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Americans growing more favorable on health care reform

By Consumer Insurance Guide Staff
September 16, 2011June 17, 2014

Although the landmark health care reform bill is still viewed with suspicion by many Americans, the country seems to be gradually warming to it, according to the results of a study released this month by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The study says that “a rare area of bipartisan agreement comes in public views of the ongoing disagreements between members of Congress from differing parties over the merits of the new reform law. Majorities of Americans…

Vermont Becomes First State with Single-Payer Health Care

By Kenneth Artz, The Heartland Institute
August 25, 2011April 24, 2012

GUEST EDITORIAL By Kenneth Artz, The Heartland Institute Vermont is on a path to become the first state in the nation to have a government-run health care monopoly, as a result of a health care bill signed Democrat by Gov. Peter Shumlin in May. ‘A Plan to Plan’ The new law creates a five-member board at an estimated cost of $1.3 million with unprecedented powers over health care, which constitutes 20 percent of the state’s…

Suits against Blue Cross offers glimpse into reform problems

By Karen Caffarini
November 29, 2010September 8, 2014

A small Michigan battle with the state’s dominant insurer and a major hospital is being watched by insurance companies, federal regulators and consumer advocates, who say it provides a glimpse into why it is so difficult to rein in insurance and healthcare costs.

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