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Why health care repeal just won’t happen

by Daily Kos on Nov 4, 2010 • No Comments

Mitch McConnell wants to have a one-issue fight for the next two years, convinced that that's what will bring Obama down in 2012. There are a lot of reasons why that won't work, and here are some of the reasons why.

  • Obama Isn’t Interested in 'Re-litigating' Health Care, Washington Monthly's
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Battle lines on health reform being drawn

by Daily Kos on Nov 4, 2010 • No Comments

Mitch McConnell, who is acting as though he's the new Senate majority leader even though he's not and even though he has a nasty leadership battle with Jim DeMint brewing, promises to make all our lives a living hell for the next two years. It's going to be all health reform repeal, all...

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First provisions of Affordable Care Act begin

by Daily Kos on Sep 22, 2010 • No Comments

Yesterday, Nancy-Ann DeParle of the Office of Health Reform joined bloggers for a conference call to highlight the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that go into effect tomorrow, six months after enactment of the law. Those changes:

  • Ban on discriminating against children with preexisting conditions: as of tomorrow, insurance companies can't deny coverage...
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Insurers blame Affordable Care Act for premium increases

by Daily Kos on Sep 8, 2010 • No Comments

And, of course, the Wall Street Journal is more than happy to publish their screed:

Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections.

Aetna Inc.,...

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GOP’s HIR repeal rationale doesn’t resonate

by Jed Lewison on May 13, 2010 • No Comments

The Republicans have made repealing HIR a centerpiece for convincing voters to return them to a congressional majority in November. They may need to rethink that a bit, of a new WSJ/NBC poll. Ezra writes about it here:

It asks, "would you be more likely to vote for a candidate for...

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Boehner: Ending Rescissions Was Our Idea

by Jed Lewison on Apr 30, 2010 • No Comments

John Boehner wins today's Grassley award for taking credit for the bill he fought tooth and nail to stop. And says that, despite the fact that everybody but insurance company CEOs wanted the practice of rescissions to end, it was the GOP's idea. So, uh, repeal it, but not that part. Not that part that...

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AHIP Agrees to Adopt Reform Changes Early

by Jed Lewison on Apr 29, 2010 • No Comments

Ah, the power of investigative journalism. Following last week's Reuter's story by Murray Waas on WellPoint's practice of targeting breast cancer patients for rescission, both WellPoint and UnitedHealthcare announced they would implement reforms immediately, instead of waiting until the new law kicks in.

Following that story, the administration and Congressional leaders...

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Stupak’s Revenge: Arizona First State to Restrict Abortion Coverage in New Exchanges

by Jed Lewison on Apr 27, 2010 • No Comments

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer isn't going to pander just to the racists in the Right wing, she's also going to target women. Arizona has become the first state to limit abortion coverage in the state's future health insurance exchange.

On Saturday, "at the Center for Arizona Policy Family dinner before 1600 guests,"...

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Grassley Still Taking Credit for the HIR Law He Opposed

by Jed Lewison on Apr 26, 2010 • No Comments

Chuck Grassley has done a fantastic job of exceeding expectations for being a hack of politician, even for a Republican, through the HIR debate. He continues to do this so shamlessly that you almost have to admire him for it. Anybody who was paying attention to the debate last year remembers Grassley's role: he was...

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Feinstein Argues to Plug HIR Rate Hike Loophole

by Jed Lewison on Apr 24, 2010 • No Comments

Using the WellPoint breast cancer rescission news as her jumping off point, Sen. Dianne Feinstein argues for further legislation to hem in insurers.

Time and time again, our for-profit insurance corporations have demonstrated that their hunger for profit trumps any moral obligation to their customers. This new story is just the...

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Alexander, GOP: “Leave Health Insurance Companies Alone!”

by Jed Lewison on Apr 23, 2010 • No Comments

The GOP might have decided that defending Wall Street wasn't going to be such a good idea after all, but they don't have any problem continuing to fight the health insurance reform fight.

The good news is that Senate Dems want to continue it.

Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot...

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SCOTUS: GOP Wants to Continue HIR Debate

by Jed Lewison on Apr 19, 2010 • No Comments

It looks like Sessions' brilliant strategy for fighting against health insurance reform in the SCOTUS confirmation hearings is a go. Lindsay Graham has already piped up, saying that he thinks it's a "good idea to inquire in," adding

Democrats shouldn't expect any cooperation from Republicans on confirmation of any of Obama's...

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