"… es which borrowed through TARP, such as GM, Ally and AIG. (GAO) …"

"… es to employees who are eligible for TRICARE to decline employer-sponsored health insurance, or to terminate enrollment in private insurance.As a result, the Pentagon …"

"… wn as the Medical Loss Ratio rule, this provision mandates that every health insurance company spend at least 80 to 85 percent of the premium money it takes in ( …"

"… eeling the pinch of the rule.B. Hyatt Erstad, who runs Erstad & Co., a health insurance brokerage agency in Boise, Idaho, employs four salaried professionals and …"

"… roup, Rockefeller said the Rogers bill “would allow agents, brokers, and health insurance companies to retain the estimated $1 billion in benefits that American con …"

"… review process,” she says. And given the growing federal contribution to health insurance premiums, her group believes the federal government “has a legitimate ro …"

"… Chamber of Commerce unveiled its own chart comparing current regulation of health insurance plans to the confusion they claim would result from the House reform bill. …"

"… reform bill.But a quick look at the Chamber analysis reveals links to the health insurance industry. To develop its chart, the Council turned to Leading Edge Policy …"

"… h link, saying its health policy experts were on vacation.A section of the health insurance flow chart released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Click for expanded vi …"

"… Congress and ask them to protect funding for Medicare Advantage, a federal health insurance alternative to Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service program. About 11 …"

"… icians who perform important, basic services. The same is true for private health insurance, which often takes its cues from Medicare.Specialists are “not the docto …"

"… he proposal, saying it would push seniors into the least efficient kind of health insurance: the individual market, which is full of coverage gaps and unstable premiu …"

"… of the most vulnerable populations into the mix of an unscrupulous private health insurance market,” said Alex Lawson, communications director for Strengthen Social …"

"… s praising members of Congress who voted to expand a popular federal-state health insurance program for lower- and middle-income children. The ads, underwritten by …"

"… rd socialized medicine, arguing the measure would push people with private health insurance into the government plan and would accelerate a trend already underway in …"

"… nesses and medical associations — would not only bring down the costs of health insurance premiums, it would also bring doctors flocking to their states to practice …"

"… rm.Over the last decade, health care spending and individual out-of-pocket health insurance expenses have actually risen faster in Texas than in the rest of the count …"

"… Census Bureau, Texas leads the country in the number of residents without health insurance. One out of every four Texans is uninsured, compared to about one in six i …"

"… cular, especially in rural areas.Some other stats from Texas Watch: family health insurance premiums have risen almost five times faster than income, and Medicare spe …"

"… ays that the current legislation will raise the premiums employers pay for health insurance, which will severely damage business and the economy. Yet in the summer of …"

"… that there would be an increase of just nine-tenths of a percent in group health insurance premiums. The estimate is a weighted average calculated for a 10 year peri …"

"… d be written off as a business expense by firms that offer their employees health insurance.Yet, as Wellstone aide Allison Dobson noted, the insurance industry has di …"

"… bbyist for HIAA, believes mental health parity is not going to destroy the health insurance industry, [but] it’s going to hurt some people.In its 1999 report about …"

"… tments include individual stocks and mutual funds with holdings in private health insurance companies, companies selling health-care products, or pharmaceutical firms …"

"… f her financial ties to UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest private health insurance company. UnitedHealth used its employees and its membership in a trade ass …"

"… gislation, particularly opposing the “public option” of government-run health insurance, which was later scrapped.A UnitedHealth spokesman didn’t respond to a r …"

"… are legislation with hopes of greater profits if more Americans can afford health insurance or are compelled to purchase it.But the drug companies aren't parties to t …"