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The mid-term elections, repeal and unkind cuts
Aron Ralston is back. If that name is familiar, it's because he's the outdoorsman who amputated his own right arm seven years ago after getting it lodged in a rock formation during a Utah hiking
HHS: Insurers can't make it harder to enroll kids with pre-existing conditions
HHS will not allow health insurers to have different rules for individual policies sold for children with medical problems than for healthy kids, according to Kaiser Health News. Instead, they have
Insurers increased denials by 49 percent because of pre-existing conditions
The four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 600,000 individuals because of pre-existing conditions in the three years before passage of health reform and the number of
Connecticut governor asks HHS to modify federal 'crowd out' rule
The health reform law is preventing Connecticut residents from enrolling in its new pre-existing insurance plan, so Gov. M. Jodi Rell wants HHS to relax the rule. The state created the Connecticut
SPOTLIGHT: Former Cigna insider dishes dirt in a tell-all memoir
Insurance company insiders don't often open up about what goes on behind closed doors. But Wendell Potter, who headed corporate communications at Cigna, dishes about that and more in the book, Deadly
Sick people can't count on access to high-risk pools
If it looks like too many sick people are trying to sign up for the high-risk pool plan, they could be turned away, reports The Hill. Richard Popper, deputy director of the Office of Consumer
SPOTLIGHT: High-risk health insurance pools are in the works, Sebelius says
The Obama administration began work on Friday to provide "immediate relief for potentially millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, like diabetes or high-blood pressure, who have been shut
Congressional Dems filing bill requiring coverage of pre-existing conditions
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) plan to file a bill that would require health plans to cover the more than 133 million Americans suffering from chronic conditions such as
SPOTLIGHT: Insurers denying coverage to women who have c-sections
Of late, when health plans issue individual coverage, they've become more aggressive than ever in screening for potentially costly pre-existing conditions. Lately, it's become increasingly common for
Bill may narrow health plan coverage exclusions
Right now, when consumers change health plans, federal law allows the new plan to refuse coverage of pre-existing conditions for 12 months. However, things may end up being different if a new bill
