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		<description><![CDATA[Assemblyman Dave Jones to insurance industry: &#8220;Have You No Shame?&#8221; - California Progress Report


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Assemblyman Dave Jones to insurance industry: &#34;Have You No Shame?&#34;California Progress ReportOatman said &#34;utilization&#34; by existing customers had gone up in 2009, leading consumer advocates such as Beth Capell of Health Access California to charge &#8230;Sebelius Invites Health Insurer CEOs To [...]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100226/pl_usnw/DC61951" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - YAHOO!</a><br />Following yesterday&#8217;s White House health reform summit, the Alliance urged its members to write to Congress to support timely passage of a health insurance reform bill combining the best of legislation currently passed by the House and Senate and  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucas/20100228/cm_ucas/thefreemarketwontcurehealthcaresills" >THE FREE MARKET WON&#8217;T CURE HEALTH CARE&#8217;S ILLS - YAHOO!</a><br />  all government-run insurance programs &#8212; those of us who have insurance are utterly reliant on the private market. That&#8217;s what got us into the mess we&#8217;re in. The health care market simply doesn&#8217;t operate like the market for cars   a car, you&#8217;d  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2/6086/Motorcycle-Article/AMA-Offers-Members-Supplemental-Insurance.aspx" >AMA Offers Members Supplemental Insurance - Motorcycle USA</a><br />Email addresses will only be used to send this message. They will not be used for promotional purposes. See our Privacy Policy . The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce that AMA members can purchase supplemental insurance  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://gulfnews.com/business/general/dubai-lags-behind-in-health-reforms-1.589513" >Dubai lags behind in health reforms - Gulf News</a><br />Dubai: Abu Dhabi&#8217;s implementation of compulsory health insurance in 2006 has left Dubai lagging behind in its health insurance reforms. Dubai had planned to follow in the footsteps of Abu Dhabi&#8217;s mandatory health care insurance scheme but, owing to a  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100227" >Matt C. Abbott - RenewAmerica</a><br />It certainly seems like a good idea to me that everyone should have access to health care via insurance, that health insurance should be portable, and that the wide community should share the costs of catastrophic diseases and injuries. These are the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250226.html" >Kenya : Access to Health by Poor Boosted - AllAfrica.com</a><br />Nairobi — Poor Kenyans&#8217; access to health care is to be made easier once a planned universal insurance scheme is launched. A proposal to transform the National Hospital Insurance Fund into a National Social Health Insurance Scheme for outpatient  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100226/pl_usnw/DC61951" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - YAHOO!</a><br />Following yesterday&#8217;s White House health reform summit, the Alliance urged its members to write to Congress to support timely passage of a health insurance reform bill combining the best of legislation currently passed by the House and Senate and  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucas/20100228/cm_ucas/thefreemarketwontcurehealthcaresills" >THE FREE MARKET WON&#8217;T CURE HEALTH CARE&#8217;S ILLS - YAHOO!</a><br />  all government-run insurance programs &#8212; those of us who have insurance are utterly reliant on the private market. That&#8217;s what got us into the mess we&#8217;re in. The health care market simply doesn&#8217;t operate like the market for cars   a car, you&#8217;d  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2/6086/Motorcycle-Article/AMA-Offers-Members-Supplemental-Insurance.aspx" >AMA Offers Members Supplemental Insurance - Motorcycle USA</a><br />Email addresses will only be used to send this message. They will not be used for promotional purposes. See our Privacy Policy . The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce that AMA members can purchase supplemental insurance  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://gulfnews.com/business/general/dubai-lags-behind-in-health-reforms-1.589513" >Dubai lags behind in health reforms - Gulf News</a><br />Dubai: Abu Dhabi&#8217;s implementation of compulsory health insurance in 2006 has left Dubai lagging behind in its health insurance reforms. Dubai had planned to follow in the footsteps of Abu Dhabi&#8217;s mandatory health care insurance scheme but, owing to a  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100227" >Matt C. Abbott - RenewAmerica</a><br />It certainly seems like a good idea to me that everyone should have access to health care via insurance, that health insurance should be portable, and that the wide community should share the costs of catastrophic diseases and injuries. These are the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250226.html" >Kenya : Access to Health by Poor Boosted - AllAfrica.com</a><br />Nairobi — Poor Kenyans&#8217; access to health care is to be made easier once a planned universal insurance scheme is launched. A proposal to transform the National Hospital Insurance Fund into a National Social Health Insurance Scheme for outpatient  </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt C. Abbott - RenewAmericaIt certainly seems like a good idea to me that everyone should have access to health care via insurance, that health insurance should be portable, and that the wide community should share the costs of catastrophic diseases and injuries. These are the  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100227" >Matt C. Abbott - RenewAmerica</a><br />It certainly seems like a good idea to me that everyone should have access to health care via insurance, that health insurance should be portable, and that the wide community should share the costs of catastrophic diseases and injuries. These are the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250226.html" >Kenya : Access to Health by Poor Boosted - AllAfrica.com</a><br />Nairobi — Poor Kenyans&#8217; access to health care is to be made easier once a planned universal insurance scheme is launched. A proposal to transform the National Hospital Insurance Fund into a National Social Health Insurance Scheme for outpatient  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2/6086/Motorcycle-Article/AMA-Offers-Members-Supplemental-Insurance.aspx" >AMA Offers Members Supplemental Insurance - Motorcycle USA</a><br />Email addresses will only be used to send this message. They will not be used for promotional purposes. See our Privacy Policy . The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce that AMA members can purchase supplemental insurance  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100227" >Matt C. Abbott - RenewAmerica</a><br />It certainly seems like a good idea to me that everyone should have access to health care via insurance, that health insurance should be portable, and that the wide community should share the costs of catastrophic diseases and injuries. These are the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250226.html" >Kenya : Access to Health by Poor Boosted - AllAfrica.com</a><br />Nairobi — Poor Kenyans&#8217; access to health care is to be made easier once a planned universal insurance scheme is launched. A proposal to transform the National Hospital Insurance Fund into a National Social Health Insurance Scheme for outpatient  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2/6086/Motorcycle-Article/AMA-Offers-Members-Supplemental-Insurance.aspx" >AMA Offers Members Supplemental Insurance - Motorcycle USA</a><br />Email addresses will only be used to send this message. They will not be used for promotional purposes. See our Privacy Policy . The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce that AMA members can purchase supplemental insurance  </p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100226/pl_usnw/DC61951" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - YAHOO!</a><br />Following yesterday&#8217;s White House health reform summit, the Alliance urged its members to write to Congress to support timely passage of a health insurance reform bill combining the best of legislation currently passed by the House and Senate and  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=100195&#038;catid=2" >Employed Americans still can&#8217;t afford insurance - Today&#8217;s THV</a><br />Lawmakers in Washington are trying to figure out how to ensure every American has access to health care. Millions of people are living without insurance, and it&#8217;s not just the unemployed. A growing number of uninsured Americans are working, but they  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/26/107710.htm" >AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University - Insurance Journal</a><br />The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. The  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33596_Page2.html" >Use states as health care reform labs - Politico.com</a><br />Tax reform. Congress should reform the open-ended subsidy created by the tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance with a uniform tax credit, or deduction, for anyone who buys at least catastrophic coverage. This would allow individuals to  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2010/sb20100225_070861.htm" >Outsourcing Firm&#8217;s Latest Offering: Health Insurance - BusinessWeek</a><br />Antonia Musto&#8217;s health insurance is running out. After she was laid off from a media company in 2008, the former staff accountant continued her prior health coverage through COBRA, the law that allows terminated workers to buy into their old plans  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100226insur-portal.html" >Major Insurers Create &#8216;One-stop&#8217; Shopping for Insurance Filing   - American Family Physician</a><br />The nation&#8217;s largest insurance lobby is rolling out initiatives in New Jersey and Ohio to streamline and simplify the insurance filing process by allowing physician offices to log on to one Web portal to carry out a full range of insurance functions  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100226/pl_usnw/DC61951" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - YAHOO!