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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 10:24pm CDT
An association representing the restaurant industry has filed a petition for writ of certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the 9th Circuit upholding a law requiring San Francisco employers to provide health insurance to employees. A Nixon Peabody attorney who represents the Golden Gate Restaurant Association says the 9th Circuit ruling is inconsistent with Supreme ...
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 9:15pm CDT
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made a detailed case Tuesday for a new government-administered health insurance plan, but he did not rule out signing a bill that lacks such an option if he cannot win enough support from Democrats in Congress.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 9:09pm CDT
The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 7:43pm CDT
ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama today squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 6:08pm CDT
Provider of Affordable Health Insurance Points to President's Suggestion that Focus Be on Patient Care Not Price of Premiums AVENTURA, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Cinergy Health, a nationwide provider of guarantee issue health insurance benefit programs for the consumer market, expressed its approval with remarks made by President Obama during his press conference today. "As politicians from ...
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 4:09pm CDT
President Obama Tuesday mocked insurance-industry foes of his proposed government-run health plan option, saying free-market boosters should not be afraid of competition.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 1:58pm CDT
WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Talks between U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats on health insurance co-ops as an alternative to a government healthcare plan have stalled, senators said.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 12:49pm CDT
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he firmly believed that a government-run health insurance plan "made sense" in a broader overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, and that private insurers should find ways to compete for clients.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 10:41am CDT
The release of a stern letter from America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association comes as House Democrats push forward with a partisan health care bill.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 7:55am CDT
Negotiations between key Senate Democrats and Republicans over health insurance co-ops as an alternative to a government-run health plan were at an impasse as the parties faced off over how much federal government involvement there should be in the creation and running of the co-ops, according to senators and aides involved in the talks.