ObamaCare’s high-risk pools may deny coverage

Friday, July 9th, 2010

This week the Denver Business Journal and the Denver Post reported on Colorado's new federally subsidizes high-risk pools ("GettingUSCovered"). But there's a good reason to be concerned about quality and access. The Hill reports: The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by ...

Post-claims underwriting no justification for government health plan

Friday, October 16th, 2009

If you internet service provider violated the contract you made with them by canceled your policy (say you're hogging bandwidth) is that a reason for government to create a tax-funded "public internet service provider"?  Of course not.  The ISP in this case has violated its contractual agreement to a customer, ...

Insurance industry volunteers to become government contractor

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a potentially significant shift ...