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Peter Pitts' CMPI Targeted Over Anti-Healthcare Reform Video Game
The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is a "corporate front group" that sponsored the near-riots at town hall meetings on healthcare and spreads misinformation about healthcare reform, according to a report by ThinkProgress, a liberal blogging group. It even produced an anti-reform video game, "Super Race to the...
Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Games, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-11-20
Why Allergan and Medicis Should Embrace the "Botox Tax" in Senate Health Bill
The idea that Botox is a civil rights issue is ludicrous -- and yet that is the line being pushed by Allergan AGN in its fight against the 5 percent "Botox tax" proposed in the Senate healthcare reform bill. Instead, Allergan and its rival, Medicis MRX, should embrace this new...
Tags: Health Care, Allergan Inc., U.S. Senate, Healthcare Reform, Federal Government, Taxes, Free Trade, Healthcare, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-11-20
Individual Mandates in Reform Bills Have Serious Flaws
Both the House and Senate reform bills include individual mandates to buy insurance that have serious flaws and could undermine insurance reforms. by Ken Terry
Tags: Flaw, Individual Mandate, Healthcare Reform, Insurance, Financial Planning, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-11-03
House Health-Care Reform Bill Deserves Public Support
Why the House reform legislation deserves support from those who want universal healthcare. by Ken Terry
Tags: Health Care, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-11-06
Interest Groups Redouble Fight on Healthcare Reform
Special interests are fighting various provisions in the pending healthcare reform bills. by Ken Terry
Tags: Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-11-13
Obama Healthcare Reform Speech More Popular Than "American Idol" Finale
Not that the networks will make any money off of it, but President Obama's healthcare reform speech was a huge hit, according to Nielsen. All told, across the ten broadcast and cable networks on which the Wednesday night speech aired, 31 million Americans watched, adding up to a combined household...
Tags: Network, Speech, Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Catharine P. Taylor
Blog posts 2009-09-12
Thousands Quit AARP in Health Care Battle
In an outgrowth of the political debate on health care reform, up to 60,000 Americans have canceled AARP memberships to join a conservative organization that opposes the Obama proposal.
Tags: AARP, Health Care, MoneyWatch, Vertical Industries, Healthcare Reform, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, cbsepisode, Reform, Obama, Seniors, Old, Retirement, U.S.
Videos 2009-08-18
Obama's Take on Health Care
President Barack Obama talks with CBS News about one key change in his position on health care reform -- and about how to help doctors make better decisions.
Tags: Health Care, MoneyWatch, Obama, Vertical Industries, Healthcare Reform, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Evening, U.S., Health, Insurance, LaPook, President, Politics, White House, Reform, Treatment, Patient, Hospital, Doctor
Videos 2009-07-16
Who Pays for Health-Care Reform?
As more health-care reform proposals emerge, a key question is how to pay for it. MoneyWatch.com's Jill Schlesinger explains what's likely to change, and where the money will probably come from.
Tags: Health Care, MoneyWatch, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, bill plante, president, obama, healthcare, reform, paying, trillion, cost, early show
Videos 2009-07-16
Health Care Reform: How It Affects You
Different people will feel varying effects of the new health care reform proposal. MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger explains who will benefit, and who will pay more.
Tags: MoneyWatch, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, jill schlessinger, maggie rodriguez, health care, proposal, obama
Videos 2009-07-22
Debate Over Healthcare Reform Moves Into Final Phase
Center and left-wing pundits are debating the merits of the House reform legislation and whether the current bills will help or hurt health care. by Ken Terry
Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Human Resources, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-10-31
New Public Option Could Lead to Ultimate Red State/Blue State Showdown
Under Senator Harry Reid's proposal for healthcare reform, states will have the option to opt out of the federal public option. Many are assuming that red states will stick to the status quo by opting out while blue states will put their fate in the hands of the feds. by...
Tags: State, Option, Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-10-27
Outrage over Baucus' Individual Health Insurance Mandate
I've never bought many of the arguments against healthcare reform which rely on an irrational fear of the Big Bad Government, since the feds already "run" healthcare in many ways. Nonetheless, over the last few months we've all heard about "death panels" and "rationed care" (it is...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Max Baucus, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-17
Baucus Revisions to Reform Bill: Who Will Pay?
Sen. Max Baucus modifies his healthcare reform bill to build support, but who will pay for the liberalized provisions? by Ken Terry
Tags: Healthcare Reform, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-09-22
The Horror of Abundance
An education "expert" hired by Pearson finds that students who rely on web searches rather than Pearson's textbooks "are woefully inadequate when it comes to processing real information they need." Barack Obama complains that his healthcare reforms have stalled because there's been too much "misinformation" circulating over the last few...
Tags: Web, Abundance, Channel Management, Healthcare Reform, Blogging, Marketing, Healthcare, Internet, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-24
Insurance Commissioners Tell Health Insurers: Stop Scaring Seniors
Like every other powerful group in the country, health insurers turn up the lobbying heat when they see their interests compromised. They spent $15.5 million in the first half of 2009 to influence health care reform, according to the National Underwriter.  Some would say that the most effective media campaign ever was...
Tags: Humana Inc., Insurance Company, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Ed Leefeldt
Blog posts 2009-09-25
Conservatives Hate Starbucks Ad That Spoofs Town Hall Loudmouths
Starbucks has triggered a backlash among conservatives who are annoyed by a TV ad for instant coffee that lampoons people who yell at town hall meetings video below. They're annoyed that the cafe company seems to be poking fun at the near-riots organized by the right to disrupt local debates...
Tags: Advertisement, Starbucks Corp., Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-10-01
In Reform Bill, Comprehensive Benefits Are Indispensable
Comprehensive insurance benefits are essential to healthcare reform, as the new Commonwealth Fund report on preventable deaths proves. by Ken Terry
Tags: Insurance Benefit, Benefits, Healthcare Reform, Human Resources, Healthcare, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-10-06
Money vs. Medicine: Physicians Face Dilemma in Reform Proposals
Physicians must be ready to accept major changes in reimbursement under healthcare reform. by Ken Terry
Tags: Physician, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-10-14
Is a $900 Billion Cap on Healthcare Reform Realistic?
A new approach to financing universal coverage could resolve the rift between the Administration and insurance companies. by Ken Terry
Tags: Health Care, Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Healthcare, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-10-18
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