Showing posts with label Big Insurance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Insurance. Show all posts
1/16/14
Four Major Insurers Accused Of Discriminating Against Women In Long-Term Care Plans
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/16/3176091/major-insurers-discriminate-gender-long-term-care/
"The long-term care industry has long maintained that Obamacare’s rules barring insurers from charging women more for their health care don’t apply to them. Early last year, the nation’s largest long-term care insurer announced that it be charging women between 20 and 40 percent more in monthly premiums.
Industry experts predicted the practice would become a trend — a prediction that has proven true. NWLC’s complaints are targeting Genworth Financial, John Hancock, Transamerica, and Mutual of Omaha."
"The long-term care industry has long maintained that Obamacare’s rules barring insurers from charging women more for their health care don’t apply to them. Early last year, the nation’s largest long-term care insurer announced that it be charging women between 20 and 40 percent more in monthly premiums.
Industry experts predicted the practice would become a trend — a prediction that has proven true. NWLC’s complaints are targeting Genworth Financial, John Hancock, Transamerica, and Mutual of Omaha."
11/14/13
No, Obama Didn't Lie to You About Your Health Care Plans | Alternet
No, Obama Didn't Lie to You About Your Health Care Plans | Alternet
"First, it is important to note that the ACA grand-fathered all the individual policies that were in place at the time the law was enacted. This means that the plans in effect at the time that President Obama was pushing the bill could still be offered even if they did not meet all the standards laid out in the ACA.
"First, it is important to note that the ACA grand-fathered all the individual policies that were in place at the time the law was enacted. This means that the plans in effect at the time that President Obama was pushing the bill could still be offered even if they did not meet all the standards laid out in the ACA.
The plans being terminated because they don't meet the minimal standards were all plans that insurers introduced after the passage of the ACA."
11/4/13
Don't Be Fooled! Health Insurance Companies' Latest Scam to Scare Off Customers from Obamacare | Alternet
Don't Be Fooled! Health Insurance Companies' Latest Scam to Scare Off Customers from Obamacare | Alternet
"The letters from health insurance companies don’t mention the health care exchanges they could look into to get cheaper plans."
"The letters from health insurance companies don’t mention the health care exchanges they could look into to get cheaper plans."
10/16/13
Paul Ryan's Peddling a 'Shock Doctrine' Cure | Common Dreams
Paul Ryan's Peddling a 'Shock Doctrine' Cure | Common Dreams
"If you are looking for certainties in American politics, count on this one: If a crisis of governing develops, the advocates for cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will arrive with a plan to resolve the standoff by balancing budgets on the backs of America’s most vulnerable citizens.
Cue Paul Ryan.
The House Budget Committee chairman, a Republican from Janesville, has for the better part of a decade been the most determined advocate on Capitol Hill for the Wall Street agenda that says earned-benefit programs should be reshaped as investment vehicles and voucher schemes that will benefit brokers and the health insurance industry."
"If you are looking for certainties in American politics, count on this one: If a crisis of governing develops, the advocates for cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will arrive with a plan to resolve the standoff by balancing budgets on the backs of America’s most vulnerable citizens.
Cue Paul Ryan.
The House Budget Committee chairman, a Republican from Janesville, has for the better part of a decade been the most determined advocate on Capitol Hill for the Wall Street agenda that says earned-benefit programs should be reshaped as investment vehicles and voucher schemes that will benefit brokers and the health insurance industry."
9/4/13
Georgia’s Governor Took Money From The Insurance Lobby While Denying Health Coverage To The Poor
Georgia’s Governor Took Money From The Insurance Lobby While Denying Health Coverage To The Poor: A Super PAC linked to Gov. Nathan Deal (R) has taken over half a million dollars in political contributions from the health care industry. But he's been far less willing to accept generous federal money to extend Medicaid coverage to 650,000 of Georgia's poorest residents.
GA Gov. Nathan Deal Taking Payola To Obstruct Obamacare
GA Gov. Nathan Deal Taking Payola To Obstruct Obamacare
"Let's also pay attention to the Big Donors here: United Health, Aetna, Humana and Blue Cross. United Health and Aetna have declined to participate in state-based exchanges in states where they're actually regulatedlike California and New York, opting instead to hand off some payola to a corrupt Georgia governor in order for him to behave like an obstructionist."
"Let's also pay attention to the Big Donors here: United Health, Aetna, Humana and Blue Cross. United Health and Aetna have declined to participate in state-based exchanges in states where they're actually regulatedlike California and New York, opting instead to hand off some payola to a corrupt Georgia governor in order for him to behave like an obstructionist."
8/13/13
PERRspectives: Meet the Real Death Panelists
PERRspectives: Meet the Real Death Panelists
"Every single Republican Representative and Senator voted against the Affordable Care Act before President Obama signed it into law in March 2010. Since January 2011, House Republicans have voted 40 times to repeal Obamacare. Were they to succeed, the GOP wouldn't just be preventing up to 30 million more people in the U.S. from obtaining health insurance."
"Every single Republican Representative and Senator voted against the Affordable Care Act before President Obama signed it into law in March 2010. Since January 2011, House Republicans have voted 40 times to repeal Obamacare. Were they to succeed, the GOP wouldn't just be preventing up to 30 million more people in the U.S. from obtaining health insurance."
