News tagged with private insurance plan

'Public option' becomes central to health debate

(AP) -- The idea of a government medical plan to compete with private insurance has become a litmus test in the health care debate. It could easily have been nothing more than a forgotten proposal gathering ...

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created Aug 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 13

From Mass.: Health care reform 'dos and don'ts'

(AP) -- Three years into its experiment with near-universal health care, Massachusetts has some "dos and don'ts" for the nation as it grapples with the best way to cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans.

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands

(AP) -- Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.

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created May 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New health reform strategy would insure everyone, improve health and slow spending growth

A comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms could guarantee affordable health insurance coverage, improve health outcomes, and slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade, ...

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0