Archive | May, 2012

Labor Leaders Confront Obama On ‘Cadillac’ Tax Proposal

Labor leaders were invited to the White House to discuss negotiations to merge the House- and Senate-passed health overhaul packages…

Budget And Cost Issues Continue To Plague States

The (San Luis Obispo) Tribune News: In California, local programs will be hit hard under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to plug a $20 billion budget gap. “In-Home Supportive Services would be cut entirely. Medi-Cal would be limited and participants would be called upon to share more of the costs” (Cornejo and Connell, 1/12). The Arizona Daily Star: Gov…

Health On The Hill – January 11, 2010

Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey talks with the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Jackie Judd and Congressional Quarterly’s Drew Armstrong about the latest health reform developments. Their focus: As House members return to Washington, negotiations continue between House and Senate Democrats over differences in the two chambers’ health care bills (1/11)…

White House, Dems Wary Of Primary Challenge To Sen. Gillibrand

The Obama administration indicated Monday that it opposes a potential Democratic primary challenge from former Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the New York Times reports. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration backs Gillibrand, who was appointed one year ago to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton…

Economist Stuart Butler: Give States Maximum Flexibility Under Health Reform

In this wide-ranging interview with Kaiser Health News, the Heritage Foundation’s Stuart Butler talks about the proposal to have the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have a role in expanding insurance coverage to more Americans; the increasingly heated debate over the roles of the federal government and the states in implementing any legislation: and the merits — …

Polls Differ In Mass. Senate Race; Coakley Up By 15 Points In Globe Poll

A recent Boston Globe poll of likely voters shows Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) with a 15-point lead over state Sen. Scott Brown (R) in the race for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, the Globe reports. Coakley received support from 50% of respondents, compared with 35% who said they would vote for Brown in the Jan. 19 election…

Antiabortion-Rights Groups Target House Dems To Support More Abortion Restrictions In Health Reform

Several antiabortion-rights groups are mounting efforts to insist on the inclusion of Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) language in the health reform bill, CQ Today reports. The Stupak language would prohibit insurance plans that receive federal subsidies from covering abortion services…

GEICO and AZA Bring Live Gecko Exhibit to the Phoenix Zoo Starting January 16

GEICO’s traveling Gecko Exhibit will be coming to the Phoenix Zoo on Saturday, January 16 to raise awareness about wildlife conservation. To celebrate the first stop of 2010, GEICO will be giving aw…

Consumers Save an Average of $455 Per Year on Auto Insurance With LMB Insurance Services ; Survey data reveals an 84 percent satisfactory rating among consumers who used this service

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ — LMB Insurance Services, the insurance division of LowerMyBills.com, today released the results of a consumer experience survey of 4,664 online auto insurance shopp…

Ontario car insurance rates increase an average of 5.3 per cent

Drivers should be prepared for rising premiums in 2010, according to quarterly auto insurance rate study from Kanetix.ca TORONTO, Jan. 13 /CNW/ – Today, Kanetix(R) (www.kanetix.ca), Canada’s online ma…