ANALYSIS: Opaque transparency from the health insurance industry

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Insurers crying foul over new rules for premium hikes

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… large group 2010 MLR figures — both of which exceed requirements of the health care reform law. And although at 76.7 percent for individual policyholders, which represen …"

ANALYSIS: No silver lining in Gold Circle junkets for health insurance salesmen

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Insurers fight rules to limit admin costs while spending lavishly on junkets for salesmen

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… es magazine’s 2011 list of top paid corporate chief executives.Under the health care reform law, starting this year insurers will have to spend at least 80 percent of the …"

Telehealth bill aims to expand health IT access for home care providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

A proposed new Senate bill would give home care providers in rural areas access to Medicare payments for audio and video home monitoring. ..

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… ical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.With debate on last year’s sweeping health care reform law out of the way — and with the telehealth bill’s chief backer, Thune, n …"

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Emergency room visits up 11 percent in last decade; health care reform could drive numbers higher

By Laurel Adams

More than 100 million people seek help in emergency rooms, a number that could rise as health care reform kicks in

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… ber could rise even higher as more people obtain health coverage under the health care reform law, the Government Accountability Office warns.A portion of these visits, abo …"

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Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....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

"… s of health care news to obsess about last week. A federal judge ruled the health care reform law unconstitutional, and Senate Republicans tried in vain to repeal the law. …"

Analysis — ‘Reframing’ the debate to make insurers look poor

By Wendell Potter

While the country was struggling to emerge from a recession, and more and more of us were struggling with no medical coverage, the big for-p

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… percent of premium revenue on their policyholders’ medical care, as the health care reform law requires, would surely push them into the red and eventually out of busine …"

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Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

Is the health care reform law a good deal for Americans or is it so badly flawed that Congress should repeal it?...

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans. …"

Analysis — The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans

By Wendell Potter

One of the reasons I left my job as a PR executive for the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience be a pitchma

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… ni-med plans should be illegal — and they will be in 2014, thanks to the health care reform law. They would disappear even sooner if employers and insurance companies tha …"

Analysis - Ryan's Medicare plan would be a windfall for insurance companies

By Wendell Potter

Rep. Ryan's Medicare plan would shred the safety net for seniors and make billions for insurers

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… en increasing. That’s why Congress included a provision in last year’s health care reform law to require insurance firms to spend no more than 20 percent of their polic …"

Insured profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health execs get richer as Americans beg for help to pay bills

Excerpts from this story referencing "health care reform law":

"… ble. They’ve been able to do that so far this year, despite the new health care reform law, by shifting many policyholders into plans that force them to spend more f …"

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