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Thomas A. Bass: The Double Game of the U.S. Health Insurance Companies

In the novels of doctor-turned-writer Robin Cook, health-insurance companies are so predatory that they not only charge outsized fees but kill you.

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Obama Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Mean Back To The Drawing Board On Health Care

One of the more positive sounding admonitions from health care reform opponents was that the United States had "the best health care in the world," so why would you mess with it?

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ObamaCare Isn't Just About Health Care - It's a Winning Jobs Issue

Massachusetts is the only state in the country where you don't have to worry about losing your health insurance if you lose your job, and it will remain that way if Mitt Romney, the man who signed that Massachusetts bill into law, gets elected president.

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Mitt Romney Is the Inequality Candidate

America is an unequal society , and our inequality is growing.

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Wendell Potter: There's a Sleeper in the Reform Law That Could Transform U.S. Health Care

When members of Congress who led the effort to overhaul the U.S. health care system saw the public option slipping away, some of them suggested that a viable alternative would be the fostering of nonprofit health insurance CO-OPs (Consumer Oriented and Operated Plans) throughout the country.

health care reform News From the Web

06/01/12 McCaskill slams attack ad as 'lies' Source: CW - KMBC TV - Kansas City MO U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the producers of a new television commercial that criticize her are lying.
06/01/12 Wanted: Women's Questions About Health Care Reform Source: WebMD Do you have questions about how the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on the health reform law will affect your insurance coverage?
06/01/12 Why We Shouldn't Dismiss "Death Panels" As Pure... Source: Forbes Sarah Palin 's "death panel" description polarized the nation; it was dismissed by PPACA proponents as " pure demagoguery ," and taken up by PPACA critics as a cudgel with which to pound "Obamacare."
06/01/12 Roberts' Legacy And The Health Care Law Source: NPR In just a few weeks, a decision is expected from the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law.
06/01/12 Best of the Web Today: Promises, Promises Source: The Wall Street Journal The nationwide unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% in May, as--huh?

Background on health care reform

Health care reform is a general rubric used for discussing major health policy creation or changes—for the most part, governmental policy that affects health care delivery in a given place.

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