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Posts Tagged health coverage

GOP Continues to Cite Misleading Numbers in Opposing Public Plan

By | 07.15.09 | 11:34 am

Appearing on Fox News yesterday, Rep. Dave Camp (Mich.), senior Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, reiterated an oft-mentioned, but also misleading, statistic about the effects of a government-backed insurance plan on the private marketplace.

If the Democrats get their way and include the public option, Camp charged, More…

The Unemployed Can Get Health Care — and Little Else

By | 01.09.09 | 12:48 pm

As the unemployment lines grow longer by the month, a report released today reveals why many jobless folks will likely soon lose their health coverage as well.

On average, the cost to cover families under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) — the federal arrangement allowing laid-off workers More…