"… sidents of Texas-except for people with financial connections to liability insurance companies and, to a lesser extent, doctors — have realized few, if any, …"

"… care have also exceeded national averages. “More Texans lack health insurance, the per capita number of doctors has not increased noticeably, and premiu …"

"… r of doctors has not increased noticeably, and premiums for private health insurance have increase at a rate higher than the national average,” according to …"

"… ns that about 6.3 million Texas—men, women and children—have no health insurance. That’s almost exactly the population of my home state of Tennessee. An …"

"… campaign in an effort to make sure that when all of us have to buy health insurance in 2014, we will be getting good value.When Congress passed the Affordable …"

"… able Care Act last year, it included a provision requiring that all health insurance plans sold a little more than two years from now must contain “essential …"

"… t going to be very inclined to vote for Democrats come 2016, especially if insurance firms continue their long-running streak of record-setting profits.I wrote …"

"… r long-running streak of record-setting profits.I wrote last month that an insurance industry-backed group called the Essential Health Benefits Coalition had b …"

"… one will be happier than the executives I used to work with in the health insurance industry. Santorum was without a doubt one of the most reliable go-to guys …"

"… to us.During election years, it is common for candidates favored by health insurance firms to find themselves invited to small, private gatherings of industry …"

"… 003. Heralded by Republicans, including then-President George W. Bush, and insurance executives as a private sector solution to the problems of skyrocketing he …"

"… e plans now have annual family deductibles of $50,000 — meaning that the insurance company will not pay a dime’s worth of medical care until the family has …"

"… erience with a customer service rep—unless, of course, he bought his own insurance firm.One of the things Obamacare haters try to make us believe is that the …"

"… of insurers competing vigorously to sign them up. But the world of health insurance doesn’t operate that way — and it never will without government interv …"

"… e met hundreds of people since I started talking and writing about how the insurance industry really operates who would dearly love to fire their insurance com …"

"… the insurance industry really operates who would dearly love to fire their insurance companies and enroll in a plan that would provide a better value for their …"

"… one of more than 50 million men, women and children who do not have health insurance in the United States, which is why her family is in the same predicament a …"

"… al debt. Many of those people actually have what they thought was adequate insurance, but find that they still have to pay far more out of their own pockets to …"

"… ’t have to lose their homes when someone gets sick and to make sure that insurance firms can no longer engage in practices that have swelled the ranks of the …"

"… em. They’re hidden from view and probably always will be. But the health insurance industry’s big guns are in place and pointed directly at the citizens of …"

"… t would let the state set up a single payer system two years from now, the insurance industry’s friends in Washington are not keen to let that happen. That� …"

"… want to go the single payer route after all.During my 20 years as a health insurance PR executive, I was involved in numerous efforts to make the very term “ …"

"… d in Vermont over the past several days just how the invisible hand of the insurance industry is working. Insurers know their efforts will be more effective if …"

"… st several months that the administration would cave to the demands of the insurance industry’s trade organization that this requirement be gutted to the poi …"

"… has long championed greater transparency and accountability in the health insurance business.“insurance companies will no longer be allowed to hide behind l …"

"… ng to be able to demand more and more openness and clarity from the health insurance coverage they are spending their hard-earned dollars on. They deserve …"

"… ive the California insurance Commissioner power to reject excessive health insurance rate increases.Consumer advocates there decided to go the ballot initiativ …"

"… nsumer advocates there decided to go the ballot initiative route after the insurance industry’s friends in the legislature blocked a bill last year that woul …"

"… past year alone.According to the California HealthCare Foundation, health insurance premiums in the state increased 153 percent from 2002 to 2011, more than f …"

"… owing number of the state’s residents have been priced out of the health insurance market.And this is not a situation unique to California. A review of finan …"

"… ct when it claims its contraception mandate will be “cost neutral” for insurance companies? Or are the critics right when they say Catholic institutions wi …"

"… ontrol mandate, which a study said “did not appear” to increase health insurance premiums. Interestingly, the same study also showed an increase in the num …"

"… udy that found significant savings from contraception. The study also said insurance company costs are likely to increase if coverage is simply provided to peo …"

"… islation is unclear.”Connecticut also could not conclude whether private insurance plans saved enough from reduced pregnancy costs to cover the added expense …"

"… -deductible health plan. One release from Cigna, the giant for-profit insurance firm I used to work for, would lead us to believe that human resource mana …"

"… e seriously ill or get hurt.One of the reasons I left my job in the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience continue to promote hi …"

"… are often coupled with a health savings account, have become a favorite of insurance company executives and an increasing number of employers. That’s because …"

"… ation at large, and conducted by nonprofit organizations that don’t sell insurance — like the Commonwealth Fund — have found that high-deductible plans o …"