A Commonwealth Fund report finds premiums for employer health coverage rose 41 percent across states from 2003 to 2009, while per-person deductibles climbed 77 percent. At pre-reform rates, average family premiums were projected to rise 79 percent, past $23,000.
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Healthcare
Obama Administration: Please don't cut Medicare payments
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Nov. 8 that the administration wants to halt a scheduled 23 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, warning it could push physicians out of the program. Lawmakers have repeatedly delayed the cut.
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59 million Americans lack health insurance - CDC report
CDC's analysis of National Health Interview Survey data estimated 59.1 million people went without health insurance for at least part of the year by early 2010, up from 58.7 million in 2009 and 56.4 million in 2008. Of the 2009 total, 82.8 percent were aged 18 to 64.
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Seniors Now Can Search for Health Insurance They Need
The federal healthcare.gov site now runs a search tool that asks your state, household situation, Medicare status, medical conditions and ability to pay, then lists matching options — private plans for individuals, families and small businesses, or public programs such as Medicaid.
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Health Insurance Reform - Update
Six months after the Affordable Care Act was signed, provisions took effect: children under 19 cannot be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, lifetime caps end, young adults can stay on a parent's plan to 26, and preventive services must be free.
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This is health reform, email from Organizing for America
An email from Organizing for America marking six months since the Affordable Care Act became law, featuring supporters named Patrick, Kay and Kristin describing how coverage rules affected their families.
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Some provisions in healthcare reform law take effect on Sept 23
A White House health reform official lists Affordable Care Act provisions arriving September 23: young adults stay on a parent's plan to 26, insurers drop lifetime benefit caps, rescissions end, and children with pre-existing conditions cannot be turned away.
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Kathleen Sebelius Tells Insurers Not to Raise Premiums Unjustifiably
After insurers blamed 2011 premium increases on the health care law, Kathleen Sebelius wrote to the industry's trade group that the administration has zero tolerance for the claim, citing estimates that the law's provisions add only 1 to 2.3 percent to premiums.
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New Survey Outlines Increase in Employee Health Contributions
A Kaiser Family Foundation and HRET survey found workers' yearly contribution for family coverage rose 14 percent, or $482, while total premiums rose 3 percent and employer contributions did not rise at all. Since 2005 worker contributions are up 47 percent against 18 percent wage growth.
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