Health insurance company forced to close by health care law

A Virginia-based insurance company says "considerable uncertainties" created by the Democrats' health care overhaul will force it to close its doors by the end of the year.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38194.html

Boehner GOP Will Repeal Health Care Law

The House Republican leader tells NPR that if his party wins a majority in November's midterm elections, they will replace the law with "common-sense steps" to lower health insurance costs.

He says he is optimistic about his party's prospects, saying "at least 100 seats" are in play.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126395806

Video Retro Repub is Stickin To Her Chickens

The same week Wellpoint, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies was exposed for egregious rescission of many breast cancer patients, Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden continues her Barter for Health Care Tour.

At least no one can call her a flip-flopper. Even after being outed as an ...

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http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/04/23/17739/

Insurers Back Effort to Make Health Care Reform Succeed

The health-insurance industry has shifted focus in the wake of the reform bill's passage, pivoting from opposition to making sure the new law succeeds beyond most expectations.

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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1974757,00.html

Jobless Claims Inflation Jump as Economy Wobbles CNBC

Both the number of workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance and producer prices unexpectedly surged, dealing a setback to hopes the economy was showing a strong recovery.

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/35457298

IRONY ALERT Rush Limbaugh Touts Socialist Health Care

Yes, Rush.

That's the point! American medicine is superb-for those who can get it. And, in Hawaii, no one gets special treatment, because everyone can get it. Hawaii has had nearly-universal employer-mandated health insurance since 1974.

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http://thejoshuablogs.blogspot.com/2010/01/irony-alert-rush-limbaugh-touts.html?sms_ss=digg

AIG Has Used Much of Its $123 Billion Bailout Loan

The troubled insurance giant American International Group already has consumed three-quarters of a federal $123 billion rescue loan, a little more than a month after the government stepped in to save the company from bankruptcy.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102303352.html