Health Change Bulletin             |          July 1, 2010              |           Volume Two Issue Twenty Nine
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or too long, Americans with pre-existing conditions have been locked out of our health insurance market. Today, the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan gives them a new option -- the same insurance coverage as a healthy individual if they've been uninsured for at least six months because of a medical condition. This program will provide people the help they need as the nation transitions to a more competitive and fair marketplace in 2014." HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

News

  

How to Comply With the New Rules of The Health Care Reform Act
David Crosby, Smart Business, July 1, 2010

 

Wellpoint Seeks New, Smaller California Rate Hike
Lewis Krauskopf, Reuters, July 1, 2010

 

HHS Unveils Insurance Plan for Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
CNN, July 1, 2010

 

Patient Access to Care Suffers as Congress Drags Feet on Medicare Fix
Ronald G. Wheeland, Modernmedicine, July 1, 2010

    

Doctors Who Own Hospitals Fret Over Clause in Health Reform Law
Ted Agres, Anesthesiologynews, July 1, 2010

    

Poll: Favorable Views of Health Reform Law Increasing Among Americans
David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, June 30, 2010

      

Republicans Seek to Resurrect Repeal of Health Care Reform
Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico, June 30, 2010

 

House Approves Stand-Alone 'Doc Fix'; GOP Blocks 'Extenders' Bill
California Healthline, June 25, 2010

 

Health Care Reform: Guidance Issued Regarding “Grandfathered” Plan Status
Russell E. Greenblatt , Daniel B. Lange and Michael R. Durnwald, Lexology, June 25, 2010  

Blogs

  

Turning the Affordable Care Act into a Reality
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, The White House Blog, June 30, 2010

    

Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Looks Likely … See You in November!
Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, June 30, 2010

 

 

Tweets

 

Check out healthcare.gov - big step forward for transparency in insurance market place & putting consumers in control of their health care
Robert Gibbs, http://twitter.com/PressSec, July 1, 2010

     

AMA letter to Wall Street Journal: We are for covering the uninsured.
American Medical Association, http://twitter.com/AmerMedicalAssn, June 30, 2010

      

Insurers' Group Skips Endorsement of Medicare Nominee

New York Times Health, http://twitter.com/nytimeshealth, June 30, 2010

   

Video

    

Gov. Mitch Daniels Promotes NFIB Healthcare Lawsuit on Behalf of Small Business Owners

National Federation of Independent Business, June 30, 2010

 

 

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