on President Obama’s top domestic priority.

Stand Up For Health Care –

Lori Hitchcock stood in front of hundreds of people in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 11th to introduce the President of the United States before he spoke about the health reform proposals being debated in Congress.

Lori told an extremely personal story about how health reform would benefit her. She was a successful entrepreneur and started her own business. However, because she has Hepatitis C, she is still unable to find insurance. As she says, health reform would enable people like her with a pre-existing condition to purchase an affordable health care plan.