Insurer changes its mind, covers ‘too small’ tot

Robert and Rachel Bates of Colorado knew their 2-year-old daughter was healthy, even if she was small. And now they can rest assured that they will have medical insurance to help keep her that way. Aislin Bates, who at 22 pounds was deemed too small to qualify for medical insurance, has now been accepted after all.

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Toddler denied insurance for being too small

First, a Colorado baby was turned down for health insurance for being too big. Now, another Colorado child has been turned down for health insurance for being too small.

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Soap opera gets Latinos in tune with health care

It has all the hallmarks of the beloved telenovela: Heart-wrenching dialogue. Doors slamming amid tears. Over-the-top theatrics.

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GE to offer electronic medical record financing

General Electric Co.'s health care division said Monday it will offer financing to doctors and hospitals that buy GE's electronic medical records equipment in an effort to cover an expected lag in the flow of federal stimulus money meant for the medical technology.

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GE plans to invest $6B to lower health care costs

General Electric Co. said Thursday that it will invest $6 billion over the next six years in an attempt to lower the cost of health care and improve the quality of medical care in underserved regions of the United States and abroad.

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China facing burden from chronic diseases

China faces a growing burden on its health care industry as the number of people with chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes rises, the government said Friday.

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Obama budget would slow Medicare, Medicaid growth

The government's massive health insurance programs for the elderly and poor would grow more slowly under President Barack Obama's proposed budget.

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Insurer settlement could affect costs nationwide

UnitedHealth Group Inc. will close much-criticized databases health insurers use to set payment rates and help launch a new one to settle a fraud investigation, which could help millions of patients pay less for "out-of-network" care.

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Study: Health costs to rise nearly 10 percent

Employer health care costs are poised to rise almost 10 percent in 2008 — more than double the annual inflation rate — and nearly that much again in 2009, according to an industry report released Tuesday.

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Cuomo to Sue Major Health Insurers

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he will sue Ingenix, its parent UnitedHealth Group and three subsidiaries, saying the insurers are defrauding consumers by manipulating how much doctors and hospitals are reimbursed.

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Medicare Issues Rate Cut for Doctors

Doctors who treat the elderly and disabled will face a 10 percent cut in their reimbursement rates from Medicare next year under a federal rule issued Thursday.

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Bush Skips Complex Realities in Address

President Bush set energy self-sufficiency goals Tuesday night that would still leave the country vulnerable to unstable oil sources. He also declared he is helping more people get health care, despite a rising number of uninsured.

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Owens Votes FOR Healthcare Bill, Had Scozzofava Won, Bill Might not Have Passed

Brand new Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY23) voted tonight for the passing Healthcare bill.

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Republican Congressman Cao on Health Care Reform: "Aye!"

HR 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" passed the House of Representatives shortly after 11pm eastern time tonight, 220 - 215.

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The House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.

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In early October, Sen.

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Democrats have bribed AARP and AMA to endose this unconstitutional bill H,B,3962

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Thousands of grass-roots conservatives streamed to Capitol Hill Thursday, heeding a call to action from Rep.

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Mark Levin says that members of Congress who want to force Americans to buy health insurance--as both House and Senate versions of the health care plan would do--are saying "the hell with the Constitution." Levin, an attorney who served as chief of staff to Atty. Gen.

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The pro-life language spearheaded by Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, reflecting the Hyde amendment's ban on federal funding of abortions, will at long last be open to a vote on the House floor. Both parties in the debate expect the House to vote the Stupak amendment into the bill.

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Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.

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What's in this bill? The "death panel" provision is in it. Medicare cuts are in it. Coverage of illegal immigrants is in it. And federal funding for abortion is in it. I commend the many Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats who are taking a principled stance to fight this.

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It looks like the Democratic/media spin that it was a good night for the majority last Tuesday didn't have much shelf life.

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House lawmakers were preparing for a historic vote Saturday on a bill that would re-make the U.S. health-care system, with Democrats seeking the 218 votes needed to pass the measure and hand President Barack Obama a key procedural victory on his top domestic priority.

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Senator Gregg stated, "The CBO estimate released last night finally sheds light on the smoke and mirrors game the majority has been playing with the cost of their health care reform proposal.

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A Michigan congressman has released a report from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation confirming that the House Democrats' health-care bill could impose penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and five years in jail for failing to buy the proper insurance coverage.

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Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the corporate front group founded in the 1980s by Koch Industries billionaire David Koch, worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today.

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President Obama, who says he is opposed to any health care bill that funds abortion, and is against nixing conscience rights, has never once registered any displeasure with current bills that do just that.

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Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health-care debate Saturday that would ban most abortion coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in the new so-called "exchange" the legislation would create, three Democratic so …

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One of the most disturbing images from yesterday's Tea Party rally against health care reform on Capitol Hill was a protester's gruesome sign showing a pile of dead Holocaust victims.

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The health bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing to a vote (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages. Here are some of the details you need to know. What the government will require you to do:

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Wow it was wonderful.

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Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bil …

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MoveOn has reportedly raised more than $3.5 million in contributions to fund primary challenges against "any Democratic senator who blocks an up-or-down vote on health care reform with a public option," according to an e-mail sent to group members on Thursday.

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Healthcare Privileges Abound for America's Political Royalty

Throughout this entire health care debate, and to my knowledge, conspicuously missing in either a Democratic or Republican version of the bill, is any reference to, or discussion of, dismantling, revising or eliminating the health care coverage available to our Congressional lead …

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Obama: All Healthcare All Of The Time

Note: It is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Ronald Reagan: 0 Nobel Peace Prizes President Obama: 1 Nobel Peace Prize The Politics Of Healthcare Supersedes The Security Of The Country

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