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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Big leap in private health coverage predicted

Amid high unemployment and a weak economy, employers have been shifting health care costs to workers, according to a study released Thursday....
Huffington Post (blog) ( 9/2/2010 10:28:12 AM -08:00 )

A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health Insurance
Small businesses basically get shafted when they buy health insurance coverage for their employees: They pay more for the same coverage,...
Wall Street Journal (blog) ( 9/2/2010 9:58:24 AM -08:00 )

RAND predicts health-care reform will lower cost, expand coverage
The smart folks at RAND — an actual real-life think tank, as opposed to an ideological group masquerading under the think-tank name — have taken a look at...
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) ( 9/2/2010 8:01:52 AM -08:00 )

Health Reform is Good for Small Business Employees
Despite what you may have heard from Republican critics of health care reform, the new law may actually be good for people who work for small businesses....
TIME (blog) ( 9/2/2010 7:20:43 AM -08:00 )

Small businesses to benefit from health care reform
A new study shows small businesses that employ 16.6 million people could be eligible for tax credits afforded in the national health care reform law....
Baltimore Sun (blog) ( 9/2/2010 3:45:21 AM -08:00 )

Health insurance tax credit likely to affect small part of small-business
By NC Aizenman About 16.6 million workers are employed by small businesses that are eligible for health insurance tax credits under the new health-care law,...
Washington Post ( 9/1/2010 8:24:38 PM -08:00 )

Pro & Con: Will health overhaul provide better care for US workers?
As we continue to slowly climb out of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, I am constantly taking stock of what...
Atlanta Journal Constitution ( 8/30/2010 4:41:40 PM -08:00 )

Don't fall for a health care reform scam
The new health care law is confusing to many, and the con artists are wasting no time in taking advantage of people's uncertainty about the new rules....
Brazil Times (blog) ( 9/2/2010 6:20:26 PM -08:00 )

Big leap in private health coverage predicted
The oft-repeated GOP warning that the Affordable Care Act will lead to a government takeover of health care does not materialize under...
Palm Beach Post ( 9/2/2010 6:09:38 PM -08:00 )

Washington Health Program Enrollment at 1200 and Growing
(OLYMPIA, WA) – The Washington Health Program enrolled its 1200th member last week, less than two months after the Health Care Authority (HCA) rolled out...
Access Washington ( 9/2/2010 3:00:59 PM -08:00 )

Insurers predict health-care reforms will increase costs
ANDERSON — Health insurance analysts say pending changes under the health-care reform act could have unintended consequences....
Anderson Independent Mail ( 9/2/2010 1:34:53 PM -08:00 )

Small Businesses Not Biting on Health Insurance Subsidies
One of the major elements of the health care law which the Administration and its advocates have touted as an immediate measure is the small business tax...
Firedoglake (blog) ( 9/2/2010 1:15:58 PM -08:00 )

New Study on Health Care Reform Laws Uses Pros and Cons from 150+ Experts
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ProCon.org today completed its authoritative study on the pros and cons of the March 2010 health...
PR Newswire (press release) ( 9/2/2010 11:44:35 AM -08:00 )

Small Business Will Benefit from PPACA: Report
WASHINGTON—Tax credits in the healthcare reform law designed to offset health insurance premium costs mean that small businesses will be...
National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News ( 9/2/2010 10:40:58 AM -08:00 )

Growth of Employer Plans Foreseen With Health Reform
WASHINGTON -- Employer-sponsored insurance will not only remain a cornerstone of the American...
MedPage Today ( 9/2/2010 10:07:15 AM -08:00 )

Health Care Forum addresses concerns about new law
Health Care Forum addresses concerns about new lawTuesday evening a panel discussion was held at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy to address the new health care reform law....
Tennessee Journalist ( 9/2/2010 9:48:12 AM -08:00 )

Guest column: Health care act to increase access for Wisconsin residents
One main goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to increase health care access by offering health...
Green Bay Press Gazette ( 9/2/2010 9:30:06 AM -08:00 )

Newly Launched SmallBusinessTaxCreditCalculator(TM).com Is First to Calculate
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Small Business Tax Credit Calculator™, in production for the last three months, has just been launched by...
PR Newswire (press release) ( 9/2/2010 8:54:31 AM -08:00 )

Corvallis crowd gets vocal on health reform
Some of the players in revamping Oregon's health care system came to Corvallis Wednesday and got an earful from local residents. In short, what they heard...
Corvallis Gazette Times ( 9/2/2010 8:16:52 AM -08:00 )

Affordable Health Care Act and Small Business Tax Credit
by medicareblogger on Sep. 02, 2010, under Health I have a Medicare Advantage client who is turing 65 and owns a small company. He provides health insurance...
Tucson Citizen ( 9/2/2010 7:48:36 AM -08:00 )