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Just a few moments after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed suit in federal court in an effort to repeal the vital consumer protections that…
The truth really is stranger than fiction: Even the CEO of one of the most powerful health insurance companies would have issues finding health insurance in the individual market. In an interview with Kaiser Health…
"Dual eligibles" have both Medicare and Medicaid. They are often the sickest and most vulnerable patients. And since neither program coordinates their care, this group has problems getting care in the appropriate setting and…
The Affordable Care Act offers several new protections known as the "Patients' Bill of Rights." We published several fact sheets explaining these protections and how they can help consumers. This brief is a compilation…
A recent report released by Commonwealth Fund, a health care advocacy group, found that nearly three-quarters of Americans who tried to buy insurance on the individual market in the last three years faced obstacles that…
Aesop tells us an interesting story called “The Crab and His Mother.” The fable goes: A crab said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming…
Carrie Fitzgerald, an advocate for children and families in Iowa, was frustrated by health insurance premiums continually increasing for Iowans in the individual market. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield dominates 80 percent of…
Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, President of the National Physician's Alliance, was sick and tired of seeing more and more of her patients paying more for insurance and getting less in return. She calls the…
I don’t know about you, but it seems like yesterday that Sarah Palin was speaking into every microphone she could find lamenting that health reform would lead to President Obama personally pulling the plug…
In the video above, Aaron Smith, co-founder of Young Invincibles, a group representing the interests of 18 to 34-year-olds in the health care debate, talks about the benefits of the Affordable Care…