<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - health-insurers</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/health-insurers</link><description>Newsvine - health-insurers</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:05:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:01:14 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Health Insurers Warn on Premiums - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17420108-health-insurers-warn-on-premiums-wsjcom</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17420108-health-insurers-warn-on-premiums-wsjcom</guid><category>health-insurers</category><category>us-news</category><category>cbo</category><category>aca</category><category>premium-projections</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:05:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldredE071EC19-A47B-D160-DE2B-CFE8D3AF1D1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldredE071EC19-A47B-D160-DE2B-CFE8D3AF1D1B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France</title>
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There is a simple reason health care in the United States costs more than it does anywhere else: The prices are higher.
That may sound obvious. But it is, in fact, key to understanding one  of the most pressing problems facing our economy. In 2009, Americans  spent $7,960 per &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328536-why-an-mri-costs-1080-in-america-and-280-in-france</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328536-why-an-mri-costs-1080-in-america-and-280-in-france</guid><category>economy</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>medicaid</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>medical-device-industry</category><category>international-federation-of-health-plans</category><category>pharmaceuticals-industry</category><category>medicare-prescription-drug-benefit</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:18:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatE508C2A7-8905-AA40-F212-C6D312DD81CE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="360" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatE508C2A7-8905-AA40-F212-C6D312DD81CE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Health Insurers Raise Some Rates By Double Digits</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16378743-health-insurers-raise-some-rates-by-double-digits</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16378743-health-insurers-raise-some-rates-by-double-digits</guid><category>business</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>healthcare-law</category><category>health-insurers-raising-rates-in-spite-of-healthcare-law-law</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jan 2013 13:53:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Insurers Nervous Over Prospect of Romney Victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary.
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14760360-insurers-nervous-over-prospect-of-romney-victory</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14760360-insurers-nervous-over-prospect-of-romney-victory</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>romney</category><category>health-insurers-not-exactly-thrilled-at-the-prospect-of-a-romney-victory</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rewrite means millions more likely to be called addicts </title>
<description><![CDATA[
In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation's arbiter of mental illness have agreed to revise the definition of addiction, which could result in millions more peop&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11701513-rewrite-means-millions-more-likely-to-be-called-addicts</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11701513-rewrite-means-millions-more-likely-to-be-called-addicts</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>psychiatrists</category><category>dsm</category><category>tax-payers</category><category>american-psychiatric-association</category><category>drug-and-alcohol-addiction</category><category>diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders</category><category>adducts</category><category>rewriting-health-manual</category><category>definition-of-addiction</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:24:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Where are the women?' Outrage after birth control hearing is led by panel of five MEN  </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Women's rights activists were seething on Thursday after a Capitol Hill hearing about President Obama's mandate that health insurers provide contraception was led by an all-male panel.
A photo of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee witnesses sitting staunchly in a ro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434950-where-are-the-women-outrage-after-birth-control-hearing-is-led-by-panel-of-five-men</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434950-where-are-the-women-outrage-after-birth-control-hearing-is-led-by-panel-of-five-men</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>think-progress</category><category>eleanor-holmes-norton</category><category>womens-rights-activist</category><category>oversight-and-government-reform-committee</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>prsident-obama</category><category>mike-quigley</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>sandra-fluke</category><category>partisan-debate</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah51193BE7-E95F-4633-E264-93495AE44FEC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah51193BE7-E95F-4633-E264-93495AE44FEC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>ObamaCare Is Already Helping The 99% Now</title>
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I have tried my best, albeit largely unsuccessfully because I live in a VERY red state,&nbsp;to promulgate that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not going to have as big of an effect on the average American as its political opponents have claimed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9972489-obamacare-is-already-helping-the-99-now</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9972489-obamacare-is-already-helping-the-99-now</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>medical-care</category><category>99</category><category>obamacare</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>private-for-profit-corporates</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:43:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah108ED3AB-5C62-D1A1-97FC-513ABC8A67B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah108ED3AB-5C62-D1A1-97FC-513ABC8A67B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Capitol Alert: Assembly OKs health insurance regulation as GOP walks out</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Assembly passed one of the year's most controversial and intensively lobbied bills Thursday -- imposing rate regulation on health insurers -- after Republicans walked out of the chamber in protest.
