Obama-Backed Medicare Proposal Would Save Just $2 Billion, Group Estimates (Washington Post)
President Obama continued his campaign on behalf of health-care reform Saturday by focusing his radio and Internet address on the impact of insurance costs on small businesses.
Small business owner pays consequence of not having health insurance (The Muskegon Chronicle)
Chronicle/Kendra Stanley-MillsNorton Shores resident Gary VanderStelt, 64, the owner of Goober’s Bakery in Norton Shores, suffered a heart attack on June 9. Because he didn’t have health insurance at the time, VanderStelt has around $40,000 in medical bills. “It’s not…
Obama hawks health care overhaul, citing study (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than big companies, said Saturday the disparity is “unsustainable — it’s unacceptable.”
Obama calls gap in costs for health insurance between big, small companies ‘unacceptable’ (The Fargo Forum)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than big companies, said Saturday the disparity is “unsustainable – it’s unacceptable.’ Super Summer Selldown!!!! AFFORDABLE MOTORS – Ends Aug 2, 2009
Group hosting health care forum (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA – Whether you can’t afford health insurance or you’re just eager to keep the coverage you have, a group working for health care reform wants to hear what you have to say this morning. A public forum conducted by Champaign-based Campaign for Better Health Care will start at 9:30 a.m. at the Urbana Free Library auditorium, 210 W. Green St., U.
Obama Says Health Insurance Overhaul Would Aid Small Businesses (Bloomberg)
July 25 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said creation of an insurance exchange combined with tax credits would help extend health coverage to about 13 million small-business employees who now lack it.
Group focuses on health care (Northwest Herald)
CRYSTAL LAKE – Fear about the potential further involvement of the government in health care was the focus of an event organized by Patriots United, a local conservative group.
Health insurance takes center stage at listening tour (The Reidsville Review)
About 25 people attended a listening tour held Thursday at the Danville Public Library by a group aiming to organize grassroots support for President Barack Obama’s agenda. But the meeting soon turned into an argument over whether the president’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s health insurance system is good for the country.
Pro-reform group: Thousands could gain insurance under health care bill (The Montana Standard)
HELENA — The health-care reform bill before the U.S. House would lead to insurance coverage for an additional 123,000 Montanans by 2019, or four-fifths of those now without insurance, a pro-reform group estimated Tuesday.
The Lewin Group: GOP Health Care Numbers Come From Firm Owned By Health Insurance Company (The Huffington Post)
The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option.