$2.655 Million To Date To Sacramento Political Committee That Doesn’t Disclose Industry Funding In Ads Supporting Villines, Attacking Jones.

70 million Americans who get health insurance through their employer
cannot take their insurance company to court when the insurer doesn’t
provide the benefits it promised, even if the insurer’s decision to
delay or deny life-saving treatment results in an employee’s death.

One of the reasons I was still somewhat optimistic about the Affordable Care Act was the new temporary high-risk pool which was supposed to provide “affordable” insurance for “uninsurables” in the individual market. Little did I know the new plan will still cost my Mother 800 bucks a month!

Weekly Diaspora: Hitting Immigrant Kids Where It Hurts

Million in Mass Lose Medicare this Month: Healthcare Bill Makes New England’s Teeth Like England’s — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

article about company costs and personal mandates

Some of the Obama’s more incoherent detractors have labeled his health care plan as “socialized medicine.” It is assumed, naturally, that socialism is Bad (with a big B).

While socialism may be less effective in many industries and fields (just look at the Soviet Union’s fate, after all), the insurance industry as a whole is rather different.

Former CIGNA executive Wendell Potter has said one of the most important things we can do to reform health care is regulate MLRs. What I would like to do here is use MLRs to illustrate how special interests corrupted the legislative process, from the first Congressional proposal to the final law.

Today’s New York Times hands over a portion of its op-ed page to Representative Paul Ryan (R. Wisc) to explain what Republicans would do to replace Obamacare, a.k.a., Armageddon and the end of American democracy as we know it. Answer: a government takeover of health insurance.

Today, President Obama will sign into law the the Affordable Health Care for America Act.  An initial summary of the wins, losses, and remaining challenges for women’s health and rights.

Written by Jodi Jacobson, editor of RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.