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OPINION: Health care's community-based beginnings

By Wendell Potter

For-profit health care is the norm today, but the system was born out of a more 'community'-driven beginning.

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"… want to charge.” She lost that round, but her organization, America’s Health Insurance Plans, is back with a new propaganda campaign to get things back …"

Study: Medicare contractors vulnerable to conflict

By The Associated Press

Report: Contractors hired to weed out Medicare fraud have connections to cos. they investigate

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… dicare claims themselves, according to the study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' inspector-general. The report blames what it calls a f …"

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

By Chris Hamby

Government experts are considering ways to step up coal mine dust enforcement after a CPI-NPR investigation.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… ent communication.The effort, involving officials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and other offices within the Labor Department, inclu …"

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OPINION: Rep. Ryan's budget plan is a "Path to the Poorhouse"

By Wendell Potter

Romney's vice president choice has a deficit reduction plan that could bankrupt many senior citizens.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… rofit every quarter to satisfy their shareholders and Wall Street analysts.Health insurance premiums rose 9 percent in 2011 to an average of $15,073 for an …"

"… private insurers would charge them.That’s bad enough, but consider this: Health insurers began implementing a strategy several years ago to move all of us …"

"… cent from March and about the same as it was in June 2011. And balances in Health Savings Accounts are also low — averaging just $1,494 in 2010, according …"

IMPACT: OSHA's 'model workplace' program needs reform, report finds

By Chris Hamby

Companies exempt from some inspections under a special OSHA program should face tighter scrutiny, a report finds, echoing a Center series.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… suggesting reforms, from a task force of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, comes more than a year after a Center for Public Integrity …"

Manipulating Medicare in the election season

By Gordon Witkin

With the Paul Ryan pick, Medicare has returned as a top election topic
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OPINION: Physicians' group will barnstorm conventions with truth-telling on ObamaCare

By Wendell Potter

Doctors for America will provide reality check, dispense free care.

OPINION: The illusory promise of free-market health care miracles

By Wendell Potter

Republicans keep touting free-market health care, but there's no evidence it works.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… lidation in the insurance industry. The two biggest Health insurers, UnitedHealthcare and WellPoint, are giants because of their numerous acquisitions over …"

"… ek that patients do not benefit from these trends. In a study published in Health Affairs, researchers reported that Americans younger than 65 (and not yet …"

Daily Disclosure: Democratic super PAC zeroes in on GOP Medicare plan

By Rachael Marcus

Super PAC ad accuses GOP Senate candidate Rick Berg of being on a 'short leash'

OPINION: Maine's health care fantasy

By Wendell Potter

'Common sense' Maine law created more problems than solutions

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… ut those promises have turned out to be empty, as Consumers for Affordable Health Care, a statewide advocacy group, found following a review of company repo …"

"… nce firms.As Joseph Ditré, executive director of Consumers for Affordable Health Care, said, "The promise of new young, Healthy uninsureds returning to the …"

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