by Sylvia Moore | May 23, 2011 | News
Donna Smith, a community organizer for National Nurses United, wrote the following for the Common Dreams blog: Guarding Health is Not Their Business, But It is Ours by Donna Smith If for one moment anyone has the notion that for-profit health insurance companies are...
by Andrew McGuire | Sep 10, 2010 | News
Health Insurer Cash Shifts to Favor Republicans Before Election By Drew Armstrong Bloomberg August 26, 2010 Health insurers led by WellPoint Inc. are backing Republicans with campaign donations by an 8-to-1 margin, favoring the party that’s promised to repeal...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 23, 2010 | News
Covering New Ground in Health System Shift By Robert Pear The New York Times August 2, 2010 Administration officials are eager to demonstrate and deliver what they see as the benefits of the new law (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). But they face a...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 4, 2010 | News
The Montana newspaper The Billings Gazette reported nearly a month ago that Liz Fowler, a former vice president of Public Policy at the insurance giant WellPoint, was joining the Obama administration to help implement the new federal healthcare law. Fowler is also a...
by Andrew McGuire | Mar 17, 2010 | News
Originally published on New Deal 2.0 03/16/2010 – 12:01 pm by William Lazonick William Lazonick explains how insurance executives are gaming the system to increase their personal profits instead of investing in patient care. Among the most powerful and...
