December 16, 2009
According to news reports (including this article by Jeffrey Young in The Hill), Senator Joe Lieberman is killing the public option in the Senate. And as a result, some leading Democrats like former Governor and Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean now oppose the health care bill if it is stripped of the public option (according to [...]
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October 29, 2009
Across the United States there are relatively few health insurers offering coverage in any particular geographic market. Following Justice Department guidelines, over 94 percent of U.S. markets for health insurance are "highly concentrated." In some states, there are only one or two insurers offering health insurance coverage. Despite this level of market concentration, however, the [...]
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