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If we enact health reform, it will restrict how much of your premium dollars can be spent on profits and overhead by requiring health insurance companies to spend 80-85% of the money they take in on care.
That’s worth keeping in mind. Because right after the Insurance companies announced huge [...]
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Editors Note: Watch President Obama and the First Lady speak about the achievements of women around the world at a reception marking International Women’s Day.
I grew up in a time when graduating from high school was an accomplishment, and expectations of young women were very low…especially for women of color.
My [...]
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This morning, we see more word from opponents of health reform that they are amping up their efforts to kill the bill before it even comes to a vote. The insurance industry lobby, which is holding its annual conference at the Ritz-Carlton today, announced that it is going to [...]
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There are only six days left for the nation’s public high schools to submit an application for the commencement speaker of a lifetime. That’s right — this spring President Obama will speak to the graduating class of the high school that best demonstrates how it is providing its students [...]
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$1,115 – that’s the average premium for employer-sponsored family coverage per month in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375 – or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job. (Source)
And if nothing is done to reform [...]
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Updated to include the President’s remarks from the Rose Garden this afternoon.
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THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Today, the people of Iraq went to the polls to choose their leaders in Iraq’s second national election. By any measure, this was an important milestone [...]
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The last few days have brought even more evidence that the health care status quo is working out great for the insurance companies – at the same time as it continues to fail American families and businesses. No wonder the insurance companies are spending millions and millions of dollars [...]
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During his speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009, the President articulated a vision for a New Beginning with Muslims around the world — one based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Around the world, from Rabat to Jakarta, the United States [...]
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There’s only one show on television that can claim to have captured more than 1,050 fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children. "America’s Most Wanted" has become a broadcast institution over the last 22 years, telling the stories of wanted fugitives with the hope that viewers will [...]
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In this week’s address, President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health care this year, after health reform passes.
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Here are a few more points about how health insurance reform measures will benefit Americans this year:
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