ANALYSIS: Frustrated small business owners among single-payer's biggest fans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Small business owners among most enthusiastic about single-payer plan

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… know exactly what he means. I have spoken to hundreds of groups about the health insurance industry over the past two years, and invariably at least one person—and …"

"… rms are demanding.  Another Kaiser Family Foundation study found that health insurance premiums employers paid for their workers in 2010 stood at $13,770 for fam …"

"… f the week. His column will resume next week.Are you struggling to pay for health insurance? Have you or your family had problems with health insurance companies? Tel …"

"… ing to pay for health insurance? Have you or your family had problems with health insurance companies? Tell Wendell Potter your story: wpotter@publicintegrity.or …"

ANALYSIS: The 'clear obscurity' of the health insurance industry

By Wendell Potter

Health insurance industry follows E.B. White's advice to be clearly obscure

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… nking it would have a better home in the office of the chief flack for the health insurance industry. Yesterday, Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America’s Hea …"

"… HCAN took issue with AHIP’s assertion that the average profit margin for health insurance firms is just 4.4 percent. Zirkelbach did not explain how he came up with …"

"… ranked fourth highest of the 16 industries in the health care sector. The health insurance industry has a higher return for investors than cell phone companies, beer …"

"… and that a big reason for that waste is our multi-payer system of private health insurance companies.“Health care providers must deal with dozens of health benefit …"

ANALYSIS: Opaque transparency from the health insurance industry

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Insurers crying foul over new rules for premium hikes

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… ly refused to tell us their justification for hiking premiums."Focusing on health insurance premiums while ignoring underlying medical cost drivers will not make heal …"

"… y out of luck. We’re all out of luck. Are you struggling to pay for health insurance? Have you or your family had problems with health insurance companies? Tel …"

"… ing to pay for health insurance? Have you or your family had problems with health insurance companies? Tell Wendell Potter your story: wpotter@publicintegrity.or …"

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ANALYSIS: No silver lining in Gold Circle junkets for health insurance salesmen

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Insurers fight rules to limit admin costs while spending lavishly on junkets for salesmen

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"… d-about-it Gold Circle event.Considering what I’ve been disclosing about health insurance companies lately—their record profits and the anti-consumer practices th …"

"… ght decadent gathering of some of the highest paid people in the country—health insurance salespeople. Read on and you’ll understand why.The four-day Gold Circle …"

"… ople can afford coverage these days—the number of Americans with private health insurance actually declined in 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau—the men a …"

"… estors and to pay and pamper insurance company executives.The CEOs of U.S. health insurance firms—both for-profit and nonprofit—are now among the most richly comp …"

Emergency room visits up 11 percent in last decade; health care reform could drive numbers higher

By Laurel Adams

More than 100 million people seek help in emergency rooms, a number that could rise as health care reform kicks in

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… nal Budget Office, an additional 32 million people are projected to obtain health insurance coverage by 2019. CBO estimated that gaining insurance increases an indivi …"

Analysis — Insurers lobbying on the fine print may erase consumer protections

By Wendell Potter

One of the provisions of the health reform law that insurers hate most requires that they spend at least 80 percent of what we pay them in p
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Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

By Wendell Potter

A new governor in Vermont is boldly declaring his intent to look at a Canadian-style single-payer health care system....

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… Shumlin concluded that the uniquely American multi-payer system of private health insurance firms was actually fueling medical inflation and thwarting the state&rsquo …"

Analysis — Insurers’ ‘friends’ will influence public option debate in Conn.

By Wendell Potter

Health insurers in Connecticut will call on some of their longtime allies to help turn the public and state lawmakers against the idea of cr

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… ng history of being tight with Republican candidates and lawmakers and the health insurance industry. I know this first-hand from working closely with the NFIB in pre …"

"… federation said that “making consumers more aware of health care and health insurance costs will encourage them to become better-health care consumers.” …"

"… strings -- or that they themselves will be financing the campaign with the health insurance premiums they pay every month. News analysts Wendell Potter, a former in …"

Analysis — Fear and loathing over a public insurance option in Hartford

By Wendell Potter

Will a "public option" have a better chance in Hartford than in Washington? Not if the insurance companies have anything to say about it. ..

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"… l be offered as an option along with private carriers in the state’s health insurance exchange, which will start operations on Jan. 1, 2014. On Monday, three …"

Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

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