The reality of the health insurance marketplace (Opinion) : cnn

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The reality of the health insurance marketplace (Opinion)

The reality of the health insurance marketplace (Opinion)

(CNN) It's become a yearly ritual: As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to settle into place, inevitable growing pains get portrayed by critics as doom for health reform.This year, we're seeing it again.Many of these claims are detached from the facts, and blind to what health care was like before the ACA was passed.


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Heads up! Important poverty, median income and health insurance data out tomorrow

Heads up! Important poverty, median income and health insurance data out tomorrow

Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and author of the new book 'The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.'(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)Like the man said, important numbers are coming out tomorrow.But, I can hear you thinking, if they're out tomorrow, why do we have to talk about them today?


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Leonard Sitongia: Don't let health insurance industry frighten you

Leonard Sitongia: Don't let health insurance industry frighten you

In the campaign for ColoradoCare (single-payer health coverage) we see, once again, how easily people are persuaded to vote against their own interests.We are seeing many TV commercials opposed to it, paid for by "Coloradans for Coloradans," which is a front group for the for-profit health insurance industry.Of course they are opposed to Amendment 69, because it would eliminate them from the state!


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Kaiser survey finds 'modest' increase in worker health insurance premiums

Kaiser survey finds 'modest' increase in worker health insurance premiums

Premiums for the largest source of health insurance in the U.S. continue to increase at a rate that's remarkably low considering double-digit increases of the past.This year, premiums grew 3 percent for employer-sponsored health plans, following last year's 4 percent rise, according to results from a national survey released Wednesday.But coverage remains expensive, with the average family plan now costing more than $18,000, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.


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California starts its effort to be allowed to sell health insurance to immigrants in the country illegally

California starts its effort to be allowed to sell health insurance to immigrants in the country illegally

California starts its effort to be allowed to sell health insurance to immigrants in the country illegallyCalifornians gathered at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to urge President Obama to approve a waiver that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to buy unsubsidized health insurance in California through the exchange created by the Affordable Care Act.