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Romney "Likes" Several Elements of ObamaCare

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who promised early in his campaign to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform, says he would keep several important parts of the overhaul.

Although Romney has yet to articulate or set forth any semblance of a reform plan, he says, "of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place," he told NBC's "Meet the Press."

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Romney Health Reforms for Middle Class

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:00:40 +0000

11 million uninsured Americans came from the middle class, or nearly a quarter of the nation's total uninsured and under ObamaCare most would achieve coverage through health insurance exchanges.

Most middle-class Americans - nearly three out of four - are insured through their employers, according to the report. For the one out of four who are not, it's become more and more expensive to buy health insurance on their own. Between 2000 and 2008, health insurance premiums grew three times as fast as wage increases and because of that employer-based coverage has dropped from 68% of Americans to just 60% over that timeframe.

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Small Business Health Insurance Survey Results

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:28:44 +0000

The findings of a new NFIB survey show the cost of health insurance is what's keeping small employers up at night--still.

The latest National Federation of Independent Business survey reveals more than half of small business employers view the cost of insurance as their "most critical problem."

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Collaboration Tips for Agents to Tap New Markets

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:22:59 +0000

LIMRA is reporting that less than 50% of individuals in the U.S. have life insurance. There are many untapped markets therefore that agents can target.

One of those markets perhaps is those from Generations X and Y. When it comes to retirement planning, Generations X and Y have learned from the mistakes of their elders, according to new survey findings released recently.

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Will Provider Incentives Reduce Healthcare Costs?

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:55:33 +0000

Beginning October 1, hospitals face steep Medicare penalties for high readmission rates, as they work fast to implement solutions to carry out safe transitions for patients.

Oct. 1 is shaping up to be hospitals' version of doomsday, in which organizations performing poorly in heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia readmissions could see cuts from 0.42 percent to 1 percent in revenue, which could run well into the high six or low seven figures a year for single, large facilities, FierceHealthFinance reported.

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Romney's Plan to Replace ObamaCare: Still Waiting

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:26:43 +0000

Being a health policy wonk I have been waiting,.... and waiting to hear about Mitt Romney's plan to replace ObamaCare since I know he definitely wants to repeal it. After three days of the RNC, I'm still waiting.

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Isaac Insured Loss Estmate: $1.5B

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:03:46 +0000

Hurricane Isaac is likely to cause as much as $1.5 billion in onshore insured property damage, catastrophe modeler Eqecat Inc. said Wednesday according to Business Insurance.com.

The storm made landfall in southeastern Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. But hurricane-force winds did not appear to have extended to downtown New Orleans, although tropical storm-force winds were observed within New Orleans.

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Official: "Isaac May Be Worse Than Katrina"

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:21:17 +0000

This morning a Plaquemine Parish official in Louisiana was quoted by NPR as saying "In some ways Isaac is Worse than Katrina" for Plaquemine Parish because the storm is slower moving and its dumping more rain overflowing the levee's in an area that did not have as severe flooding 7 years ago.

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Isaac Now a Category 1 Hurricane nearing New Orleans

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:05:13 +0000

According to NBC News, Isaac is now a Category 1 Hurricane as it nears New Orleans. Bands of rain are coming ashore with periods of actual light rain, according to NBC's Tamran Hall, allowing some officials to state that the newly installed pumps will have a fighting chance of averting much worse flooding than might otherwise occur.

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Clothes Dryers Account for $35 M in Losses/Year

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:39:38 +0000

According to a government report, an estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires are reported to by homeowners and renters to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an estimated $35 million in property losses.

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