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Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

Excerpts from this story referencing "insurance":

"… mericans not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid buy coverage from a private insurance company. That provision alone will result in hundreds of billions of dolla …"

"… the mandate. Expect a big lobbying and PR campaign — financed by our insurance premiums — to persuade us that the new regulations and consumer prot …"

"… those committees are doing, I can speculate from previous experience as an insurance company executive that the committees are developing strategies in these a …"

"… d on Sept. 31, 1999, that Scruggs was planning to file charges against the insurance firms. On that day, stock prices of Aetna and United alone had plunged nea …"

Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

Special treatment for 'high profile' patients; exasperation for the rest of us

By Wendell Potter

The president's mother and his struggle for health care reform

Excerpts from this story referencing "CIGNA":

"… about the president’s mother that the insurer she was pleading with was CIGNA, the one I used to work for. I wish I had known at the time. In my role as …"

"… Scott’s book, “A Singular Woman,” Dunham received a letter from the CIGNA subsidiary that had been hired by her employer to provide short-term disab …"

"… r for expenses related to her treatment for uterine cancer.The letter from CIGNA dashed her hopes. The company was refusing to pay because it had reason to …"

"… sickness, Dunham had to devote enormous amounts of time communicating with CIGNA in an effort to get the company to reconsider.Making no headway on her own …"

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Insurance brokers seek health reform change to safeguard profits

By Josh Israel

Insurance brokers seek change in health reform provision to protect profits

ANALYSIS: Insurers's bait and switch

By Wendell Potter

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

ANALYSIS: Great Scott! Florida governor limits health care choices for state employees

By Wendell Potter

Florida Gov. Rick Scott criticized 'Obamacare'; now he's cutting health care choices for Florida state employees
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ANALYSIS: Romney and Scott in Wonderland

By Wendell Potter

Illuminating statements: Scott administration says limits on choices aren't limits at all; Romney tells us corporations are people

Ask Wendell: The Mental Health Parity Act may save the day

By Wendell Potter

Insurers must treat mental illness like any other medical condition thanks to Congress.

Rape victim's choice: Risk AIDS or health insurance?

By Danielle Ivory

Women who are attacked can get tangled in the insurance system

ANALYSIS: An abiding faith in reform

By Wendell Potter

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

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