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Workers, shareholders and small businesses from across the country are urging WellPoint, the giant health insurance company, to stop spending their premium dollars on political efforts that hurt American families. Many of these groups have sent letters to WellPoint CEO … Continue reading
Small-business leaders from the Main Street Alliance have called upon WellPoint to disclose the company’s political giving ahead of its annual shareholder meeting. These small-business owners join HCAN, Change to Win, the 99% Power, Central Indiana Jobs with Justice, thousands … Continue reading
By Ethan Rome – Executive Director, Health Care for America Now Fidelity Investments, the gigantic Wall Street mutual fund company, says it will cost a retired couple $20,000 more to buy their medicines if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Affordable … Continue reading
Join us in calling on WellPoint to stop using policyholder and taxpayer dollars from Medicare and Medicaid to fund a radical political agenda that’s attacking our families. WellPoint is one of the largest health insurance companies in the country. It … Continue reading
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week announced $728 million in grants under the Affordable Care Act to build, expand and improve community health centers nationwide. The awards are a part of $1.5 billion set aside in the … Continue reading
The GOP has a new strategy for fiscal restraint: Stop rewarding states for enrolling children in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program with incentives proven to work. That may cost some vulnerable young people their health, but it’ll save … Continue reading
A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) examines the positive impact the Affordable Care Act has had for women and the consequences that might follow if the Supreme Court were to overturn the law. The Supreme Court … Continue reading
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was joined by Attorney General Eric Holder today to announces a national crackdown on Medicare fraud, arresting more than 100 health care providers who had been bilking Medicare for more than $450 million. … Continue reading
A Republican proposal to replace Obamacare with a system allowing insurers to sell out-of-state health plans has taken on a life of its own. The GOP theory holds that by opening restricted geographic markets to competition from out-of-state insurers, consumers … Continue reading
Health Care for America Now has joined Pinterest, a pinboard-style social sharing website. We will be using Pinterest to share information about the health care law and the work that we are doing, along with our grassroots partners, to protect … Continue reading
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown made his political name by fighting against the Affordable Care Act. He’s still at it, trying to put the health insurance companies back in charge of our care and take away benefits that millions of Americans … Continue reading
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation details exactly how consumers will benefit from the Medical Loss Ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): $1.3 billion back into their pockets. The provision, known as the MLR, or “80/20 … Continue reading