</a><br />Following yesterday&#8217;s White House health reform summit, the Alliance urged its members to write to Congress to support timely passage of a health insurance reform bill combining the best of legislation currently passed by the House and Senate and  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=100195&#038;catid=2" >Employed Americans still can&#8217;t afford insurance - Today&#8217;s THV</a><br />Lawmakers in Washington are trying to figure out how to ensure every American has access to health care. Millions of people are living without insurance, and it&#8217;s not just the unemployed. A growing number of uninsured Americans are working, but they  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/26/107710.htm" >AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University - Insurance Journal</a><br />The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. The  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33596_Page2.html" >Use states as health care reform labs - Politico.com</a><br />Tax reform. Congress should reform the open-ended subsidy created by the tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance with a uniform tax credit, or deduction, for anyone who buys at least catastrophic coverage. This would allow individuals to  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/02/26/prnewswire201002261745PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC61951.html" >National Alliance for Hispanic Health Urges Action on Insurance Access   - Forbes</a><br />WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; &#8220;Health is more than insurance coverage, but it is critical that this step be accomplished as we continue our journey towards health care for all,&#8221; said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2010/sb20100225_070861.htm" >Outsourcing Firm&#8217;s Latest Offering: Health Insurance - BusinessWeek</a><br />Antonia Musto&#8217;s health insurance is running out. After she was laid off from a media company in 2008, the former staff accountant continued her prior health coverage through COBRA, the law that allows terminated workers to buy into their old plans  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100226insur-portal.html" >Major Insurers Create &#8216;One-stop&#8217; Shopping for Insurance Filing   - American Family Physician</a><br />The nation&#8217;s largest insurance lobby is rolling out initiatives in New Jersey and Ohio to streamline and simplify the insurance filing process by allowing physician offices to log on to one Web portal to carry out a full range of insurance functions  </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.comMark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2010/sb20100225_070861.htm" >Outsourcing Firm&#8217;s Latest Offering: Health Insurance - BusinessWeek</a><br />Antonia Musto&#8217;s health insurance is running out. After she was laid off from a media company in 2008, the former staff accountant continued her prior health coverage through COBRA, the law that allows terminated workers to buy into their old plans  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/26/107710.htm" >AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University - Insurance Journal</a><br />The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. The  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://consumerist.com/2010/02/access-americas-comprehensive-trip-protector-insurance-isnt-comprehensive-so-enjoy-your-overnight-la.html" >Access America&#8217;s &#8220;Comprehensive Trip Protector&#8221; Insurance Isn&#8217;t   - Consumerist.com</a><br />Mark Smith just got suckered into buying travel insurance that turned out to be worthless to him. There was a huge hole in the middle of the coverage, which meant he and his two kids were stuck overnight in Denver on his own dime. Luckily the policy  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2010/sb20100225_070861.htm" >Outsourcing Firm&#8217;s Latest Offering: Health Insurance - BusinessWeek</a><br />Antonia Musto&#8217;s health insurance is running out. After she was laid off from a media company in 2008, the former staff accountant continued her prior health coverage through COBRA, the law that allows terminated workers to buy into their old plans  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/26/107710.htm" >AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University - Insurance Journal</a><br />The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. The  </p>
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		<title>Access Insurance - Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience - Medical News Today</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.courant.com/business/hc-insurancereform0226.artfeb26,0,7751964.story" >Blumenthal Wants Rate Hikes For Health Insurance Kept &#8220;Reasonable&#8221; - Hartford Courant</a><br />Anger over rising health care costs swelled again Thursday as doctors, insurers and politicians debated whether the state is adequately regulating insurance rate hikes. With premiums for individual health plans increasing an average of 20.7 percent  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/24/107599.htm" >Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://burntorangereport.com/diary/10056/senator-hutchison-another-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-the-insurance-industry" >Senator Hutchison: Another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Insurance   - Burnt Orange Report</a><br />Yesterday I had emailed Senators Cornyn and Hutchison in a hopeless attempt to prevail upon them to work with President Obama on passing health care reform. I knew that my plea was very likely a useless exercise in both the hopeless and impossible  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/25/blackburn-tells-obama-parties-have-deep-philosophi/" >Tennessee&#8217;s Alexander, Blackburn