Buying Individual Health Insurance » down http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:37:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Malpractice liability limits did not hold down doctors’ malpractice premiums in California http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/malpractice-liability-limits-did-not-hold-down-doctors-malpractice-premiums-in-california/ http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/malpractice-liability-limits-did-not-hold-down-doctors-malpractice-premiums-in-california/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:09:27 +0000 admin http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/malpractice-liability-limits-did-not-hold-down-doctors-malpractice-premiums-in-california/ Continue reading →]]> Guest post: Interstate Health Insurance Sales
One of the more common ideas often thrown around in health policy is the idea of allowing patients to purchase health insurance across state lines. The idea of course, is to allow patients access to potentially cheaper policies, and that by increasing competition, lower rates will ensue.

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Malpractice liability limits did not hold down doctors’ malpractice premiums in California
Insurance reform, not malpractice liability limits, held down doctors’ malpractice premiums in California said Consumer Watchdog today before a Congressional hearing on H.R. 5, a bill modeled on California law that would take away the rights of patients injured by medical negligence. Limits on patient rights failed to lower physicians’ malpractice premiums, and therefore health costs, in …

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]]> http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/malpractice-liability-limits-did-not-hold-down-doctors-malpractice-premiums-in-california/feed/ 0 Florida Judge Strikes Down Health Care Reform http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/florida-judge-strikes-down-health-care-reform/ http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/florida-judge-strikes-down-health-care-reform/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:17:33 +0000 admin http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/florida-judge-strikes-down-health-care-reform/ Continue reading →]]> Democrats chide GOP attack on health care law
RALEIGH — State Republicans’ ongoing efforts to dismember parts of a federal health care reform law stunts job growth and insurance coverage for needy residents, House Democrats said during a news conference Monday.

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Florida Judge Strikes Down Health Care Reform
.S. District Judge Roger Vinson on Monday accepted without trial the states’ argument that the new health care law violates people’s rights by forcing them to buy health insurance.

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Follow Dusty Trice on Twitter: twitter.com I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken’s booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he’d turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found. Read more at DUSTYTRICE.COM Follow me on Twitter: @DustyTrice

]]> http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/franken-talks-down-angry-mob/feed/ 25 Weekly Address: Taking the Insurance Companies on Down the Stretch http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/weekly-address-taking-the-insurance-companies-on-down-the-stretch/ http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/weekly-address-taking-the-insurance-companies-on-down-the-stretch/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:25:32 +0000 admin http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/weekly-address-taking-the-insurance-companies-on-down-the-stretch/
As the health insurance reform debate enters into its final stages in Congress, the President denounces the desperate and deceptive last-ditch efforts of the health insurance companies to derail it. October 17, 2009. (Public Domain)

]]> http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/weekly-address-taking-the-insurance-companies-on-down-the-stretch/feed/ 25 How do health insurance premiums go down if private insurance is forced to cover preexisting illnesses? http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/how-do-health-insurance-premiums-go-down-if-private-insurance-is-forced-to-cover-preexisting-illnesses/ http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/how-do-health-insurance-premiums-go-down-if-private-insurance-is-forced-to-cover-preexisting-illnesses/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:52:25 +0000 admin http://individualhealthinsurancehq.com/how-do-health-insurance-premiums-go-down-if-private-insurance-is-forced-to-cover-preexisting-illnesses/ Continue reading →]]> 99% of the claims made in favor of the house health care bill are outright lies. It is amazing that people believe these things. Explain to me how if private insurance companies are forced to cover people with preexisting illnesses and not allowed to discriminate on a variety of factors, costs go down.

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