Read more: ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6782627-capitol-alert-assembly-oks-health-insurance-regulation-as-gop-walks-out</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6782627-capitol-alert-assembly-oks-health-insurance-regulation-as-gop-walks-out</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>green-bay-packers</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>aaron-rodgers</category><category>rate-regulation</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Jun 2011 02:15:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Ftrekie702F6782605.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Ftrekie702F6782605.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>      Americans still avoiding doctors, insurers say</title>
<description><![CDATA[Low healthcare utilization was a major reason behind the health insurers posting first-quarter profits well above analyst forecasts earlier this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6780612-americans-still-avoiding-doctors-insurers-say</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6780612-americans-still-avoiding-doctors-insurers-say</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>healthcare-utilization</category><category>first-quarter-profits</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6780592.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6780592.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Health Insurers Collecting Record Profits, Yet Demand Double-Digit Rate Increases. You'll Never Guess Why!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Astounding, just astounding.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/14/6644778-health-insurers-collecting-record-profits-yet-demand-double-digit-rate-increases-youll-never-guess-why</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/14/6644778-health-insurers-collecting-record-profits-yet-demand-double-digit-rate-increases-youll-never-guess-why</guid><category>health-insurance</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>us-news</category><category>health-insurers-record-profits</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 21:28:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Negative Consequences of Health Law Force Health Insurers to Withdraw from Markets Across the Country </title>
<description><![CDATA[ The negative consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act already are cascading through the health sector, with millions of Americans in states across the country learning that their health insurers have withdrawn from the market, making it increasingly difficu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></source><link>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/08/6219592-negative-consequences-of-health-law-force-health-insurers-to-withdraw-from-markets-across-the-country</link><guid>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/08/6219592-negative-consequences-of-health-law-force-health-insurers-to-withdraw-from-markets-across-the-country</guid><category>overhaul</category><category>health</category><category>health-care</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>obamacare</category><category>patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:15:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Health Insurers Taught Republicans How To Oppose The Public Option </title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Media Matters obtained internal Fox News correspondence, which reveal that Fox bosses instructed their journalists not to use the term "public option" during the health care fight.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5626400-health-insurers-taught-republicans-how-to-oppose-the-public-option</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5626400-health-insurers-taught-republicans-how-to-oppose-the-public-option</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>gop</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>health-care-law</category><category>health-insurers-in-bed-with-gop</category><category>government-option-term-for-health-care-law-originating-from-health-insurers</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:20:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Insurers Gave U.S. Chamber $86 Million Used to Oppose Obama's Health Law</title>
<description><![CDATA[Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law, according to tax records and people familiar with the donation. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/18/5486662-insurers-gave-us-chamber-86-million-used-to-oppose-obamas-health-law</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/18/5486662-insurers-gave-us-chamber-86-million-used-to-oppose-obamas-health-law</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>health-insurance-plans</category><category>right-wingers</category><category>us-chamber-of-commerce</category><category>insurance-lobby</category><category>teapublicans</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:17:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Health insurance companies stockpiled billions in profits while hiking premiums on customers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nonprofit health insurance companies have been stockpiling billions of dollars in surpluses while raising members' rates, according to an analysis conducted by the nonprofit Consumers Union.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/06/5420658-health-insurance-companies-stockpiled-billions-in-profits-while-hiking-premiums-on-customers</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/06/5420658-health-insurance-companies-stockpiled-billions-in-profits-while-hiking-premiums-on-customers</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>consumers-union</category><category>surplus-level-caps</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Analysis: 1 in 7 Denied Coverage Over Pre-Existing Conditions | Raw Story</title>
<description><![CDATA[The nation's four largest for-profit health insurers denied coverage to more than 651,000 people over a three-year period, citing pre-existing conditions…]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe-1680982]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joe-1680982]]></source><link>http://joefromflorida.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5287765-analysis-1-in-7-denied-coverage-over-pre-existing-conditions-raw-story</link><guid>http://joefromflorida.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5287765-analysis-1-in-7-denied-coverage-over-pre-existing-conditions-raw-story</guid><category>business</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>injured-workers</category><category>health-care-reform</category><category>pre-existing-conditions</category><category>health-care-providers</category><category>company-health-insurance</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:15:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Insurance premium rate hikes delayed, revoked</title>
<description><![CDATA[Insurance regulators and other officials took action against Blue Cross Blue Shield plans that were raising their rates too much.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></source><link>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4119305-insurance-premium-rate-hikes-delayed-revoked</link><guid>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4119305-insurance-premium-rate-hikes-delayed-revoked</guid><category>washington</category><category>iowa</category><category>health</category><category>d-c</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>health-insurance-premiums</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:44:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Health plan profits: Relying on the market</title>
