This blog was written by Kathleen Sebelius and originally posted on healthcare.gov. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a time to remember those who have lost their lives to breast cancer, those who… Read more.
10.05.2011 /
Insights Blog
Sandy Kintz of Westport, New York, is a lung cancer survivor, but her daily life is anything but carefree. The former nurse has to use two inhalers and is unable to walk more than… Read more.
10.03.2011 /
Caety Chong,
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Insights Blog
If you have insurance, you might not give a second thought to those without it. Think uninsurance doesn’t affect you? Think again. According to a new study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, when there… Read more.
09.28.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
This blog was originally posted on the White House Blog. Today, we received two updates on health insurance premiums. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual survey on health insurance looked back at the premiums insurers charged… Read more.
09.28.2011 /
Insights Blog
With the economy still in a slump, the skyrocketing cost of health care places another burden on families already worried about paying the bills and finding jobs. But things don’t need to be this… Read more.
09.21.2011 /
Lydia Mitts,
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Insights Blog
Phyllis came to Capitol Hill to speak before the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging to answer a fundamental question posed in Chairman Bernie Sanders’s report, “Is Poverty a Death Sentence?” Joined by doctors who… Read more.
09.21.2011 /
Elizabeth Prescott,
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Insights Blog
During last Monday’s Republican presidential debate, the moderator asked Ron Paul if a man who didn’t have insurance slipped into a coma, should “society just let him die?” While Paul struggled to answer the… Read more.
09.16.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been making some important investments in the health of Americans. A few weeks ago, we told you that the HHS allocated $137 million to improve public health… Read more.
09.15.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
This blog was written by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and was originally posted on healthcare.gov We know that young adults are the age group most likely to be uninsured and before health… Read more.
09.13.2011 /
Insights Blog
You may have heard that thanks to the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are now offered free-of-charge to people with new insurance plans. And while it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that nipping… Read more.
09.12.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
Health insurance premiums are rising at alarming rates. Over the past decade, the cost of family coverage has increased by 131%. Growth of premiums far outpaces the growth of inflation and wages. And as the United… Read more.
09.08.2011 /
Insights Blog
You know that things have gotten bad if a group of doctors who got together to provide health services to rural and low-income communities in developing nations has instead set up shop in the… Read more.
09.07.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. --Goethe Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Unfortunately, this is a fact that I know all too well. Last weekend,… Read more.
09.01.2011 /
Insights Blog
The old saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” couldn’t be more accurate when talking about public health in America. When we catch health problems early and treat them accordingly,… Read more.
08.31.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
What would you do if you lost not only your job, but also health insurance for yourself and your family? Would you dip into your children’s college fund to pay for costly premiums? Would… Read more.
08.26.2011 /
Erin Kelly,
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Insights Blog
For those of us who have followed in the footsteps of earlier generations and fought for progress for years, Friday's decision on the Affordable Care Act by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals feels familiar. Most… Read more.
08.18.2011 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
