parsa khan's List: REV Media Mashup: HealthCompare 01.04.2010

WASHINGTON — Early versions of the Senate’s far-reaching health care bill said that small businesses with fewer than 50 workers would not be penalized if they failed to provide insurance. That was before labor unions in the construction industry went to work and persuaded Senate leaders to insert five paragraphs.

Opponents of the health-care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the U.S. Capitol but in the court across the street.

Reporting from Washington - A government insurance plan to provide in-home assistance to the elderly and disabled is poised to become law despite a majority of senators voting against including the proposal in the healthcare overhaul bill.

California's health insurance companies may have hoped that the more than $13 million in fines they paid to regulators would put an end to the scrutiny of their practice of rescinding the policies of sick patients.

WASHINGTON — As Democratic Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of major health care legislation, a big question is what they will do about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides coverage to more than nine million children and pregnant women and is expected to cover more than 14 million by 2013.

Being an empowered patient means doing more than the bare minimum. It means taking an active part in your own health care. Protect your privacy. "Health insurance is a very personal transaction, so don't give out personal information," says Sande Drew, a patient advocate and consultant for Ehealthinsurance.

WATERLOO - High unemployment and cost of group insurance plans have spurred interest in individual health insurance plans.