On AlterNet: insurance industry

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Michael Moore: Republicans Should Be Happy -- Health Care Bill Will Save Their Lives, Too

Michael Moore, AlterNet. March 22, 2010.

"Yes, my Republican friends, even though you have opposed this health care bill, we've made sure it is going to cover you, too, in your time of need."

Kucinich on the Many Reasons to Kill the Current Health Care Bill

David Edwards, Sahil Kapur, Raw Story. March 9, 2010.

Kucinich: Insurance industry gets $70 billion dollars a year, forces people to buy private insurance, locks in five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases.

Health Care Industry Coordinating Efforts to Opt States Out of Reform

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 29, 2009.

At least 21 states have expressed their interest in opting out of health care reform.

Obama's Senate Health Care Bill: A "Uniquely American" Idiocy (and 35 Ways It Can Be Fixed)

Scarecrow , Jon Walker, Firedoglake. December 22, 2009.

The White House and the Senate Democratic leadership should be assailed for the travesty of a health "reform" bill now slouching towards Christmas eve.

Holy Cow, Is Congress Getting Serious About Real Health Care Reform?

Peter Dreier, The Nation. October 26, 2009.

There is still no guarantee that a progressive bill will end up on Obama's desk. But the chorus in favor of the public option is getting louder.

Democrats Risk Electoral Disaster If They Drop the Public Option

Robert Parry, Consortium News. October 19, 2009.

The public option offers the only means for a reform to be quickly implemented and to demonstrate a beneficial effect for the people by 2010 and 2012.

Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous Insurance CEOs

AlterNet: Health and WellnessSeptember 24, 2009.

Health industry CEOs make more in compensation than any industry in America.

Where the White House is Placing Its Bets on Health Care

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. September 15, 2009.

Will the White House bet on its Dem base or Big Pharma and insurance companies in its health-care push? It's up to you, says the author.

The Waxman Book Report Continues

AlterNet: Health and WellnessSeptember 1, 2009.

Henry Waxman is writing a book - about the horrors of the health insurance industry.

There's Something Happening Here

AlterNet: Health and WellnessAugust 27, 2009.

The public mood over health care reform does appear to be changing in subtle yet tangible ways.

Glenn Beck Explains The Failure Of The For-Profit Health Care System. Yes, That Guy.

Brave New Films AlterNet: Health and WellnessAugust 21, 2009.

Insurance premiums rise every year and individuals and businesses cannot keep pace. Even the most wingnutty among us can attest to that.

Joe Scarborough Is Shocked (Yet Awed) by Sheer Force of Single-Payer Logic

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2009.

On "Morning Joe" this week, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes.

Death Panels? Try the Insurance Industry

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 10, 2009.

There are no panels per se, but the effect is the same.

'Blue Dogs' or Corporate Shills?

Thomas Frank, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 6, 2009.

The Blue Dogs are more keenly attuned than their colleagues to that force of universal goodness, the profit motive.

Insurance Industry Talking Points Based on Cherrypicking and Misinformation

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 22, 2009.

The industry's spin is, at a minimum, highly misleading.

Mad Max: Progressives Go After Baucus on Health Reform

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2009.

Poor Max. I'm sure he's not going to like having his constituents know that he's one of the insurance industry's very special friends.

Conservatives' Dangerous Plan for Health Care

Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future. October 21, 2008.

Instead of working to guarantee health care for everyone, conservatives are pushing for a policy that will deprive people of coverage.

Insurance Should Benefit Consumers; Not Corporate Managers and Campaign Contributors

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. June 12, 2008.

Insurance is broken in America. Time to fix it.