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		<title>3 Common Strategies That WON&#8217;T Reduce the Cost of Your Health Care</title>
		<link>http://healthplanhub.com/2012/05/3-common-strategies-that-wont-reduce-the-cost-of-your-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Many articles and blogs (including mine) detail moves that should be made to reduce our staggering cost of health care.  &#8220;Born-Again&#8221; insurance industry lobbyist and author Wendell Potter has written about 3 well-known and touted<strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/7gswqbe" title="Click Here"</strong>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many articles and blogs (including mine) detail moves that should be made to reduce our staggering cost of health care.  &#8220;Born-Again&#8221; insurance industry lobbyist and author Wendell Potter has written about 3 well-known and touted<strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/7gswqbe" title="Click Here" >ideas </a></strong>that have been implemented but that haven&#8217;t helped reduce the cost of insurance or health care.  They&#8217;ve for the most part helped only the insurance industry.</p>
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		<title>Mr. Romney, How Does Your Proposal Guarantee Health Insurance For All?</title>
		<link>http://healthplanhub.com/2012/04/mr-romney-how-does-your-proposal-guarantee-health-insurance-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Flip-flopping presidential candidate Mitt Romney has introduced his plan to reform the health care system.  His new proposal is in stark contrast to his Massachusetts plan.<br />
Romney would give Americans a tax break to buy their own health plans,&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flip-flopping presidential candidate Mitt Romney has introduced his plan to reform the health care system.  His new proposal is in stark contrast to his Massachusetts plan.<br />
Romney would give Americans a tax break to buy their own health plans, regardless of whether their employers offered coverage.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m OK with that but what do people that are uninsurable do?  I don&#8217;t see provisions made for people that are willing to take on the obligation of individual health insurance but can&#8217;t because of pre-existing conditions.</p>
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		<title>Obesity accounts for 21% of U.S. health care costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what a new study put out by Cornell University says, anyway.  If that&#8217;s true, think how much of a dent we as a society could make in our healthcare costs just by taking better care of ourselves&#8230;.watching what we&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what a new study put out by Cornell University says, anyway.  If that&#8217;s true, think how much of a dent we as a society could make in our healthcare costs just by taking better care of ourselves&#8230;.watching what we eat, exercising enough, etc.  And that 21% figure only stems from obesity.  Many of us who aren&#8217;t obese, still have health care costs that are caused by our lifestyle choices.</p>
<p>If you want to read the entire article, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/04/17/obesity-accounts-for-21-percent-of-us-health-care?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asj+%28Agent%27s+Sales+Journal%29" title="Obesity Accounts for 21% of U.S. Health Care Costs" ><span style="color: #0000ff;">click here</span></a>.</p>
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		<title>Be Careful What You Wish For&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever longed for something (or for someone) and once your wish becomes reality, regretted it?  That&#8217;s what could happen to opponents of Health Care Reform.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an insightful article on<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/why-overturning-obamacare-could-lead-to-single-payer.php?ref=fpa" title="Single Payer?"  target="_blank"> what could happen if this occurs&#8230;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever longed for something (or for someone) and once your wish becomes reality, regretted it?  That&#8217;s what could happen to opponents of Health Care Reform.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an insightful article on<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/why-overturning-obamacare-could-lead-to-single-payer.php?ref=fpa" title="Single Payer?"  target="_blank"> what could happen if this occurs&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Health Care Reform May Remain in Calif Even If The Supreme Court Kills It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I read a very informative article in the<strong> <a href="http://shar.es/pMQq9" title="LA Times article"  target="_blank">LA  Times<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> today</span></a></strong>.  Even if health care reform doesn&#8217;t survive the scrutiny of the Supreme Court, some of its consumer benefits may remain in force in California.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read a very informative article in the<strong> <a href="http://shar.es/pMQq9" title="LA Times article"  target="_blank">LA  Times<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> today</span></a></strong>.  Even if health care reform doesn&#8217;t survive the scrutiny of the Supreme Court, some of its consumer benefits may remain in force in California.</p>
