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China's Health Care Reform Could Save Consumers $1.5 Billion

The country recently announced plans to spend $26 billion on health care this year. It also wants to ban smoking from public spaces. READ»

Where Are Drug Company Profits Really Going?

The leading trade organization for U.S. drug companies, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, keeps telling American consumers that the high cost of drugs is due to pricey research and development costs, but ...READ»

PhRMA Chokes International Trade

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the leading trade organization for U.S. drug companies, does not want U.S. consumers to have a choice of where they buy their drugs. To keep U.S. consumers from researching foreign markets to find safe drugs at prices as much as three or four times less than in the United States, PhRMA and its members started aggressively shutting down the drug supply to international pharmacies, disabling them from dispensing to U.S. citizens.READ»

Health Care Reform Update from Easy To Insure ME

May 12, 2010Read this week about what is happening on the federal legislative front of Health Care Reform.House Hearing on Health Care Pricing Transparency ProposalsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing ...READ»

Who's Cashing In on Health-Care Reform?

If the health-care bill signed into law by President Obama today delivers on its promises, it's likely to down as the first ripple in a tidal wave of health-care information-technology innovation. It buoys last year's economic ...READ»

Health Care Reform March 15 2010

Week of March 15, 2010The White House last week continued to rail against rising health insurance premiums to help build popular support for his health care reform package. But the effort to focus the blame for rising costs on ...READ»

The Week in Health Reform

The Week in Health Reform—Federal Legislative OverviewThe White HouseOn March 3, President Obama continued his push for Members of Congress to complete health insurance reform legislation within the upcoming weeks. He delivered a ...READ»

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Nearly 31 percent said they thought the Democratic bills would make their personal financial situation worse, compared with 10 percent who said it would improve their family budgets. * Forty-two percent said the nation's fiscal condition would suffer because of the legislation, compared with 26 percent who said it would get better.READ»

Taking Bets: Will Real Reason for Health Reform--Uncoupling Work and Coverage--Come Up at Tomorrow's Summit? (Poll)

Leading up to tomorrow's Health Care Summit, I've been trying to follow each political party's public positioning as to why their approach is preferable. You hear a lot about the current health care reality: 40+ million people ...READ»

Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5 2010

Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week. READ»

This Week in Health Insurance Reform--Federal Legislative Overview

House and Senate Democratic leaders remain at an impasse on merging their respective health care reform bills.READ»

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The sudden halt to health care reform's steady march forward came as a shock to many who saw an upset win by Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown in Massachusetts as all but impossible.READ»

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Republican Scott Brown’s victory over Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) in the January 19 specialREAD»

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Massachusetts Election of Senate Republican Recasts Debate: Following the election of Republican Scott Brown to the Massachusetts Senate seat Tuesday night, Democratic leaders have been scrambling to revive what could now be a dying bill. The loss of the Democrat's 60th vote in the Senate opens up the legislation to a Republican filibusterREAD»

This Week in Health Care Reform : EasyToInsureME Health Insurance

Congressional leaders are still aiming to have the controversial points in the health care reform bill settledREAD»

This Week in Health Insurance Reform : EasyToInsureME

The Senate passed its health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009READ»

This Week in Health Insurance Quotes Reform : EasyToInsureME

While still technically in recess, members of Congress trickled back to Washington, D.C. this week to get a jump start on reconciling the health care reform bills passed by the House and Senate last year.READ»

Infographic of the Day: How Bad Is U.S. Health Care?

A bracing graphic summarizing the many failings of the U.S. health-care system.READ»

Health Insurance Exchange Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), may just reach his goal of getting a health care reform package approved by the Senate by ChristmasREAD»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Final Vote EasyToInsureME

In the past week, the Senate’s health care reform legislation has run the political gauntlet, with Republicans trying to filibusterREAD»