take center stage at health insurance   - Memphis Commercial Appeal</a><br />WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, both R-Tenn., each took shots at Democratic proposals to reform the health insurance industry Thursday during the high-wire health care summit. After Alexander spoke about a recent  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&#038;id=8536" >Businesses respond to new health insurance offering - Kodiak Daily Mirror</a><br />An agreement announced Tuesday opened a health insurance plan designed for Alaska nonprofit employees to some 500-member businesses of the Alaskan Chamber of Commerce — including many that do business in Kodiak. The agreement expands a plan created  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180047.php" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Medical News Today</a><br />  asks the superintendent to review ways to improve the availability and affordability of Maine&#8217;s individual health insurance market.&#8221; In the report, the authors write that Maine&#8217;s options to expand access and make coverage more affordable will  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.courant.com/business/hc-insurancereform0226.artfeb26,0,7751964.story" >Blumenthal Wants Rate Hikes For Health Insurance Kept &#8220;Reasonable&#8221; - Hartford Courant</a><br />Anger over rising health care costs swelled again Thursday as doctors, insurers and politicians debated whether the state is adequately regulating insurance rate hikes. With premiums for individual health plans increasing an average of 20.7 percent  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/24/107599.htm" >Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://burntorangereport.com/diary/10056/senator-hutchison-another-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-the-insurance-industry" >Senator Hutchison: Another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Insurance   - Burnt Orange Report</a><br />Yesterday I had emailed Senators Cornyn and Hutchison in a hopeless attempt to prevail upon them to work with President Obama on passing health care reform. I knew that my plea was very likely a useless exercise in both the hopeless and impossible  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/25/blackburn-tells-obama-parties-have-deep-philosophi/" >Tennessee&#8217;s Alexander, Blackburn take center stage at health insurance   - Memphis Commercial Appeal</a><br />WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, both R-Tenn., each took shots at Democratic proposals to reform the health insurance industry Thursday during the high-wire health care summit. After Alexander spoke about a recent  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&#038;id=8536" >Businesses respond to new health insurance offering - Kodiak Daily Mirror</a><br />An agreement announced Tuesday opened a health insurance plan designed for Alaska nonprofit employees to some 500-member businesses of the Alaskan Chamber of Commerce — including many that do business in Kodiak. The agreement expands a plan created  </p>
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		<title>Access Insurance - CLUE and filing insurance claims - WTOP Radio</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=97&#038;sid=1897491" >CLUE and filing insurance claims - WTOP Radio</a><br />You can ask your insurance agent to access the database but only after you have signed the contract. That might be too late. If the homeowner isn&#8217;t willing to get the report for you, reconsider your decision on the house. Otherwise, you may be  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&#038;address=433x194048" >&#8220;If you already have health insurance, nothing will change.&#8221; - Democratic Underground.com</a><br />Obama was sayin that you get to keep your for profit medical insurance . I am suggesting that I do not want to keep my current insurance, as it does not provide access to medical treatment. When Obama says &#8220;You get to keep your current insurance&#8221; I  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.physorg.com/news186243077.html" >Midlife crisis: Unmarried older women twice as likely to lack health insurance, study shows - PhysOrg</a><br />Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The study, &#8220;Health and Health Care Access Among California Women Ages 50螬,&#8221; examines a</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/02/25/107655.htm" >CCRIF, CIMH to Launch Excess Rainfall Model for New Insurance Policy - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) are launching their Regional Rainfall Model today, February 25, at CIMH headquarters in Husbands, Barbados. The bulletin  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&#038;address=433x196743" >I have full health insurance - I need access to affordable medical   - Democratic Underground.com</a><br />My health insurance requires over $600.oo per month OUT OF MY POCKET for me to receive the treatment prescribed by my doctors. Is there any help for me in the reform bill? If there is no help for me in this bill, then what good will giving an  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=166622&#038;type=newswires" >Sircon and NIPR Sign Long-Term Extension of Agreement to Provide   - Insurance News Net</a><br />OKEMOS, Mich. , Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Sircon Corporation (www.sircon.com) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Vertafore, Inc. (www.vertafore.com) – and the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) (www.nipr.com) announce a long- term  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100225/bs_prweb/prweb3641364" >Palm Desert&#8217;s Craig Daugard Insurance Brokers Announces an Easier Way   - YAHOO!