December 2011
A future with high deductibles for everyone →
High-deductible health plans on rise By Tom Wilemon The Tennessean, December 27, 2011 Corporate employers, small businesses and nonprofit organizations are increasingly requiring their workers…
Dec 31st
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2011 Year in Review: The Most Popular Videos from... →
Dec 29th
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Medical bill problems will persist →
Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010 By Anna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham Center for Studying Health System Change, December 2011 While problems paying medical bills…
Dec 29th
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Behind the Scenes Roundup: Holidays at the White... →
Dec 25th
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Weekly Address: The President and First Lady Thank... →
Dec 24th
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12/23/11 or #40dollars →
Dec 23rd
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PolitiFact’s 2011 Lie of the Year →
Dems’ ‘Mediscare’ a dubious winner By Angie Drobnic Holan and Bill Adair Politico, December 20, 2011 Republicans muscled a budget through the House of Representatives in April that they said…
Dec 23rd
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Homecoming for the Final U.S. Forces Iraq Troops →
Dec 21st
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Un-Happy Holidays for Seniors and the Disabled –... →
Dec 21st
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By the Numbers: $40 →
Dec 20th
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Will House Republicans Allow Taxes To Go Up On 160... →
Dec 19th
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Extending the Payroll Tax Cut →
Dec 18th
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Weekly Address: Honoring Those Who Served in Iraq →
Dec 17th
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Mass. Legislature Considers Eldridge Single-Payer... →
Dec 17th
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Statement by White House Communications Director... →
Dec 17th
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HHS punts the essential benefits decision to the... →
Essential Health Benefits: HHS Informational Bulletin U.S. Department of Health & Human Services December 16, 2011 On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a…
Dec 17th
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Why is Wyden supporting Ryan’s Medicare voucher... →
A Bipartisan Way Forward on Medicare By Ron Wyden and Paul Ryan The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2011 Our plan would strengthen traditional Medicare by permanently maintaining it as a…
Dec 16th
Insurers: Trust us on risk adjustment →
Allowing Insurers to Withhold Data on Enrollees’ Health Status Could Undermine Key Part of Health Reform By Edwin Park Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 12, 2011 Risk adjustment…
Dec 14th
Speakout lets locals voice views on health care →
Dec 13th
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First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Patients at... →
Dec 13th
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PNHP response to Rick Ungar’s “Obamacare Bomb” →
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! By Rick Ungar Forbes, December 2, 2011 I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as…
Dec 13th
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Army Navy Game 2011 Ends in 10th Straight Victory... →
Dec 12th
A White House Hanukkah Celebration →
Dec 11th
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Weekly Address: Ensuring a Fair Shot for the... →
Dec 11th
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By the Numbers: 1 in 5 →
Dec 10th
Health Reform Devolves Into ‘Unaffordable... →
Dec 9th
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Defined contributions future for health care →
Orszag: Defined Contributions Define Health-Care Future By Peter Orszag Bloomberg, December 6, 2011 Over the next decade, we are likely to see a shift in health insurance in the U.S.: So-called…
Dec 9th
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By the Numbers: $4.2 Billion →
Dec 8th
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Shocking growth of premiums – in a single... →
State Trends in Premiums and Deductibles, 2003–2010: The Need for Action to Address Rising Costs By Cathy Schoen, M.S., Ashley-Kay Fryer, Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., and David C. Radley, Ph.D.,…
Dec 7th
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President Obama Welcomes 2011 Kennedy Center... →
Dec 6th
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Vice President Biden' Visit to Ecumenical... →
Dec 4th
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From the Archives: President Obama's Surprise... →
Dec 3rd
Does ACA’s “Basic Health Program” stabilize... →
Balancing Coverage Affordability and Continuity under a Basic Health Program Option By John A. Graves, Ph.D., Rick Curtis, M.P.P., and Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine,…
Dec 3rd
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House Dems look to exempt Medicare from automatic... →
Dec 3rd
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Vice President Biden: "In America, and in Iraq,... →
Dec 2nd
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Less care for fewer and fewer →
Dec 1st
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Small Business Owner Says Payroll Tax Cuts Are... →
Dec 1st
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