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		<title>Obama Signs Stopgap COBRA Subsidy Extension</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama Tuesday night signed into law legislation that provides a stopgap, 31-day extension of federal subsidies of COBRA health care premiums. The measure was approved earlier Tuesday by the Senate on a 78-19 vote, while the House cleared it last week. Under H.R. 4691, the 65%, 15-month premium subsidy for laid-off workers is extended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Committees Release Draft Tri-Committee Health Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/house-committees-release-draft-tri-committee-health-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/house-committees-release-draft-tri-committee-health-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we head into July, the federal debate has become more defined as four of the five Congressional committees with jurisdiction over health reform have released draft health reform bills. On June 19th , the Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means Committees in the House of Representatives released a joint tri-committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House and Senate Pass Budget Resolution Agreement that May Speed Passage of Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/house-and-senate-pass-budget-resolution-agreement-that-may-speed-passage-of-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/house-and-senate-pass-budget-resolution-agreement-that-may-speed-passage-of-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 01:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance Laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House and Senate have approved a compromise budget resolution that sets parameters for spending and revenue legislation. As requested by the President, the budget resolution includes a reserve fund for health care reform initiatives that must be deficit-neutral for fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or fiscal years 2009 through 2019. The resolution allows Medicare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh rants on health care legistlation, slams Ted Kennedy</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/rush-limbaugh-rants-on-health-care-legistlation-slams-ted-kennedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/rush-limbaugh-rants-on-health-care-legistlation-slams-ted-kennedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to respect Rush Limbaugh, but he&#8217;s turned into a babbling shock jock that will say anything for ratings.]]></description>
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		<title>Final Stimulus Package Includes Shorter COBRA Subsidy</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/final-stimulus-package-includes-shorter-cobra-subsidy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House and Senate will vote on a compromise $790 billion stimulus package that includes subsidies for 65% of the COBRA health insurance premiums paid by laid-off workers, under a hard-fought conference report unveiled late Feb. 12. The final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which followed intense negotiations between leaders of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Signs Expanded Version Of Kids Health Insurance Program</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/obama-signs-expanded-version-of-kids-health-insurance-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/obama-signs-expanded-version-of-kids-health-insurance-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance Laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Michigan&#8217;s governor looking on, President Barack Obama reauthorized an expanded health insurance program for children this afternoon, calling it a &#8220;down payment on my commitment&#8221; to ensure coverage for every American. The $74-billion reauthorization of the state Childrens&#8217; Health Insurance Program &#8212; representing an increase of about $33 billion over the next five years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Obama Can Fix Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/how-obama-can-fix-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/how-obama-can-fix-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALTH care drained the federal budget of more than $1 trillion this year. That includes direct health care programs like Medicare, plus insurance for federal employees and the cost of excluding employer health-care contributions from workers’ taxable incomes. If present trends continue, in 10 years the number will almost double. President-elect Barack Obama has proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Daschle has his own health plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/health-and-human-services-secretary-tom-daschle-has-his-own-health-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/health-and-human-services-secretary-tom-daschle-has-his-own-health-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By choosing former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to head his healthcare reform effort, President-elect Barack Obama got more than an old congressional hand with a policy book on his resume. Obama has also picked up a hardheaded political strategy for his push to overhaul the nation&#8217;s healthcare system. Guided by lessons from President Clinton&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Voters Say Leave My Health Insurance Alone</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/politics/most-voters-say-leave-my-health-insurance-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/politics/most-voters-say-leave-my-health-insurance-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health care reform is near the top of the list for incoming President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, but a majority of U.S. voters (58%) oppose any kind of government-controlled health plan if it means they have to change their own insurance coverage. Twenty-five percent (25%) say they would support such a plan even if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Moves To Limit Costs In Drug Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/carriers/humana/medicare-moves-to-limit-costs-in-drug-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/carriers/humana/medicare-moves-to-limit-costs-in-drug-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryno442</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare is trying to curb an opaque industry practice that inflates what some older and disabled people pay for medicines under the federal insurance program&#8217;s prescription-drug plan. Medicare Part D, introduced in 2006 to extend drug coverage to beneficiaries, is provided through private health-insurance companies. Many insurers in turn contract with so-called pharmacy-benefit managers to [...]]]></description>
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