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Health care crisis as depicted by pirates – music by Austin Lounge Lizards

Advocates help insurance customers get fair deals
MIAMI — When Nelly Gonzalez’s primary doctor referred her to a specialist, she figured he too would be part of the same Cigna network and require only a small co-payment. But the bill was a shock: $3,000. She complained and found the specialist was in a Cigna network — but not for her particular insurance plan.

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A wary take on health care bill
Every time I write about the new federal health care legislation, I seem to get tossed into a debate about politics. Politics and the Obama administration’s efforts to reform health care are closely intertwined, so that’s no surprise.

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Premiums dropped in health insurance program
Kentucky families enrolled in a program that offers free or low-cost health insurance to eligible children will no longer have to pay monthly premiums for the coverage.

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S.D. Receives Grant To Review Health Rates
PIERRE — South Dakota has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to assist the state in reviewing health insurance rates and improving consumer access to rate information, Gov. Mike Rounds has announced.

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REP. ANTHONY WEINER: Name a single thing a private insurance company does to make anyone healthier, to save anyone money. Health insurance companies operate like they’re supposed to. They’re businesses. They operate to make profits. How do you make profits? By giving away as little, and collecting as much. It’s the opposite of the imperative that we have as the representatives of the people. But this is so utterly predictable because you didn’t vote for Medicare. Your party didn’t vote for Social Security. You had control of the House, the Senate, the Judiciary, the presidency for eight years and you didn’t do anything. No, I shouldn’t say that. You passed Medicare Part D, which said, let’s see if we give them enough money if they’ll do the right thing. Donut hole, anyone? You know, this is like Jabberwocky, which was the language spoken in Alice in Wonderland, isn’t that right Mrs. Baldwin? Through the Looking Glass. You know, if you say these words enough, sooner or later they take on a little life of their own. Well, you can feel free to do that, but the American people know you’re standing in defense of a system that everyone knows is broken, everyone knows is too expensive, everyone knows doesn’t work, and we were elected to change that. Can’t name a single thing ourselves at www.michaelmoore.com

CBS4 RTV4 WHBF Quad Cities, IL / IA News Weather Sports’Enthusiastic response’ for new health insurance
CHICAGO (AP) – More than 1,000 Illinois residents have submitted applications for a new federally funded health insurance program for people with medical problems.

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Paterson: Health Insurance Coverage to Begin October 1st
ALBANY, NY–Governor David A. Paterson announced Monday that New York State’s Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program is ready to take applications now.

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A Bill Moyers essay on the health industry lobby.

Calif. advances bill for health insurance exchange
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The state Assembly has approved legislation that will begin the process of establishing a health insurance exchange in California.

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Calif. advances bill for health insurance exchange
Associated Press – August 20, 2010 3:34 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The state Assembly has approved legislation that will begin the process of establishing a health insurance exchange in…

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Feds beef up state oversight of health insurance
Health insurance premium hikes will get a harder look in most parts of the country, thanks to an infusion of federal cash for state regulators.

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Health care providers discuss inequal access to care in Coachella Valley
Roughly 55 health care providers from across the Coachella Valley turned out Wednesday for a community forum in Palm Springs created to address the inequity in access to quality health care in parts of the region.

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