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		<title>The Hyperbole of Health Care Reform Opponents</title>
		<link>http://healthplanhub.com/2012/04/translating-the-hyperbole-of-health-care-reform-opponents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Former insurance industry spokesman Wendell Potter has penned an entertaining but all-too-true blog on how health care reform opponents distort the spirit of health care reform.  Potter wrote  the tell-all book <em>Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on</em>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former insurance industry spokesman Wendell Potter has penned an entertaining but all-too-true blog on how health care reform opponents distort the spirit of health care reform.  Potter wrote  the tell-all book <em>Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.   </em></p>
<p>Read Potter&#8217;s comments<strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://wendellpotter.com/2012/03/slogans-versus-substance-in-the-battle-over-obamacares-future/" title="Slogans vs. Substance in HealthCare Debate" >here</a></strong>.<em><br />
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		<title>Health Care Reform Debate Magnifies Our Ignorance</title>
		<link>http://healthplanhub.com/2012/03/health-care-reform-debate-magnifies-our-ignorance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I just watched CNN&#8217;s Brooke Baldwin interview a self-employed business owner from West Virginia that attended today&#8217;s Supreme Court hearing.  This gentleman (named David Klemencic) railed against how the individual mandate that requires him to buy health insurance. He said&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just watched CNN&#8217;s Brooke Baldwin interview a self-employed business owner from West Virginia that attended today&#8217;s Supreme Court hearing.  This gentleman (named David Klemencic) railed against how the individual mandate that requires him to buy health insurance. He said that he didn&#8217;t need health insurance.  </p>
<p>When Baldwin asked Klemencic how he&#8217;d pay his medical expenses if he got cancer, he said that he&#8217;d to use his IRA, plus his family and friends for funds. </p>
<p>Within a minute after saying that he&#8217;d made non-insurance provisions for paying for a catastrophic illness, Mr. Klemcic then asserted that he couldn&#8217;t afford to buy insurance.  How does this man reconcile these statements?  How within two minutes can he say that he has the financial ability to pay for a catastrophic illness and then say he can&#8217;t afford health insurance?  </p>
<p>Unfortunately, there&#8217;s a lot of people like David who let their emotions color their view of reality.</p>
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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Have Made This Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A leading opponent of ObamaCare just filed bankruptcy partially due to unpaid medical bills. Mary Brown didn&#8217;t want to be forced to buy insurance. Somebody other than herself is now having to foot her bill. I couldn&#8217;t have made this&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A leading opponent of ObamaCare just filed bankruptcy partially due to unpaid medical bills. Mary Brown didn&#8217;t want to be forced to buy insurance. Somebody other than herself is now having to foot her bill. I couldn&#8217;t have made this story up&#8230;.</p>
<p>Obama administration lawyers were quick to point out that Brown&#8217;s own situation is now a good illustration of the &#8220;uncompensated care that will ultimately be paid by others.&#8221; Adds a health law expert, &#8220;This is so ironic. It just shows that all Americans inevitably have a need for health care. Somebody has paid for her health care costs.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>If Santorum Wins the New Hampshire Primary, It Will Be Christmas #2 For The Health Insurance Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In case you&#8217;ve ever wondered why Rick Santorum is so vehemently opposed to health care reform, look where some of his most ardent contributors come from:<br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7otbzpz" title="Santorum &#38; The Health Insurance Industry"  target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/7otbzpz</a></strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you&#8217;ve ever wondered why Rick Santorum is so vehemently opposed to health care reform, look where some of his most ardent contributors come from:<br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7otbzpz" title="Santorum &amp; The Health Insurance Industry"  target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/7otbzpz</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Doctors Going Broke?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an article about unlikely victims of the health care mess in our country:<br />
<strong><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/05/smallbusiness/doctors_broke/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3" title="Doctors Are Suffering Too"  target="_blank">Click Here</a></strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an article about unlikely victims of the health care mess in our country:<br />
<strong><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/05/smallbusiness/doctors_broke/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3" title="Doctors Are Suffering Too"  target="_blank">Click Here</a></strong></p>
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