Tag Archives: America’s Health Insurance Plans

Will medical insurance industry hang itself?

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Insurance industry representative Karen Ignagni correctly fears that the “government-run insurance plan that Obama supports … would put private insurers out of business.”  (Denver Post, May 24) This is why supporters of single-payer medicine like it — it’s an incremental … Continue reading →

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Insurance industry volunteers to become government contractor

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

From the Associated Press: The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. The offer from America’s Health Insurance Plans and the … Continue reading →

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Insurance industry will hang from rope it sold to government

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

“The capitalists … will work on the preparation of their own suicide.” — Vladimir Lenin* Or as the Wall Street Journal describes: America’s Health Insurance Plans, the industry trade group, recently said its members would accept all comers regardless of … Continue reading →

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