Monthly Archives: September 2009

The True Costs of Health Care, and the Urgency to Pass Reform

Published: September 25, 2009 in Health Insurance Costs, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. In keeping with our coverage of health care and health insurance reform, this week we'll take a look at one article that deals with larger issues in the debate, namely the cost, and why these costs are adding to a sense of urgency in the need to pass comprehensive health care and health insurance reform. Our article this week hits this very well. Entitled, "You Have No Idea What Health Costs: If You Did, You Might Just Want Real Reform," this comes to us from The Washington Post.

States Trying to Stop Health Insurance Reform?

Published: September 18, 2009 in Health In Politics, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. In this installment, the Associated Press -- in an article entitled "State lawmakers try to halt health care changes" -- we look at this article and what it entails. Apparently in several states, lawmakers are moving to pass state bills and amendments to block any kind of reform bill from affecting their state, a move many say wouldn't work with the passage of a federal bill, but they're trying anyway.

The Potential Personal Price of Health Care and Health Insurance Reform

Published: September 11, 2009 in Health Insurance Costs, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at a couple of articles -- both from Pennsylvania, oddly enough -- that look at some of the more personal aspects of health care reform and who it might affect. Our first article comes from the Pittsburgh Tribune and is entitled, "Many insured in Pittsburgh worry health reform to hurt."

Some Facts on the House Health Reform Bill

Published: September 4, 2009 in Health Insurance Tips, Health Reform | Comments closed

Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week we will look at just one article, but it's a good one. It comes to us from The Salt Lake City Tribune and is entitled, "Health reform: What the House bill is really about". This article takes a look at the health reform bill in the House of Representatives, what it does right, what it does wrong and what some of the misconceptions are.