<description><![CDATA[Insurers make money from premiums, but they also make money from investments -- especially in their own stock.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></source><link>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4119291-health-plan-profits-relying-on-the-market</link><guid>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4119291-health-plan-profits-relying-on-the-market</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>health-insurance-stocks</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:40:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>California health plan rescissions affected many, but few received help </title>
<description><![CDATA[Many of the California residents who lost insurance coverage because of their pre-existing conditions were supposed to get help from the state. But few did.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Molly Weasley]]></source><link>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4097390-california-health-plan-rescissions-affected-many-but-few-received-help</link><guid>http://molly-weasley.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4097390-california-health-plan-rescissions-affected-many-but-few-received-help</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>health-reform</category><category>pre-existing-conditions</category><category>health-insurance-recissions</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:45:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>15 Executives Who Get Paid Millions To Deny You Health Care Coverage</title>
<description><![CDATA[The business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as clients, and then resist as long as possible when it comes to paying out claims.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/19/4039705-15-executives-who-get-paid-millions-to-deny-you-health-care-coverage</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/19/4039705-15-executives-who-get-paid-millions-to-deny-you-health-care-coverage</guid><category>health</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>deny-coverage</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:49:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>President Obama wants straight answer from health insurers </title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama attacked the country's biggest health insurers on Saturday for failing to give him a "straight answer" on why they were "arbitrarily and massively" hiking their premiums.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/07/3987908-president-obama-wants-straight-answer-from-health-insurers</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/07/3987908-president-obama-wants-straight-answer-from-health-insurers</guid><category>health-insurers</category><category>us-news</category><category>health-care-reform</category><category>president-barack-obama</category><category>arbitrarily-hiking-premiums</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Mar 2010 05:20:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Antitrust Chief Says U.S. Health Insurers May Lack Competition </title>
<description><![CDATA[Christine Varney, the U.S. Justice Department's chief antitrust enforcer, said the dominance of major health insurance companies may be hurting competition. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/26/3954848-antitrust-chief-says-us-health-insurers-may-lack-competition</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/26/3954848-antitrust-chief-says-us-health-insurers-may-lack-competition</guid><category>business</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>anti-trust</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:46:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Health Insurers Post Record Profits While 2.7 Million People Lose Coverage</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the midst of a deep economic recession, America's health insurance companies increased their profits by 56% in 2009, a year that saw 2.7 million people lose their private coverage.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/13/3890485-health-insurers-post-record-profits-while-27-million-people-lose-coverage</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/13/3890485-health-insurers-post-record-profits-while-27-million-people-lose-coverage</guid><category>business</category><category>medical</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>faud</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:58:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Why The Insurance Industry is Fighting Mad</title>
<description><![CDATA[Take a look at what's happened to the share prices of the six largest publicly-traded health insurance companies since Labor Day, which was about the point at which the Democrats appeared to regain their footing -- at least up to a point -- on health care.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blearc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Blearc]]></source><link>http://blearc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3375178-fivethirtyeight-politics-done-right-why-the-insurance-industry-is-fighting-mad</link><guid>http://blearc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3375178-fivethirtyeight-politics-done-right-why-the-insurance-industry-is-fighting-mad</guid><category>business</category><category>reform</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>capitalization</category><category>stock-martket</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:25:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CIGNA Employee Flips Off Mother Of Dead Girl Denied Transplant</title>
<description><![CDATA[n 2007, Nataline Sarkisyan was denied a liver transplant by the company, on the grounds that the operation was "too experimental" to be covered. Nine days later it changed its mind, in response to protests outside its office. It was too late: Nataline died hours later.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheJonesGirl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TheJonesGirl]]></source><link>http://geejay.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362848-cigna-employee-flips-off-mother-of-dead-girl-denied-transplant</link><guid>http://geejay.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362848-cigna-employee-flips-off-mother-of-dead-girl-denied-transplant</guid><category>politics</category><category>cigna</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>denial</category><category>moms</category><category>mothers</category><category>healthcare-reform</category><category>flipped-off</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Google Health Adds Two More Insurers, Only Has 267 To Go</title>
<description><![CDATA[Google announced today the addition of two new health insurance companies to its Google Health platform at the Health 2.0 – original naming FTW – event in San Francisco.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></source><link>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3354822-google-health-adds-two-more-insurers-only-has-267-to-go</link><guid>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3354822-google-health-adds-two-more-insurers-only-has-267-to-go</guid><category>google</category><category>technology</category><category>insurers</category><category>health-insurers</category><category>google-health</category><category>health-insurance-companies</category><category>harvard-pilgrim-health-care</category><category>american-postal-workers-union-health-plan</category><category>health-insurance-providers</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>