Is the Insurance Industry Declaring War?

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Oct. 12, 2009 (Opinion)

Over the weekend, America's Health Insurance Plans circulated a study it commissioned from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In a memo to AHIP members, reproduced here, president Karen Ignani explained its significance Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Oct 12, 2009 - 12:01 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 13, 2009

Cohn puts forward a good preliminary caution about the industry report. Still not a lot of facts and data to isolate the reality from political fiction.

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    Washington Post by Ezra Klein | Oct. 12, 2009 (Opinion)
    (Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a report (pdf) projecting doom and despair for those who seek to ...
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    Mother Jones by Kevin Drum | Oct. 12, 2009 (Opinion)
    AHIP, the insurance industry trade group, has apparently decided to hop off the healthcare reform bandwagon. After months of claiming that they were on board, they released a ...
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