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Thanks Obamacare!

Posted October, 26 2011 by arianne

Earlier this week, our friends at the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and Progress Now Colorado launched a new campaign and website called “Thanks Obamacare” which aims to both take back the moniker and to educate the public about all of the good things that Obamacare is doing. On the website you can find the top […]

UnitedHealthcare agrees to release its rate information

Posted October, 25 2011 by arianne

New York’s Department of Financial Services (DOFS) announced today that UnitedHealthgroup (also known as Oxford here in NY) has agreed to make all of its rate increase support documentation public. Last month, the DOFS decided that rate filing information should be made public to allow consumers and small businesses to understand why their insurer wants to raise rates and to make informed arguments […]

Healthcare for the 99% solidarity march this Wednesday!

Posted October, 24 2011 by arianne

Got plans for this Wednesday? Do you have a health care horror story to tell? Want to make a statement for health reform through *peaceful* protest? If so, then head down to Zucotti Park this Wednesday! Healthcare for the 99%, a working group of the Occupy Wall Street movement is spearheading a “March Against the Health Insurance Industry” this Wednesday afternoon, […]

BIG problems need BIG solutions

Posted October, 21 2011 by arianne

Sometimes things that seem scary at first can turn out to be really helpful, right?  Take insurance exchanges, for example. The final recommendations of the Program Streamlining and State/Local Responsibilities Work Group of the State’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) are now out and up on the web.  As you may or may not know, this group was charged […]