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Are Gender Gaps Killing American Women?
Sunday, September 13, 2020 - 10:24am | 1326Read More...It seems logical to believe that both men and women would receive the same quality of healthcare while living in the same country, but new evidence is showing that may not be the case at all. That's because doctors simply don’t seem to account for the differences between male and female...
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DC Insider Reveals The Hottest Topic On The RNC's Agenda
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 12:22pm | 495Read More...A few weeks ago, the Republican National Committee hosted its Summer Retreat in Chicago. The event, hosted by Chairwoman Ronna R. McDaniel, Co-Chairman Bob Paduchik and Finance Chairman Steve Wynn, boasted a guest slate that included Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House of...
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GOP Healthcare 2.0: What's Likely To Change, And Why It Won't Be Voted On Anytime Soon
Friday, April 7, 2017 - 9:13am | 768Read More...Following a futile Tuesday-night attempt to unite on ACA repeal strategy, Vice President Mike Pence and House Republicans convened again Wednesday to hash out a deal. But Height Securities analysts Andrew Parmentier and Stefanie Miller weren't hopeful for a resolution. “We think chances...
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Response To GOP Healthcare Bill Ranges From Tepid Support To Outright Opposition
Friday, March 10, 2017 - 9:15am | 626Read More...The Republicans' new healthcare bill, dubbed "Trumpcare," "Republicare" and even "Obamacare lite," is the latest hotly contested topic out of Washington. Benzinga had the opportunity to chat with Kristine Grow, a spokeswoman for American Health Insurance Plans, which is the industry organization...
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How Will Healthcare Reform Affect Your Investments?
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 11:47am | 852Read More...According to a recent CNN article, approximately 2.5 million more young adults in the United States are now receiving health coverage as a part of President Obama's healthcare reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A part of the reform that became effective in September allows...
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Looking at Insurance Company Assets, the Early View
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 11:21pm | 554Read More...This post should be short. I trolled through four of the insurance companies that I own today to try to ascertain what credit risk they might have. I was pleasantly surprised that all of them had steered clear of the current lending crises, and the level of exposure to financials, and their...
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BREAKING NEWS: Billions Survive ObamaCare Apocalypse
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:49pm | 267Read More...As we all know, ObamaCare was signed into law. This morning, on the way to work, I looked around and saw that this morning was pretty much like yesterday morning. And the morning before that. The absence of flaming demons, cackling horsemen, the Angel of Death, Vishnu, and a host of other post-...
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The 'Scott Brown & No Healthcare Reform Bill' Trade
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:06pm | 208Read More...Humana Inc. (NYSE.HUM), Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH), Aetna (NYSE: AET), and a whole slew of other health care plan providers and HMOs are up today on hopes - perhaps assumptions - that Massachusetts will seat a Republican senator rather than a Democratic one in the special election underway to...
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Senate Rejects Abortion Restrictions In Healthcare Bill
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:02am | 193Read More...The US Senate, by a margin of 54 to 45, struck down Senator Ben Nelson's (D) amendment to the healthcare reform bill currently under debate, that would have restricted women's access to abortions even more than the Stupak Amendment included in the House version of the bill. Perhaps in a nod to...
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Expansion of Medicare? Buy in Instead of Public Option?
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 2:46pm | 345Read More...Washington Post reporter, Ezra Klein reports that his sources confirm that there has been discussion amongst the Senate surrounding a compromise in the healthcare debate. Pro public option forces have been stymied by Republicans and Conservative Democrats who are opposed to the public option (read...
