Health insurance companies have really ramped up the message machine on dire warnings of big rate hikes once Obamacare fully kicks in next year. Much of the scare tactic is being delivered by insurance agents to their clients and other supporters, like me, of national healthcare reform. So it’s not surprising that the Obama administration …
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With all the national attention being focused on the nation’s lack of jobs and deficit reduction, this week two Illinois U.S. House members put forward their plans to help the country. Both have some great ideas. Yesterday, Representative Mike Quigley released his 60-step blueprint he hopes the new Congressional deficit reduction Supercommittee will follow. His …
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In case you missed Wednesday afternoon’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, all five of our Republican members cast a vote that would result in either small businesses losing health insurance tax credits or forcing them to change health insurance plans. H.R. 3 passed largely along party lines. All of these elected leaders—Joe Wilson, …
