Pelosi: Insurance Coverage Now Up To Parents, Not Government

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) explains that with the extension enacted yesterday through the Healthcare Reform legislation it is now up to parents to decide whether their child may remain on their insurance until age 26. (0:24)

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Insurance Premiums A Symptom Of Rising Health Care Costs, Says AHIP CEO

President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plan Karen Ignagni claims that the high cost of insurance premiums are simply symptoms of rising health care costs. (0:11)
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Obama Administration Ignored Constitutionality Of Insurance Mandates, Says Virginia State Delegate

Virginia Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) tells Talk Radio News Service that the Obama administration never checked to make sure whether or not forcing people to purchase health insurance is legal. Marshall is one of 80 members of the state's General Assembly who voted to pass a bill that would prohibit the Federal Government from punishing individuals for failing to purchase health insurance. (:36)
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Virginia Ban On Health Insurance Mandate Could Be Appealed, Says State Delegate

Virginia Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) tells Talk Radio News Service that a newly passed bill, which would prohibit the Federal Government from punishing individuals who refuse to purchase health insurance, could be appealed later, but it would have to go through many layers of courts. (:21)
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Virginia Voters Support Bill That Would Ban Insurance Mandates, Says State Delegate

Virginia Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) tells Talk Radio News Service that lawmakers in the state's General Assembly voted with their constituents' interests in mind when they passed a bill that would prohibit the Federal Government from punishing individuals who do not purchase health insurance. The bill passed on a 80-17 vote. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) is expected to sign the bill in the coming days. (:19)
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Virginia State Delegate Explains Law Banning Health Insurance Mandates

Virginia Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) tells Talk Radio News Service that a new bill that just passed the state's General Assembly would prohibit the federal government from punishing individuals in the state who refuse to purchase health insurance. (:19)
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Pelosi: After 65 Years Of Exemptions, Health Insurers Will Be Subjected To Antitrust Laws

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hopes to pass the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act Wednesday. Pelosi says the legislation will end the 65 year advantage health insurers have held over other businesses. (0:19)
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Hoyer: End Of Antitrust Exemption For Health Care Providers Will Ensure A Free Market

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says that ending the antitrust exemption provisions for health care insurance providers will ensure a free, open market. (0:11)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Allow Health Insurance To Be Purchased Across State Lines, Says Wyoming Rep.

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) says she'd like to be able to purchase health insurance across state lines the same way auto insurance can be purchased. (0:23)
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Woman Gets $22,000 Bill From Health Insurance Company, Despite Supposed Maternity Coverage

“I didn’t realize that my choice to start a family would put us into debt,” says Sarah Wildman, a self-employed journalist and mother, after receiving a $22,000 hospital bill from her health insurance company that claimed to cover maternity care. “When you buy insurance on your own, there’s no guarantee that what you pay for is what you get,” she says, calling her private sector health insurance “anti-middle class, anti-entrepreneurial, and anti-family.” (0:45)
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Pelosi: Public Will See Through Insurance Industry's Misinformation

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) says that the health insurance industry is waging a war of disinformation against the health care reform bill in order to maintain the status quo. The Speaker says that members of Congress will work throughout the August recess to promote their message and "set the record straight." Pelosi says she is confident the American people will see through the "myths" and ultimately support the health care bill. (0:26)
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Insurance Holders Paying Higher Premiums Under Current System Says Democrat Murray

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says folks with quality health insurance are currently paying more in premiums because the current system doesn't cover everyone. (0:23)
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Pelosi: Congress Has Made Historic Progress With Health Care Reform

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that two out of the five relevant House and Senate committees have passed health care reform legislation which is something that's never been done before. She says, “Congress has made historic progress on health insurance reform that will put patients and doctors back in charge and ensure quality, affordable, accessible health care for America’s middle class.” 0:33)
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Sen. Mikulski: Affordable Health Services Act Ends Gender Discrimination In Health Coverage

"This legislation ends gender rating in insurance," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md), praising the Affordable Health Services Act that passed through the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Wednesday for ending the apparent presence of gender discrimination in health care. (0:34)
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Cato Fellow: Massachusetts Health Care Reforms Forcing Coverage Changes

Michael Tanner, senior fellow of the Cato Institute, says people in Massachusetts who had health insurance and were happy with it are having to change their coverage because their current plan does not comply with the state's mandates. It is just one example of the lessons he believes the federal government should take from the results of Massachusetts' 2006 health care reforms. (0:23)
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Rep. Kind: The SHOP Act Is A Simple Concept For Small Businesses & The Self Employed

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Today U.S. Representatives reintroduced a health care reform model that they believe will make health insurance less costly to the self employed and small businesses. Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) said that the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act is a simple concept and believes it’s the right time for it to be implemented. (01:34)


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Congresswoman: Women are at risk under McCain plan

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) says that tens of millions of women are at risk of loosing their health insurance under the McCain health plan. (0:38)
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Universal coverage benefits all

Aetna CEO Ron Williams says that insurance works best when healthy people support the sick in anticipation of being sick one day themselves. Williams adds that an individual coverage requirement would not only insure everyone but that it would also prevent uninsured people from driving up the cost of insurance when they suddenly find themselves in need of care. (1:02)
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Conference Call on census results for AHIP

AHIP, America's Health Insurance Plans, held a conference call today to discuss their census results. Calling themselves the "voice of America's health insurers," their mission is as follows. "AHIP is the national association representing nearly 1,300 member companies providing health insurance coverage to more than 200 million Americans." This conference call clip discusses the January 2008 census they conducted. (1:28)
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