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Analysis — N.C. consumer advocates seeing red over bait and switch by one of the blues

By Wendell Potter

Consumer advocates in North Carolina thought they had a deal with Blue Cross on a health insurance exchange, but now they are having doubts.

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"… where state lawmakers will vote in coming weeks on legislation to create a health insurance exchange, as required by federal law. The law directs states to have exc …"

"… Social Insurance has noted, “will promote effective competition for health insurance and offer a wide selection of coverage options to individuals and business …"

"… arolina, where in 2009 BCBSNC took in 71.3 percent of all dollars spent on health insurance premiums, according to the North Carolina Department of Insurance. As rece …"

Analysis — An illuminating expedition to the world of the uninsured

By Wendell Potter

Lawmakers questioning the need for health care reform should check out this weekend's effort to provide free medical care at a Nashville hig

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"… ade the public and lawmakers that many of the 51 million Americans without health insurance are uninsured by choice. My premise: most of them were simply shirking the …"

"… surance firms they were not eligible for coverage. They couldn’t buy health insurance at any price. Many others had insurance but were enrolled in plans with su …"

ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Don't take Blue Shield's $180 million refund offer at face value

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"… of America.Through campaign contributions and effective lobbying, however, health insurance firms have so far been able to stave off rate regulation in California. Ju …"

"… all business? Wendell Potter wants to hear about your experience obtaining health insurance. Help inform our reporting by taking a few minutes to fill out this form.& …"

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ANALYSIS: Employer-based health care system is crumbling fast, may not survive

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Employer-based health care has been crumbling for several years

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"… Economic Policy Institute, the share of Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance declined from 64.2 percent in 2000 to 58.5 percent in 2008. Most of that d …"

"… because millions of workers lost their jobs —and along with them, their health insurance — during the recent economic downtown. When the recession officially beg …"

"… tously in recent years. The Kaiser Family Foundation, which keeps track of health insurance trends, found that the number of firms offering coverage fell from 69 perc …"

"… ber 2010 Gallup poll, just 44.8 percent of American adults reported having health insurance provided through their employer.One of the less obvious reasons for the un …"

ANALYSIS: Cost of health coverage leaves working folks further and further behind

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Employer-based health care system demanding more from families with stagnating wages

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"… cent from 1999 to 2010. The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in 2010 was $5,049 for single coverage and $13,770 for family coverage. It …"

"… insurance still get it through the workplace, our employer-based system of health insurance is failing more and more of us every year.The structure of the U.S. health …"

"… ir benefits—or they work for businesses that have been priced out of the health insurance market.And there is no relief in sight. According to The Segal Company’s …"

"… all business? Wendell Potter wants to hear about your experience obtaining health insurance. Help inform our reporting by taking a few minutes to fill out   …"

ANALYSIS: Health savings accounts lucrative for insurers, costly for consumers

By Wendell Potter

Insurers fight requirement to spend 80% of premium on care

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"… ility of coverage through HSA plans.”Having spent nearly 20 years in the health insurance industry, I knew it was just a matter of time before AHIP would mount a bi …"

"… ecline occurred during the George W. Bush administration, which joined the health insurance industry in persuading Congress to pass legislation making HSAs more attra …"

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ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

Tentative security definition confuses health care providers, privacy groups

By Kimberly Leonard

When must health providers tell patients that their personal information was breached? Rule pending.

ANALYSIS: Insurers's bait and switch

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: Insurers fooling consumers with cynical bait and switch promising low premiums

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"… of the most insidious bait-and-switch schemes in U.S. history. As they do, health insurance executives and company shareholders are getting richer and richer.This ind …"

"… a bill that would give state regulators the authority to reject excessive health insurance rate increases. Similar legislation has been introduced in other state leg …"

"… Stella told Kofman that all of his salary and part of his wife’s goes to health insurance. “Another rate increase is probably going to put us over the top,” the …"

Doctors less welcoming of children on Medicaid, GAO finds

By Ben Wieder

Doctors more likely to turn away children on Medicaid, especially specialists

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"… er among specialists, 29 percent of whom don’t participate in the public health insurance programs for low-income patients. …"

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