Monthly Archives: January 2010

Earlier this week, President Obama gave his first State of the Union address to a country that's waiting for change, hoping for improvement and clamoring for details as to what our government is going to do to help improve our lives. Now whatever side of the isle you may fall on politically, it seems that everyone can agree on one thing…our health care system is broken, and needs to be fixed. While proposals to reform/fix health care and health insurance have been going through our various governmental bodies, one has to wonder sometimes what the state of things are in regards to health insurance.

With the results of the election in Massachusetts earlier this week, there is a lot of talk that the loss of one Senate seat to Republicans will stall the President's health care reform agenda and basically stop reform in its tracks. While that might seem a bit of an overreaction, it is something to consider, and in looking at one aspect of this, the health insurance companies, the New York Times indeed did think about it. In an article entitled "If Bills Fail, a Quandary for Insurers", they look at the possible ramifications for health insurance companies should health care reform fail.

The latest news on the road to health care reform comes to us today from Newsweek entitled, "Democrats Closer to Health Bill With Tax Issue Solved". This article discusses how the Obama administration just reached a deal with worker unions over a tax dispute that was set to stop the legislation dead in its tracks.