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ANALYSIS: An abiding faith in reform

By Wendell Potter

Golden State insurance commissioner optimistic about health reform and hopes for single-payer system

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… News: After nine months in office, what’s your overall assessment of the health insurance marketplace in California?Jones: I have been long concerned about the extr …"

"… rs and businesses, specifically, year after year double-digit increases in health insurance and HMO prices. These price increases are the major contributor to the lar …"

"… ributor to the large and growing numbers of Californians who cannot afford health insurance, and as a consequence, have inadequate health care. The good news is that …"

"… with implementation here in California including the establishment of the health insurance exchange and all of the other elements of the new law that are providing i …"

ANALYSIS: Holding insurers accountable

By Wendell Potter

Tips for consumers on how to deal with health insurance firms

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… d is just one reason why it is so important for every state to establish a health insurance “exchange” — or marketplace — where individuals and small business …"

"… the best interest of their employers, not yours.Have a question about your health insurance? Wendell Potter wants to help. Email your health care coverage issues to: …"

ANALYSIS: Republican field shies away from history on insurance mandate

By Wendell Potter

Individually-mandated health insurance began from within the Republican party

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… e requirement that all Americans be enrolled in either a private or public health insurance plan, was a proposal originated by the Heritage Foundation, a powerful con …"

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ANALYSIS: The staying power of junk health insurance

By Wendell Potter

Mini-med health insurance is nearly worthless for consumers, but insurers love it

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… and the Obama administration have assured us that on January 1, 2014, junk health insurance plans — which offer only the illusion of adequate coverage to the millio …"

FACT CHECK: Will health care law raise insurance premiums?

By FactCheck.Org

Republicans exaggerate an increase caused by the new law, but Obama promised lower premiums

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… nd Medicaid Services have estimated — and Sheils agrees — that private health insurance spending over the long-term will settle into about a 6 percent increase pe …"

"… alth and Human Services. Affordable Care Act helps fight unreasonable health insurance premium increases. Press release. 19 May 2011.Tapper, Jake. “New Study U …"

FACT CHECK: Romney didn’t OK new benefits for illegal immigrants

By FactCheck.Org

Contrary to Gov. Rick Perry's claim, Mass. 2006 health care law included no coverage for illegal immigrants

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… fety net program also reimburses community health centers. It’s not free health insurance for the people seeking care; rather, it’s payment for the hospitals and …"

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ANALYSIS: Obama plan helping those with pre-existing health conditions

By Wendell Potter

Obama health plan will prevent insurance firm denials for pre-existing conditions

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… cerns that people are having with obtaining coverage or dealing with their health insurance carriers. Many of the questions I have received pertain to pre-existing co …"

"… adults who have enough money to buy just about anything they want—except health insurance. I have met very wealthy people who have been turned down by every insuran …"

"… none. That’s because one of the first questions on every application for health insurance policies sold on the individual market is, “Have you ever been denied co …"

"… welling ranks of the uninsured in this country but also the record profits health insurance companies have been posting in recent years. When you refuse to sell cover …"

ANALYSIS: The profit in keeping you ignorant

By Wendell Potter

Insurance companies don't want their policies to be understandable

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… you have no idea what you’re paying good money for when you enroll in a health insurance plan, there’s a good reason for that: insurers profit from your ignoranc …"

Stimulus funds will build state health exchanges but might not sustain them

By Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard

Federal stimulus money will build exchanges, but may not be enough to sustain them

ANALYSIS: Losing the public relations war

By Wendell Potter

ObamaCare backers are being outhistled

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… ink than the fans.That doesn’t surprise me, either. During my years as a health insurance industry PR guy, I helped craft and implement plans that involved recruiti …"

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