Did Congress Just Kill Private Health Insurance? The Rod Versus Mike Show
Posted by James Breen at 25 April 2008 19:28
Before I began work on this post, I had never really thought about private health insurance. And we talked about the articles and the other posts. But for me the post would be in a pleasant plight.
While more information waited to be found, that is what I found:
As you may have heard, the U.S. Senate passed the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act yesterday. Once through the house, President Bush is expected to sign it. The law will have a huge effect on private health insurance—and may even hasten its demise. The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, 10 years in the making, is meant to encourage people to use genetic screening in order to detect latent medical problems before they become more difficult to treat. The new law says that ..full story.
Those who keep up to date with plenty of information know for sure that what I need.
It is something always coming out on top.
by Greg Blankenship This week, State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) was, amazingly, allowed to push forward on legislation that would impose a single-payer health care system in Illinois. The plan includes taking private property from businesses and making private insurance illegal. In short, the plan is a disaster. A few news outlets picked up on the plan, and they did a very funny thing. They took it seriously. My guess is that it's because House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) became ..full story.
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It's a long road that has no turning. Reed Abelson reports in the NY Times: It is never a good thing if many of your customers can no longer afford what you are selling. The UnitedHealth Group, which announced disappointing first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, said the weakening economy was causing fewer businesses and employees to sign up for its health insurance. UnitedHealth, whose stock fell sharply on the report, also cut its overall profit outlook for 2008. "We are clearly being ..Read the rest of this post.
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