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Health Insurance
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Congress Weighing Laws to Let People Keep Health Insurance
As President Barack Obama signals he will do something on his own to make good on his broken promise that Americans could keep their insurance plans if they liked …
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Senate Moving Toward Bill to Ban Workplace Bias Against Gays
A long-stalled bill banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is likely to pass the Senate as early as this week.
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Jim Hightower | Health Care Hypocrisy
Senator Ted Cruz declined taxpayer-funded coverage because of his wife's Cadillac policy.
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For Thousands, Keeping Your Old Health Insurance Policy Isn’t an Option
Health insurance companies are sending notices of cancellation to hundreds of thousands of people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Asks Business Groups to Help Avoid Another Economic Crisis, and More
President Obama raised the pressure on Congressional Republicans, and asked business groups to help avoid another economic crisis.
Will Companies’ Health Care Programs Result in More Body Size Discrimination?
An analysis of whether employee surveillance is becoming a mainstay of the health benefit sector and the potential impact on workers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reid Threatening “Nuclear Option” to Banish Filibuster, and More
In today's On the News segment: recently released hospital billing data shows huge disparities in how uninsured patients were charged for care, and more.
Why Are People With Health Insurance Going Bankrupt?
Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese: Obama care will not put an end to medical bankruptcies - 80 percent of people going bankrupt due to healthcare costs had insurance.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Orleans Judge Reduces BP’s Liability, and More
A week before BP's civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster, a district judge in New Orleans just reduced the company's liability by $3.4 billion.
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I Am Not a Camel … but I Do Have Epilepsy
A true global epilepsy campaign must start with each of us making our worlds more friendly to disclosure.