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Timeline of Failed Predictions (Part 1)

Think you're good at predicting the future? History says that you're not. What have people said in the past about the future and why do so many predictions get things so hopelessly wrong?READ»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Obamacare & Buying Individual Health Insurance

Following the election of Republican Scott Brown to the Massachusetts State Senate last week and the resulting loss of Senate Democrats' supermajority, lawmakers continue to pave the way for health care reform - with limited progress. In addition, polls indicate that the public would rather lawmakers focus more on the economy than on health care.READ»

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»

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Cobra Health Insurance Subsidy Continued EasyToInsureME

The end date of eligibility for the premium subsidy changes from December 31, 2009, to February 28, 2010.READ»

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»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option.READ»

Week in Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

The Senate this week continued debate on its health care reform legislation, H.R. 3590, “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”.READ»

This Week in Health Reform EasyToInsureME

Less than two weeks after the debut of official legislative language, the Senate began official debate on its $848 billion health care reform billREAD»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform EasyToInsureME

The Senate began to slog its way through amendments (see below) last week in a process that promises to get harder, not easier.READ»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform EasyToInsureME

On November 21st Senate lawmakers voted along party lines to move ahead with a floor debate over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's READ»

This Week in Health Reform—Federal Legislative Overview

The Senate’s health care reform legislation has still not yet been unveiled, but there are reports that an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office has found the bill to be more costly than expected, so Senate Democrats are already considering new ways to pay for the bill. READ»

EasyToInsureME This Week in Health Reform: November 20, 2009

This week focused on the unveiling of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) proposed health care reform legislation.READ»

Individual Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

The Business Roundtable released a report late last week that found key components of existing health care reform legislation could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and their employees. READ»

EasyToInsureME Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly

This week's debate focused on last Saturday's approval of health care reform legislation by the House of Representatives.READ»

EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

Given that the Senate is expected to require much more time than the House to vote on a health care bill (see below), it is likely there is not enough legislative time left in 2009 to wrap up a bill for Christmas delivery to the White House.READ»

EasyToInsureME Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly

As we near the end of a busy week in Congress, WellPoint sent a letter to Congressional Members highlighting the detrimental impact of current legislation on our health care system. READ»

EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

That the bill going to the floor of the House contains a government plan option is no surprise. But Senate leadership's decisionREAD»

EasyToInsureME Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly

This week, lawmakers fine-tuned their reform proposals and, once again, the public option became the central issue of the health care reform debate.READ»

EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

While Aetna and the rest of the insurance industry continue to focus on important health care reform issues, some members of Congress and The White House appear unwilling to stop or even slow the political attacks against insurers.READ»

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

Inside-the-Beltway politics were in full swing last week as the insurance industry came under heavy fire from some members of Congress and the media for releasing a PricewaterhouseCoopers report prior to the Senate Finance Committee's scheduled voteREAD»