</a><br />The Astonish Results marketing strategy has been implemented by Craig Daugard Insurance Brokers, to help the agency   They also have access to brand new carries that have great coverage and new low rates. Their mission is to provide their clients  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/24/107599.htm" >Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=10022543-midlife-crisis-unmarried-older-women-twice-as-likely-lack-health-insurance" >Midlife crisis: Unmarried older women twice as likely to lack health   - Science Centric</a><br />Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Centre for Health Policy Research. The study, &#8216;Health and Health Care  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newstatesman.com/banking-and-insurance/2010/02/opportunity-foundation-access" >Opportunity, MasterCard, Gates Foundations partner to provide   - New Statesman</a><br />Opportunity International has announced a programme co-funded by the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation and MasterCard Foundation to provide access to savings accounts and agricultural loans in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Less than 10 per cent of  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=97&#038;sid=1897491" >CLUE and filing insurance claims - WTOP Radio</a><br />You can ask your insurance agent to access the database but only after you have signed the contract. That might be too late. If the homeowner isn&#8217;t willing to get the report for you, reconsider your decision on the house. Otherwise, you may be  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&#038;address=433x194048" >&#8220;If you already have health insurance, nothing will change.&#8221; - Democratic Underground.com</a><br />Obama was sayin that you get to keep your for profit medical insurance . I am suggesting that I do not want to keep my current insurance, as it does not provide access to medical treatment. When Obama says &#8220;You get to keep your current insurance&#8221; I  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.physorg.com/news186243077.html" >Midlife crisis: Unmarried older women twice as likely to lack health insurance, study shows - PhysOrg</a><br />Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The study, &#8220;Health and Health Care Access Among California Women Ages 50螬,&#8221; examines a</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/02/25/107655.htm" >CCRIF, CIMH to Launch Excess Rainfall Model for New Insurance Policy - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) are launching their Regional Rainfall Model today, February 25, at CIMH headquarters in Husbands, Barbados. The bulletin  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&#038;address=433x196743" >I have full health insurance - I need access to affordable medical   - Democratic Underground.com</a><br />My health insurance requires over $600.oo per month OUT OF MY POCKET for me to receive the treatment prescribed by my doctors. Is there any help for me in the reform bill? If there is no help for me in this bill, then what good will giving an  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=166622&#038;type=newswires" >Sircon and NIPR Sign Long-Term Extension of Agreement to Provide   - Insurance News Net</a><br />OKEMOS, Mich. , Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Sircon Corporation (www.sircon.com) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Vertafore, Inc. (www.vertafore.com) – and the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) (www.nipr.com) announce a long- term  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100225/bs_prweb/prweb3641364" >Palm Desert&#8217;s Craig Daugard Insurance Brokers Announces an Easier Way   - YAHOO!</a><br />The Astonish Results marketing strategy has been implemented by Craig Daugard Insurance Brokers, to help the agency   They also have access to brand new carries that have great coverage and new low rates. Their mission is to provide their clients  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/24/107599.htm" >Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=10022543-midlife-crisis-unmarried-older-women-twice-as-likely-lack-health-insurance" >Midlife crisis: Unmarried older women twice as likely to lack health   - Science Centric</a><br />Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Centre for Health Policy Research. The study, &#8216;Health and Health Care  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newstatesman.com/banking-and-insurance/2010/02/opportunity-foundation-access" >Opportunity, MasterCard, Gates Foundations partner to provide   - New Statesman</a><br />Opportunity International has announced a programme co-funded by the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation and MasterCard Foundation to provide access to savings accounts and agricultural loans in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Less than 10 per cent of  </p>
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		<title>Access Insurance - Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance JournalThe Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/24/107599.htm" >Big &#8216;I&#8217; Agents Gain Access to Engineering Firms&#8217; Insurance Program - Insurance Journal</a><br />The Independent Agents &#038; Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive access to the ACEC Business Insurance Program  </p>
