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Health insurance policies misinform consumers, tell them chronic conditions are treatable but 'not curable'

11/8/2016 - The easiest way to die young and suffer chronic, horrible health conditions along the way, is to eat all the wrong foods daily, consume the chemical toxins prescribed by medical doctors your whole shortened life, and believe what you see and hear on television about medicine and what you read in the...

Health insurance 'coverage' is not the same as healthcare 'access'

10/31/2016 - Often lost in the debates over reform to the United States' broken healthcare system is a subtle but critical point: Providing people with health insurance coverage is not the same thing as providing them with access to healthcare. This issue has come to the forefront in the debate over the merits...

New Yorkers on Obamacare expected to pay up to 80 percent more for health insurance next year

8/17/2016 - When New York's Department of Financial Services reviewed insurers' requests for the 2017 fiscal year, the state determined that individual Obamacare users would be hit with an average insurance premium hike of 16.6 percent. This is projected to negatively affect 350,000 or more individual Obamacare...

Healthcare prices spiraling out of control as steep hikes in insurance premiums reach 6-year high

4/1/2016 - The health insurance industry that exists today is a failing business model, mainly because it compensates an often vicious, deadly model of healthcare. Check out Pharma Death Clock to get an idea of the full scope of the problem. The system also detaches people from true health responsibility, allowing...

Largest health insurance company in America financially devastated by Obamacare ... May pull out completely in 2016, collapsing the failed scheme

12/4/2015 - CEOs of private health insurance companies didn't know what to expect after the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010. Some insurance CEOs feared the new government rules would restrict their ability to stay in business, ultimately bankrupting the private health insurance sector, to usher in an all-out...

Why does Obamacare make taxpayers fund health insurance for non-U.S. diplomats?

4/24/2015 - The massive Affordable Care Act continues to shock consumers with the costs it has forced upon the health insurance industry. In addition, the law will cost U.S. taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars more per new Medicaid enrollee by doing less to expand coverage than previously stated. But now,...

Medical debts outweigh emergency savings for 25 percent of Americans

9/15/2014 - A scathing new survey from Bankrate.com shows that a majority of Americans are more worried than ever about their healthcare and finances. The poll of 1,006 participants revealed a shocking trend of ballooning medical debts and dwindling personal savings. What's shocking is that most of this problem...

Health insurance corporate CEOs rake in millions while the masses can barely afford premiums

6/1/2014 - One of the consequences of Obamacare is that health insurance company profitability is soaring, causing corporate CEOs of health insurance companies to pocket millions of dollars in annual salaries and bonuses. This is what happens when a government colludes with private industry to force the entire...

Looking for a new health insurance plan? - look within

3/19/2014 2:02:58 PM - Modern day health insurance policies are payment plans intended to cover high cost emergency medical procedures. Somewhere along the way, consumers started to believe that these payment plans protect their own health. These payment plans set the mind's sail on a course of reliance on a medical industry...

Obama delays health insurance mandate for mid-sized businesses until 2016

2/12/2014 - The Obama administration has issued yet another delay to a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, a move that has thrown further confusion into an already complex - and deteriorating - healthcare situation. The Treasury Department said on Monday that it was further delaying an Obamacare mandate...

Americans who lost their health insurance thanks to Obamacare now face sticker shock when buying new plans

1/15/2014 - The president promised repeatedly for years that his signature legislation would not cause anyone to lose their health insurance. That has now been proven to be a lie. He also promised that his law would lower health insurance premiums for all Americans as well. However, as millions are now discovering,...

Small businesses to be devastated by huge increases in health insurance costs in 2014

12/31/2013 - As reported by The New York Times, the Democrats are going to try to get the public's mind off of the costly disaster of Obamacare this coming election year by supporting large increases in the minimum wage. "Democratic Party leaders, bruised by months of attacks on the new health care program, have...

Americans in state of shock as 80 million more health insurance cancellations now expected under Obamacare

12/6/2013 - In the days of Richard Nixon, amidst the chaos and scandal of Watergate, the president uttered this most famous of all political quotes in an interview with the Washington Post, the newspaper that broke the story: "I am not a crook." Well, of course, it turns out that Nixon may not have been a "crook"...

Even people who championed Obamacare are now betrayed with health insurance cancellation notices

11/17/2013 - Long-time opponents of Obamacare are finding delight in one fact about the law - that Obamacare supporters are getting hammered by it as well. Could it be that the president lied to these folks too? It could. And he has. As reported by CBS Denver: President Barack Obama is apologizing to Americans...

Analysis: 52 million Americans to lose health insurance due to Obamacare insanity

11/13/2013 - President Obama's repeated lie that Americans who liked their insurance plans could keep them under Obamacare is turning out to not be the biggest lie of all regarding the law. We now not only know that Obama lied about coverage but have also learned that the president and his staff knew in 2010...

Media losing all credibility in lying to cover Obama's lies about being able to 'keep your health insurance if you like it'

11/12/2013 - The media is already at fault for failing to report years ago a disturbing truth about Obamacare that was published in the Federal Register: That the law was going to cause 93 million people to lose their coverage. Now the corporate press is culpable for trying to cover up for their beloved Obama...

White House orders health insurance companies to not criticize Obamacare

11/11/2013 - Just how cynical and oppressive is the administration of President Barack Obama? Just ask the CEOs of some of the nation's health insurance companies. According to one CNN reporter, they will tell you that the current regime is so adamant about controlling the narrative surrounding the Obamacare...

