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  White House Touts State Advances in Implementing PPACA as CLASS-Killer Vote Proceeds

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  January 18, 2012

  As the Ways & Means Committee prepares to vote to repeal PPACA's long-term care component, known as the CLASS program, the Obama administration points to progress on other PPACA efforts, such as state health insurance exchanges.

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  The Week in Pictures | October 14, 2011

  By Bill Coffin  |  October 13, 2011

  Economic turmoil, a failed jobs bill, pinkwashing, and more in LifeHealthPro's slideshow of the week that was.

• Rep. Congressman Asks, "Where's My Health Insurance?"

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  November 17, 2010

  During a recent orientation for new freshman Congress members, Republican Andy Harris – a Maryland anesthesiologist elected on an anti-Obamacare platform – was shocked to ...

• The Future of the PPACA Under a GOP House

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  November 4, 2010

  Now that Republicans have regained control of the House, is health reform doomed?In a poll conducted online at the Wall Street Journal, 84 percent of ...

• Godwin's Law

  By Bcoffin, Bcoffin  |  October 8, 2010

  In a recent issue of National Underwriter, I ran an editorial from one of my senior editors, Trevor Thomas, entitled "Taxes are Not the Problem." ...

• Does Health Reform Break Obamas Campaign Promise?

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  May 5, 2010

  The Congressional Budget Office recently came out with estimates about the number of people who will be affected by the penalties caused by the insurance ...

• More Regulation Ahead for the Financial Industry

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  April 14, 2010

  With health care reform and the nuclear summit out of their way, Congress and president Obama have moved on to their next hot-button issue – ...

• Public Opinion Polls: Which Ones Can You Trust?

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  April 8, 2010

  When it comes to health care reform, there has been no shortage of public opinion polls. Rasmussen Reports publishes a new feeler study every week, ...

• For or Against: Which Type of Agent Are You When it Comes to Health Care Reform?

  By Christina Pellett, Christina Pellett  |  March 19, 2010

  If you want to get a fellow insurance agent going, ask him or her about health care reform.“I am a capitalist! For all people, for ...

• Why Is Health Care Reform Being Bundled with the Student Loan Industry?

  By Heather Trese, Heather Trese  |  March 17, 2010

  What do student loans and health reform have in common? According to the Obama administration, apparently a lot.Obama wants to remove banks from the student ...