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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

This week, legislators from the Senate Finance Committee waited for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide a cost estimate for the revised health care reform bill before bringing the legislation to a committee vote, now expected to take place next week.READ»

Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

On Tuesday, October 13 the Senate Finance Committee approved Chairman Max Baucus’ amended “America’s Healthy Future Act” by a vote of 14-9.READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Congress Jumps on the Web 2.0 Bandwagon

There’s a cultural shift happening on Capitol Hill. Thanks to President Obama and newer Members of Congress who have demonstrated how to successfully connect with supporters using Web 2.0 tools, more and more Congressional Members ...READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform : EasyToInsureME : 7/21/09

EasyToInsureME offers clients the easiest way to buy individual health insurance. Free services include instant online health insurance quotes, custom proposals for each client, free phone consultations, and 10-minute application by phone. Nobody does what we do for our clients!READ»

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»

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

This week, Senate Finance Committee members voted on the committee's health care reform bill, and the conversation shifted to how to reconcile the bill with pending legislation from the 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»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 9/11/09

Lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a heated August recess to continue to negotiate health care reform. Americans remain sharply divided on legislation: In a Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 39% of those polled say they would direct their member of Congress to vote against a health care reform bill this fall, while 37% want their member to vote in favor of a health care reform bill.READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

This Week in Health Care ReformREAD»

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

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

Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

Senate The long-awaited cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform proposal, “America’s Healthy Future Act,” was released this week by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

rejection of two amendments, one from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and one from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), that would have incorporated a public option in the bill.READ»

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The Banality of Obama's "Cutting-Edge" Web Event

President Obama has availed himself of almost every major medium in this month's PR blitz. 60 Minutes, Jay Leno, ESPN, CNN, primetime press conference, The New York Times. Now he's taken to the Web, keeping Americans apprised of his ...READ»

Senate Passes Credit Card Reform Bill

Senate Banking Committee Passes Credit Card Reform Bill With a 12 to 11 vote, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved a bill that would curb questionable credit card practices. In a recent speech President Barack Obama made ...READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : 8/14/09

With Congressional lawmakers back in their districts for summer recess, the health reform debate is heating up. The national discussion on reform has shifted away from Washington, as members of CongressREAD»

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»

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 23, 2009

Last week will go down as a truly significant week in health care reform. The House leadership unveiled its 1,000+ page bill and announced that the three committees of jurisdiction would immediately begin mark-up sessions designed to get a composite bill to the House floor by the end of July. Late last week the House Ways and Means Committee approved the House bill 23 to 18READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

Sept. 25, 2009 This Week in Health Care Reform READ»

New Website Lets Citizens Express Frustration With Congress

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA – Speak Out, Speak Up, Let your voice be heard ! Take your country back ! In response to taxpayer frustration with Congress’ disregard for the financial well-being of our country, and the future of the ...READ»

Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 16th 2009

On the health care reform front, the Senate HELP Committee continues to slug it out amendment by amendment, with Democrats winning all of the important ones on straight party-line votes.READ»

Ivan Glickman

A Stunning Leadership Vacuum

Since my topic is leadership, it is timely to comment on the goings on in the world of high finance. In addition, my base of operations is none other than Greenwich, CT, an epicenter of the disaster. Greenwich, as many know, is ...READ»

Nancy Pelosi Obviously Did Not Read 'How To Win Friends and Influence People"

As much as I am supporting Barack Obama this year and believe that the Republicans have screwed America with their de-regulation mantra and "deficits don't matter" approach, I call it as I see it.Every person who is trying ...READ»

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 30th, 2009

The House is scheduled to leave town for summer recess on July 31, and the Senate's current schedule sends them home a week later on August 7. It will be next to impossible for the House to address individual health insurance care reform on the floor 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»