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Opinion: Will Health Reform Help Small Businesses?

(Oct. 28) -- When my mom starts to collect the brochures from various health insurance plans, she tends to start losing sleep. For years, my parents have run a small, small business in New Lenox, Ill., providing health safety consulting for hospitals and some industrial clients. The payroll has included, at various times,...

Opinion: Health Care Reform Will Mean Security

(Nov. 6) -- For too long, skyrocketing health care costs have strained our families' budgets, hampered our small businesses, and eaten up a greater and greater share of our economy each year. It's time to put a stop to it. The Affordable Health Care for America Act being considered by the House of Representatives will do...

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The Next Big Thing: Are We Afraid of Affordable Health Care?

Social legislation and reform is no cakewalk in this country.

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Ethan Rome: Five Reasons Health Insurance Companies Should Roll Back Rates Now

The health insurance industry continues reporting record-setting profits while socking consumers with unjustified and excessive rate hikes.

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Celebrating and Protecting Health Reform for Children

A year ago President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Affordable Care Act"), guaranteeing access to health coverage for 32 million uninsured people in America including 95 percent of all children.

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Better Benefits and Better Health for Women

It's hard to believe it's been a year since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. But in the twelve months since it was signed, the law has already given Americans more freedom and control over their health care choices.

Background on Affordable Health Care for America Act

The Affordable Health Care for America Act (or HR 3962) was a bill that was crafted by the United States House of Representatives in November 2009. At the encouragement of the Obama administration, the 111th Congress devoted much of its time to enacting reform of the United States' health care system.

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