Big surprise, right? From Yahoo News:
In place of the public insurance option that Reid inserted into the bill earlier, Democrats are considering a plan for the Office of Personnel Management to oversee private insurance, much as it does for federal employees and lawmakers.
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There were few details available of the [...]
Senator Bernie Saunders, of Vermont, has introduced Senate Amendment 2837. This is a federally funded program which is run by the states and provides Medicare for all.
December 3, 2009. Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to the Senate health reform [...]
Monday morning Nick Denton announced that for the first time ever, Gawker Media writers would have the opportunity to become full-time employees instead of freelancers. Ostensibly good news in this wintery publishing climate, where benefits like health insurance (and even unemployment) are a thing [...]
We know what the local “Tea Parties” look like. Check out this-a woman who lost her 7mo pregnant daughter-in-law because of lack of health insurance is heckled and laughed at in this Town Hall meeting.
My head hurts again.
Related posts:Eric Massa’s latest [...]
A Canadian IBM employee lost her disability benefits after the insurance company checked out her Facebook profile. According to the Daily News, "Nathalie Blanchard was diagnosed with depression and granted leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Que." a year and a half [...]
To mark its 50th anniversary, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently pitted a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air against its contemporary counterpart, a 2009 Malibu, in a 40 mph crash test. As you can see in the video, the Malibu destroys its predecessor.
The results were intended [...]
Yesterday, the United States Preventive Services Task Force ("an influential group that provides guidance to doctors, insurance companies and policy makers") recommended that women get mammograms starting at age 50, reversing its previous position that mammograms should start at age 40. According to the [...]
Did you know that the price for Viagra had doubled since its introduction? Check out Digby’s moral objection to Insurance Companies paying for Viagra (quite seriously funny)
I have a moral objection to paying for any kind of erectile dysfunction medicine in the new health reform bill [...]
Yeah - Join the RNC to get Insurance to pay for elective abortions. That they canceled it now is not the issue How long has this been going on?
Hypocrites
‘Chagrined’ GOP chair ends abortion insurance for employees
Even though his own views towards abortion have moderated over the years, RNC chair [...]
County leaders applaud Governor David Paterson and state lawmakers for moving forward on a mandate relief measure that will enact major components of legislation necessary for the more efficient operation of local governments.
The bill, passed last night, addresses cost saving measures by enhancing intermunicipal agreements for health insurance cooperatives, highway [...]
We just completed the open enrollment at my place of employment. Unlike the recent D&C article headline Health insurance options befuddle many I wasn’t befuddled because my company made the choice for me by reducing the number of providers offered to just one. Befuddled? No. Pissed? Yeah. Trouble is [...]
True to his word, Eric Massa voted against final passage of healthcare reform in the House. Earlier, he voted against the Stupak amendment which restricted use of insurance for abortions.
In the comments and via email, some readers are wondering if this was an "insurance" vote which would help [...]
Congressman Eric Massa, Democrat from NY-29, will be voting against HR 3962, the current iteration of the health care reform bill. Whether you’re for or against health insurance reform of any kind, you have to hand it to Massa for standing on principle. At Netroots [...]
