On AlterNet: insurance

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The World's Insurers Brace For Climate Change -- Except In America

Ben Schiller, Yale Environment 360. April 26, 2012.

Climate change is increasing insurance costs all over the world. But a recent Ceres report finds that American firms are still in denial.

300 Reasons Why the Media's Messing Up the Birth Control Story

Zachary Pleat, Leslie Rosenberg, Kevin Zieber, Media Matters for America. February 16, 2012.

Cable news channels hosted only one expert on public health last week to talk about contraception. By contrast, they had 300 politicians or religious authorities.

One-Two Punch: Man Is Beaten In Anti-Gay Hate Crime and Also by America's Sick Health-Care System

Joseph Huff-Hannon, AlterNet. March 31, 2011.

After a brutal attack, Barie Shortell is taking a whipping from one of the insidious antagonists of 21st century American life—the health-care system.

Eight Reasons US Healthcare Costs 96% More Than Cuba's--With the Same Results

Don Fitz, AlterNet. December 9, 2010.

Why does Cuba's healthcare system do so much with so little money--while we do so little with so much? The author visits Cuba, and revisits US health costs, to find out.

Health Care Reform Benefits: Truth vs. Pure Politics

Rep. Jim McDermott, AlterNet. September 23, 2010.

Fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.

Health Insurers More Grotesquely Greedy Than Wall Street Bankers

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. February 17, 2010.

The great thing about Corporate America is that competition is always fierce for the national title of greediest.

Unions Push Obama Hard Against the Idea of a Health Insurance Tax

AlterNetJanuary 12, 2010.

Obama signals he's willing to amend the idea of taxing American's health care plans to "make this work for working families" after meeting with Unions on Monday.

White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. November 26, 2009.

The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep.

The Uninsured Are Twice as Likely to Die in the ER From a Traumatic Injury Than the Insured

mcjoan, Daily Kos. November 18, 2009.

Bottom line, being uninsured is potentially deadly.

Murder by the Insurance Industry: "He Survived as Long as His Battery Did"

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com. October 23, 2009.

The lobbyists say that nobody in America dies from lack of coverage.

Really Sick: If Your Partner Beats You, Insurance Companies Don't Have to Give You Coverage

Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News. October 13, 2009.

Domestic abuse victims are twice-abused when insurance companies refuse them coverage.

Reality Check: Undocumented Immigrants Can’t Buy Health Insurance ... Even If They Can Pay Full Cost

Cristina Jimenez, DMI Blog. September 16, 2009.

Contrary to the hysterical spin ...

Review of GOP Attacks on Health Provisions for Some Immigrants: Ranging from "Half-True" to "False"

Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor. September 11, 2009.

Rep. Joe Wilson’s heckling of President Obama has pushed the issue of illegal immigrants to the fore of the health care reform debate; too bad it's based on falsehoods.

"Death Bonds": Wall Street’s Shocking New Plan to Reap Billions off Dying Americans

Mark Ames, AlterNet. September 10, 2009.

It sounds too gruesome to be true, but the bankers have already shaken the silver out of everything that had value in America -- except for the elderly.

GOP Congresswoman Tells Uninsured Woman at Town Hall to "Be a Grown-Up"

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. September 1, 2009.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins responds to a question posed by a 27-year old waitress who cannot afford health care.

The Co-op Model Would Mostly Suceed in Protecting the Insurance Industry

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 18, 2009.

Makes sense, considering how many Senators are in bed with those interests.

Sick for Profit: Greenwald Tears Into Insurance Company CEOs

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. August 14, 2009.

Robert Greenwald appears on MSNBC to talk about "Sick For Profit", a campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. August 13, 2009.

Robert Greenwald appears on the Ed Show to talk about Sick For Profit, a new campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

100,000 Show Up for Free Health Clinic Event

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 12, 2009.

Gee, maybe we need health reform after all.

Former Top Insurance Exec Blows the Whistle on Health Insurance Companies’ Plot Against Reform

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. July 13, 2009.

How health insurance companies sought to discredit Michael Moore's 'SiCKO.'

This Is What Happens When You Get Cancer in America

Natasha Chart, Open Left. July 9, 2009.

Pirates of the Health Care-ibean sing, "Go Ahead an Die!"

Getting Laid-Off May Lead to Early Death -- But There Are Ways to Cushion the Severe Health Impact of Job Loss

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. July 1, 2009.

Studies show that the current economic climate may be eroding months or even years from the lives of those on the bleeding edge of insecurity.

We've Been Trapped Inside a Bad Health Care System So Long, We Don't Even Know How Much We're Missing

Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. June 26, 2009.

Our current system has robbed us of the chance to save, educate ourselves, see the world and live to a robust old age.

Note to the GOP: Without a Public Option, It's Not Really "Reform"

Hunter, Daily Kos. June 18, 2009.

76% of Americans want a "public option." That's a mandate, and our lawmakers should start listening to them rather than health insurance lobbyists.

That Didn’t Take Long: Insurance Industry Breaks Promise to President Obama

Jason Rosenbaum, The Seminal. May 16, 2009.

Why we can’t trust the insurance industry with health care reform.