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Survey: Kaiser tops in customer satisfaction for health insurance
For the sixth consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente ranked highest in customer satisfaction for health insurance among California policyholders, according to ratings firm J.D. Power and Associates. Anthem Blue Cross, the state's largest for-profit...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Healthcare Policies, Health Net Inc., Walmart, Cigna Corporation
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Letters: Medicare works, so why change?
Re "GOP revisits Medicare reform," March 3 People get the greatest share of their lifetime medical care after age 65, and Medicare is currently the cheapest solution to that problem. The federal program's overhead is smaller than private insurance,...Tags: Private Health Care, Politics, Medicare, Insurance
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No, Washington Post, Obamacare is not that complicated
The Washington Post's "Wonkblog" page is up Wednesday morning with a flow chart showing how to determine eligibility for government helpĀ to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Post describes the chart, which was prepared by the...
Tags: The Washington Post, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Ignorance about health law remains high
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s healthcare law remains largely a mystery to most Americans, three years after the president signed it, a new survey shows. Today, nearly six in 10 Americans say they still don’t have enough information to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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Protesters march to urge Texas Gov. Rick Perry to expand Medicaid
Several hundred protesters marched in Austin on Tuesday to protest Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hard stance against expanding Medicaid coverage in the state. Perry has dismissed calls to follow two tenets of the federal Affordable Care Act: expand Medicaid,...
Tags: Government, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personal Income, Chris Christie
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McManus: Fiscal crisis? What crisis?
Here's what is most maddening about the "Perils of Pauline" fiscal crises that President Obama and Congress have led us into during the last year: Both sides have known from the beginning what the final deals would look like, but neither side has been...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Career and Workplace, Social Security, John McCain
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Put Medi-Cal expansion on the front burner
The 2010 healthcare reform law has three interlocking goals: to expand insurance coverage, improve the quality of care and slow the rise of healthcare spending. The first goal is the costliest, requiring federal and state governments to extend public...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Laws, Government
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Jerry Brown wants wiggle room from feds on healthcare
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown said implementation of the new federal healthcare law is at the top of his agenda as he meets with other governors in the nation's capital this weekend. In particular, Brown hopes to coordinate with other state leaders...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Republican Party, Jan Brewer, Politics
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Breast practices: The mammogram dilemma
There is growing evidence that screening mammograms aren't all they've been cracked up to be. This month it was "More mammograms, more problems" — a study showing that screening every year (instead of every other) didn't produce any benefit but...
Tags: Medical Research, Mammogram, Science and Technology, Breast Cancer
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Lawmakers to consider rules for health insurance market
SACRAMENTO -- Lawmakers are set to consider new rules for California's health insurance market on Wednesday, including a requirement for insurers to cover consumers who have preexisting medical conditions, and limits on how much they can charge based on...Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost
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California reveals details of health-law insurance plans
Consumers are getting their first glimpse at what health insurance will look like in California as the state prepares to implement the federal healthcare law. On Wednesday, state officials will spell out the details on policies available next year to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Drugs and Medicines, Healthcare Policies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family
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Shares of insurance giant WellPoint dip after new CEO named
Wall Street wasn't giving a warm welcome to the incoming chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. Shares of the nation's second-largest health insurer fell $3, or 4.5%, to $63.01 in midday trading Wednesday, a day after the company named...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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