Health Insurance Reform and California

Aetna rate hike is deemed 'excessive' by California regulator - latimes.com

latimes.com — “The state's third-largest health insurer raised rates by an average of 8% for small businesses that have a combined workforce of about 77,000. State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says they're 'unreasonable.'” View full resource at latimes.com

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Health reform means huge coming rise in ER use, CU School of Medicine says | The Daily Dose — The Denver Post

blogs.denverpost.com — “More insured under health reform means huge rise in coming ER use, according to CU School of Medicine researchers” View full resource at blogs.denverpost.com

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Fixing health care | UTSanDiego.com

utsandiego.com — “March was a milestone month for health care. It marked the second anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and saw the law and one of its most controversial provisions – the individual mandate to buy health insurance – come before the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans and Democrats have rival campaigns either damning health care reform as unworkable government interference or extolling its virtues as the panacea for health care’s woes. The truth is somewhere in between. The la” View full resource at utsandiego.com

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Health Insurers Move Ahead, With Or Without Individual Mandate : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

npr.org — “With all the attention focused on the Supreme Court hearings on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, it might seem that the future of all reforms to the health care system is in the balance. But some in the insurance industry say many changes are already in motion.” View full resource at npr.org

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Supreme Court Health Care Reform: Without Mandate, Nightmare Awaits Insurers, Uninsured

huffingtonpost.com — “Get ready for the "death spiral."” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com

Most Recently Shared on March 29, 2012 at 1:20 pm By:

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The 'Heart' of Health Care Reform: Can the Law Stand Without a Mandate? - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: During the summer of 2009, when the health care reform debate was dividing the country and the "public option" seemed like the most important policy issue in a generation, the proposal to require all Americans to have health insurance was hardly ever mentioned. The individual mandate, now the focus of a historic Supreme Court review, was just one part of a complex and broad overhaul of the nation's health care system. Medicare cuts, end-of-life counseling and a tax on” View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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The New Deal on healthcare reform and the Supreme Court - latimes.com

latimes.com — “The Obama administration is relying on a 1942 ruling upholding the government's right 'to regulate that which it subsidizes' in a case questioning the legality of compelling individuals to buy health insurance.” View full resource at latimes.com

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Romney's Plan B For Health Care Reform? Stiff The Slackers - Forbes - Digg

digg.com — “Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney gestures while speaking during an event at NuVasive, a maker of devices intended to improve spinal care, in San Diego on March 26, 2012 in California. Romney is scheduled to attend fundraisers in San Diego and Redwood City today and on March 27 he will [...]” View full resource at digg.com

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Supreme Court grills government on individual mandate - FierceHealthcare

fiercehealthcare.com — “In Supreme Court arguments yesterday, both sides got to argue the issue that's at the very heart of the healthcare reform debate: Can the government force Americans to buy health insurance? And is Read more...” View full resource at fiercehealthcare.com

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The Supreme Court’s Momentous Test - NYTimes.com

nytimes.com — “The Supreme Court justices must accept limits on their power and uphold the individual health insurance mandate.” View full resource at nytimes.com

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Analysts Differ on Role of 'Individual Mandate' to Health-Reform Law - MSN Health - Health Topics

health.msn.com — “Without directive to purchase insurance costs to consumers government would rise all agree” View full resource at health.msn.com

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California's Doctor Shortage a Key Obstacle to Health Reform, Lawmaker Says - capradio.org

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Study: Newly insured use ER more | HealthyCal

healthycal.org — “One of the most common arguments in favor of the federal health reform law that the Supreme Court is weighing this week is that people without insurance overuse emergency rooms because they lack access to basic care. But new research released today suggests that people without insurance use the ER no more than those who have health coverage. In fact, people who were without coverage and obtain it use the ER more than people who have steady coverage or no coverage at all. People who lose their co” View full resource at healthycal.org

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