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		<title>Employers push higher health insurance costs onto workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Galewitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationally, employees now pay an average of $3,997 as their share of the annual family health insurance premium — about $1,000 more than in 2006 and twice the 2001 amount.]]></description>
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		<title>Support slips for health reform law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie McGinley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poll found that 43 percent of Americans viewed the law favorably – down from 50 percent in July – while 45 percent held unfavorable views. But voters more concerned about economy than the new health law.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators probe allegations of fraud in health credit cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some health providers are offering patients health-care credit cards to help pay for care. But some patients charge they've been swindled.]]></description>
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		<title>Health reform bad news for inefficient insurance companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Cohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reform forces insurers to cover basic benefits, restricts their ability to mistreat consumers, and limits what they can spend on overhead: bad news for the inefficient.]]></description>
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		<title>Slow start for plan to insure those with pre-existing conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Galewitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans, although a better deal than anything comparable on the private market, still may be unaffordable for many. Eligibility requirements may be a barrier. 
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		<title>Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Appleby - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colleges and universities say some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited benefit student insurance policies.
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		<title>Gov. Gregoire Blogs on White House Health Reform Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On White House blog, Gregoire outlines how Washington State will use new federal funds to review health insurance company rate hikes.]]></description>
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		<title>Why don’t we hear about Medicaid abuses in the health reform debate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the health reform debate we hear a lot about insurers dropping patients to save money, but not about Medicaid dropping thousands when state budgets are tight.]]></description>
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		<title>Debate: Is a little health coverage better than none at all?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Appleby - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lower-cost "fiixed payment” plans can leave patients with big bills.]]></description>
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		<title>For parents of uninsured kids, a little help goes a long way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Dotinga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can boost the number of children with medical insurance by providing application materials to parents and helping them fill out the forms, study finds.
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