The state of single payer in the states
Gov. Schweitzer pushing single payer in Montana, ahead of Affordable Care Act
Fox News’ Bill Sammon slanted news on climate change
Less than a week after it was revealed that Fox News' Washington managing editor Bill Sammon directed reporters to use Republican-generated talking points to slant their coverage of health care reform, another Sammon email has surfaced:
In the midst of global climate change talks last December, a top Fox News official...
Fox/GOP "government plan" talking points came from AHIP
From leaked e-mails obtained by Media Matters, we now know FOX News was pushing GOP talking points on health reform, specifically not using the term "public option," but calling it the "government" option, or a "government-run program."
Now we know that "credit" for the terminology goes to AHIP, the health insurers with...
FOX News boss slanted news reporting on health reform
This will come as a shock to you, I know, but there's now pretty much incontrovertible evidence that FOX News is little more than a propaganda unit of the GOP, a leaked e-mail in which Fox News's Washington managing editor Bill Sammon issued a memo directing his news staff not to use the phrase...
California HMOs fined for shorting providers
Maybe there's some solace for patients in California who've been gouged by their insurers to know that they aren't the only ones getting screwed.
California's seven largest HMOs must pay nearly $5 million in fines because of unfair payment practices after an 18-month state investigation revealed widespread underpayments, valued in the tens...
AHIP paid U.S. Chamber $86.2 million to oppose Affordable Care Act
Here's a money-laundering $86.2 million with between two devils.
Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law, according to tax records and people familiar with the donation.
The insurance lobby, whose members include Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group Inc....