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		<title>Access Insurance - Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care - Medical News Today</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News TodayThe Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/expand-medical-insurance-ambit/583626/" >Expand medical insurance ambit’ - Financial Express</a><br />New Delhi: The healthcare sector is hoping for a scheme this Budget that could result in substantially widening the net of population covered under medical insurance. Currently, less than 10% of the country’s population has access to health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=113119" >Florida Health Insurance News Flash - WebWire</a><br />Those seeking Florida health insurance may have difficulty. Florida happens to be one of the most difficult states in the country to find health insurance, and Florida regulations do not place any limitation on how much an insurance company can  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=7639345" >Psychologists Say New Jersey&#8217;s Largest Health Plan Violates Patient   - Stockhouse</a><br />New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) Files Lawsuit Against State Health Benefits Commission, Horizon Healthcare Services and Magellan Health   insurance companies, government agencies, providers and the public to address the needs of this  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theweekly.com/news/2010/February/23/Ramsey_Graves.html" >Ramsey, Graves Introduce Legislation Allowing Georgians to Purchase   - Weekly</a><br />ATLANTA (February 23, 2010) — State Representative Matt Ramsey (R-Peachtree City) and State Representative Tom Graves (R-Ranger) have introduced legislation that provides Georgians with greater choices when it comes to purchasing health insurance  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179852.php" >Private Health Insurance Around The World May Be Making Health Care   - Medical News Today</a><br />The Economist offers an analysis of private insurance around the world. &#8220;Governments are increasingly turning to private insurance in order to widen access to health care and make it more efficient. Are they expecting too much?&#8221; Private health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/expand-medical-insurance-ambit/583626/" >Expand medical insurance ambit’ - Financial Express</a><br />New Delhi: The healthcare sector is hoping for a scheme this Budget that could result in substantially widening the net of population covered under medical insurance. Currently, less than 10% of the country’s population has access to health  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=113119" >Florida Health Insurance News Flash - WebWire</a><br />Those seeking Florida health insurance may have difficulty. Florida happens to be one of the most difficult states in the country to find health insurance, and Florida regulations do not place any limitation on how much an insurance company can  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=7639345" >Psychologists Say New Jersey&#8217;s Largest Health Plan Violates Patient   - Stockhouse</a><br />New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) Files Lawsuit Against State Health Benefits Commission, Horizon Healthcare Services and Magellan Health   insurance companies, government agencies, providers and the public to address the needs of this  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theweekly.com/news/2010/February/23/Ramsey_Graves.html" >Ramsey, Graves Introduce Legislation Allowing Georgians to Purchase   - Weekly</a><br />ATLANTA (February 23, 2010) — State Representative Matt Ramsey (R-Peachtree City) and State Representative Tom Graves (R-Ranger) have introduced legislation that provides Georgians with greater choices when it comes to purchasing health insurance  </p>
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		<title>Access Insurance - Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience - Kaiser Health News</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Kaiser Health NewsIn Maine, insurance regulators say measures aimed at expanding health coverage to more people in that state should wait for final action in Congress, The Associated Press/WBZ reports. A Maine report &#8220;released last week, stems from a 2009 law that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/February/22/State-Policy-Developments.aspx" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Kaiser Health News</a><br />In Maine, insurance regulators say measures aimed at expanding health coverage to more people in that state should wait for final action in Congress, The Associated Press/WBZ reports. A Maine report &#8220;released last week, stems from a 2009 law that  </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/February/22/State-Policy-Developments.aspx" >Maine Studies Prospects For State Reform Efforts While N.Y. Experience   - Kaiser Health News</a><br />In Maine, insurance regulators say measures aimed at expanding health coverage to more people in that state should wait for final action in Congress, The Associated Press/WBZ reports. A Maine report &#8220;released last week, stems from a 2009 law that  </p>
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