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Kool Herc Hospitalized: 5 Facts on a Hip-Hop Founding Father [VIDEO]

Pioneering hip-hop artist Kool Herc has been hospitalized because of a serious illness, friends say, and lacks health insurance to cover his medical bills. The 55-year-old Herc (born Clive Campbell) is "very sick," according to Sirius XM's DJ Premier, though specifics about his condition have not been released. On his...

Opinion: The High Cost of Repealing Health Reform

Before the ink was even dry on the Affordable Care Act, opponents of reform have been working overtime, doing anything and everything they can to repeal health reform -- and the vital consumer protections that are included in the law. For anti-health care Republicans, "repeal" might make for good political fodder, but for...

As House Debates, Study Finds 129M Have Pre-Existing Conditions

Up to 129 million Americans under age 65 have pre-existing conditions that could make it difficult for them to get health insurance, according to a government study released today as Congress begins debating a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care reforms. Obama's 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Will New Health Care Law Put Job-Based Coverage at Risk?

WASHINGTON (Oct. 24) -- The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations. But last week a leading manufacturer told workers their costs will jump partly because of the law. Also, a Democratic governor laid out a scheme for employers...

Opinion: Health Reform's Legal Challenge Lacks Any Merit

(Oct. 15) -- One minute, Christina Turner was enjoying drinks at a Fort Lauderdale bar with some men she'd recently met. The next minute, she woke up on a roadside covered with cuts and bruises indicating that she'd been raped. And this drug-assisted assault was only the beginning of Christina's nightmare. Months later,...

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Franciscan University Drops Entire Student Health Insurance Plan Over Birth Control Mandate

Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic institution in Ohio, has decided to drop its entire student health insurance plan as of the fall semester 2012 because of the new federal rule requiring contraception coverage under most employee and student health policies.

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The Preview Health Insurance Executives Don't Want You to See

Starting this week one million Californians will pay hundreds of millions of dollars more for their health insurance.

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Fewer Jobs Offer Health Insurance Benefits, Leaving Workers To Fend For Themselves

Jobs are the number-one source of health insurance coverage for Americans, but fewer employers are offering health benefits to their workers and more employees are becoming uninsured, a new survey shows.

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Is the Healthcare Mandate a Tax?

People who get health insurance through their employer under national health reform will lose over $6,000 in wages annually -- but that is actually a good thing.

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Jamie Court: Will Patients Beat Blue Shield Again... This Time With the First Online Ballot Petition for Rate Regulation?

Shouldn't the CEOs of health insurance companies like Blue Shield have to sign under penalty of perjury that their rate hikes are justified?

Background on health insurance

Health insurance is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll tax, to ensure that money is available to pay for the health care benefits specified in the insurance agreement.

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