HealthCareReformBill
By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
| 10:30AM 9/02/2011
Last month, new regulations were issued under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) requiring insurance companies to make choosing a plan simpler. Specifically, the new rules require insurers to publish forms providing "clear, consistent and comparable information" about the health-care plans they offer.
| 8:00PM 11/17/2010
Approximately 10% of those surveyed in a recent Gallup poll on healthcare say that government involvement is a problem, up from only 5% at the beginning of this year.
| 4:00PM 12/08/2009
Depending on the party, there's a lot of talk about what should or shouldn't fall under the health care reform umbrella. And depending on who you talk to, a few items the Senate wants covered may -- or may not -- be beneficial to Americans.
The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" --...
| 12:00PM 12/08/2009
NOTE: this story was updated on Dec. 21 to reflect breaking news
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most taxed of them all? Well, it was nearly Americans seeking to lift a little "here" and tuck just a bit "there" as these people faced paying 5% more than they expected.
The tax, included...
| 10:00AM 11/17/2009
Americans are paying billions for what experts call "treatable illnesses." But the exorbitant amount we're paying, a new report says, is growing exponentially.
Currently, the U.S. is spending more per capita on health care than any other nation. And much of this excess spending is going to treat...