6/24/13
PERRspectives: Health Insurers to Skip Half of Mississippi Counties
PERRspectives: Health Insurers to Skip Half of Mississippi Counties
"Not that Mississippians had much luck to begin with. Ranked dead last in the Commonwealth Fund's ranking of state health care systems, the Magnolia state has almost 500,000 people without health insurance, nearly 20 percent of its adult population ages 18 to 64. And in January, Republican Governor Phil Bryant declared that despite having the most meager Medicaid program in the nation, he would refuse the federal Medicaid expansion under Obamacare that could bring coverage to 160,000 of his residents, including those with cancer, diabetes and so many other conditions"
"Not that Mississippians had much luck to begin with. Ranked dead last in the Commonwealth Fund's ranking of state health care systems, the Magnolia state has almost 500,000 people without health insurance, nearly 20 percent of its adult population ages 18 to 64. And in January, Republican Governor Phil Bryant declared that despite having the most meager Medicaid program in the nation, he would refuse the federal Medicaid expansion under Obamacare that could bring coverage to 160,000 of his residents, including those with cancer, diabetes and so many other conditions"
6/21/13
Insurers To Rebate Consumers $500 Million As A Result Of Obamacare
Insurers To Rebate Consumers $500 Million As A Result Of Obamacare: This summer, over 8.5 million Americans will get back $500 million in rebates from insurance companies that charged them too much thanks to an Obamacare consumer protection that limits how much insurers can profit off of premiums, according to new government data. But the size of Americans’ rebate checks varies wildly by geographic region, highlighting [...]/p
6/5/13
Thanks To Obamacare, Major Insurers Have To Give Back $36 Million To California Small Businesses
Thanks To Obamacare, Major Insurers Have To Give Back $36 Million To California Small Businesses: On Tuesday, Golden State small businesses and their employees got some great news: two of the state’s largest insurers will have to give them over $36 million in insurance rebates because of an Obamacare consumer protection. The health law forces insurers to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they charge on paying for [...]/p
5/30/13
How Obamacare May Help Make Health Care Cheaper By Forcing Insurance Giants To Compete
How Obamacare May Help Make Health Care Cheaper By Forcing Insurance Giants To Compete: More than 120 insurance plans want Americans to be able to buy their products on Obamacare’s new insurance marketplaces, one of the key provisions of the health law that will take full effect in 2014. The Obama administration is heralding that news as more proof that the Affordable Care Act is already doing its part [...]/p
5/24/13
How California Is Debunking The GOP’s Obamacare Talking Points
How California Is Debunking The GOP’s Obamacare Talking Points: On Thursday, California officials revealed insurance companies’ opening bids for the state’s Obamacare marketplace in 2014. The numbers are great for consumers — and terrible for right-wing fear mongering over the health law. Covered California, the agency tasked with constructing and maintaining the Golden State’s insurance marketplace, announced in a press release that rates submitted [...]/p
5/16/13
Americans Who Battle Cancer Are Twice As Likely To Go Bankrupt, Even If They Have Health Insurance
Americans Who Battle Cancer Are Twice As Likely To Go Bankrupt, Even If They Have Health Insurance: Cancer patients are much more likely to go bankrupt than Americans who aren’t faced with a cancer diagnosis, a new study finds. Even the Americans who have access to health insurance aren’t necessarily safe from bankruptcy, since the high cost of treating cancer can still put an untenable strain their finances. A team of researchers [...]/p
5/14/13
Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick! | Alternet
Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick! | Alternet
""Business freedom" in America increasingly means the God-given right to exploit the vulnerability of the public."
""Business freedom" in America increasingly means the God-given right to exploit the vulnerability of the public."
5/11/13
Obamacare Is Already Forcing Private Insurers To Lower Their Premiums
Obamacare Is Already Forcing Private Insurers To Lower Their Premiums: As Thursday’s development shows, that public information empowers consumers by forcing insurers to compete with one another to attract customers. Or to put it another way — and contrary to conservative fear-mongering about the law — Obamacare is working exactly as it was intended to. And with 24 million Americans expected to gain coverage through the marketplaces by 2016, that’s great news for Americans’ pocketbooks — as well as their health.
3/18/13
PERRspectives: 10 Signs Paul Ryan is Dropping Acid
PERRspectives: 10 Signs Paul Ryan is Dropping Acid
"For years, the centerpiece of Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America" has been the privatization of the Medicare system now serving almost 50 million American seniors. But even in its latest incarnation keeping traditional government-run Medicare as a "public option," Ryan's "premium support" scheme still dramatically shifts costs to seniors as the value of his voucher invariably fails to keep pace with inflation and increasing prices from private insurers."
"For years, the centerpiece of Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America" has been the privatization of the Medicare system now serving almost 50 million American seniors. But even in its latest incarnation keeping traditional government-run Medicare as a "public option," Ryan's "premium support" scheme still dramatically shifts costs to seniors as the value of his voucher invariably fails to keep pace with inflation and increasing prices from private insurers."
3/12/13
PERRspectives: New Budget, New Name, Same Old Ryan Medicare Rationing
PERRspectives: New Budget, New Name, Same Old Ryan Medicare Rationing
"But over time, traditional Medicare itself would become more expensive, as private insurers shun the sicker, older seniors the federal government would be forced to accept. The result is that more and more Americans would be left to the tender mercies of the private insurance market."
"But over time, traditional Medicare itself would become more expensive, as private insurers shun the sicker, older seniors the federal government would be forced to accept. The result is that more and more Americans would be left to the tender mercies of the private insurance market."
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