Obamacare wiping out private health insurance, just as planned

11/8/2013 - One of the intended - yes, you read that right, intended - consequences of Obamacare was to destroy the private health insurance industry. Just weeks after the law's official health exchange roll-out, it is well on its way to accomplishing that goal. At first, it was just a trickle, but now it has...

900,000 to lose health insurance in California as Obamacare disaster spreads

11/5/2013 - "If you like your plan, you can keep it." These famous words, which were literally stated by Usurper Obama dozens of times during his Affordable Care Act hawking days, have proven to be a blatantly bald-faced lie. As reported by SFGate, some 900,000 Californians are expected to lose their existing healthcare...

RATE SHOCK: Obamacare causing 539% increase in health insurance costs for Texans (see proof)

10/29/2013 - It is crucial for the White House that the Healthcare.gov website continue to fail, because once the site actually starts functioning, Americans are going to be hit with such devastating rate shock that the Obama administration may never recover. Obamacare is named the "Affordable Care Act," after...

Unraveling: Major health insurance companies abandon Obamacare exchanges

8/14/2013 - More and more health insurance companies are bailing out of Obamacare, fearing - correctly - that they will lose massive amounts of money if they participate in the state-run "exchanges" called for under the law. Not that the Obama administration wants to discuss the bailouts, other than to dismiss...

NY Times blatantly lies about costs of health insurance under Obamacare

7/26/2013 - A well-known mainstream media dinosaur has been caught yet again spreading lies about the supposed "benefits" of Obamacare, this time claiming that individual health insurance premiums will drop by up to half once the mandate comes into full effect. But the deceptive report, which appeared recently...

Health insurance premiums rise $1,975 since Obamacare passed

7/25/2013 - After being signed into law in 2010, the massive Affordable Care Act has set off massive domino effects. As the law gains speed, affordable health insurance is becoming a myth and higher premiums are the reality. Even as politicians like Obama lift the ACA on a pedestal, there is no denying the simple...

Single women's health insurance premiums set to double in California, thanks to Obamacare

7/1/2013 - Progressives claim to be the most sensitive to women's issues, yet they are the first ones to back policies that either harm or otherwise suppress women. Case in point: Obamacare. Back in the day when the president and his congressional allies were selling this turkey to the American people, one...

U.S. doctors are dumping all health insurance and charging patients LESS

6/15/2013 12:40:57 PM - In some places across the US, high-cost health insurance coverage is being discarded altogether. The looming Affordable Care Act health insurance mandate seems to be inspiring constructive disobedience. Yes, doctors are now "outsmarting" this government mandated health care system and moving towards...

Obamacare intends to capture all your personal identifying health info, making it government property

6/11/2013 - As angry tens of millions of us are at the Internal Revenue Service's illegal targeting of groups politically opposed to President Obama, we are about to get a whole lot angrier at the IRS as it takes a major role in enforcing privacy-stealing provisions of the Affordable Care Act, famously known as...

Majority of Americans want to go back to pre-Obamacare days when health insurance was more affordable

6/4/2013 - A new poll conducted under the guidance of marketing research groups Anderson Robbins and Shaw & Company has found that a majority of Americans want nothing to do with the socialized medicine scheme more popularly known as Obamacare. Based on a random sampling of more than 1,000 registered voters, professional...

The same IRS that targeted conservative groups for punitive audits will be demanding your private health insurance records in January

5/14/2013 - By now, everyone is aware that the IRS has been caught red-handed conducting politically-motivated audits of conservative non-profit groups. Non-profits that taught the Constitution or even mildly criticized the federal government were targeted for special scrutiny, and the IRS demanded they turn over...

Health insurance rates to double as Obamacare fully kicks in

3/26/2013 - Writing on the blog of the Department of Health and Human Services on the third anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, more popularly known as Obamacare, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had this to say about the impact of the law on insurance rates: As a former state insurance commissioner,...

Grocery loyalty card purchases surveilled by insurance companies to raise rates and deny claims

3/3/2013 - I warned Natural News readers about this years ago: those grocery store "loyalty cards" that they push on you to enjoy discounts on groceries are actually a behavior surveillance technology that's used to capture and profile your grocery purchasing patterns. This data is then sold off to insurance companies...

Obamacare to soon cost the average American family $20,000 a year, announces IRS

2/1/2013 - Under Obamacare, American families are forced to buy conventional health insurance that primarily benefits the pharmaceutical industry. By 2016 -- just three years from now -- the cheapest health insurance plan available will cost a typical American family $20,000 a year, the IRS has now announced. Here's...

Almost one in ten employers to drop health insurance coverage under Obamacare

7/31/2012 - One of the elements of Obamacare critics have been most vocal about is the so-called government-sponsored "insurance pools" the law creates. Now that it's largely been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, these pools will soon become a reality. So what? That's the basis of the law, to provide insurance...

AMA: Health insurance companies botch up to 20 percent of claims

6/23/2011 - Many NaturalNews readers have likely experienced, if even just once, the hassle of having their health insurance company improperly file a insurance claim, which can result in filing disputes, delayed payments, and other administrative problems. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), as...

Health insurance companies invest billions in fast food chains

4/17/2010 - Did you ever wonder how health insurance companies drum up future business? It's easy: Just invest in companies whose products cause chronic degenerative disease, driving people towards more health care needs and therefore more health insurance. And that's exactly what the health insurance industry...

As an American, I refuse to buy mandatory health insurance that supports corrupt conventional medicine

1/4/2010 - Even if Obama's health care reform bill becomes law, mandating that all Americans buy health insurance policies for a failed system of "sick care", I will refuse to comply. I've read the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and nowhere in that document do I find that the federal government has...

Americans threatened with jail time, huge fines for refusing to buy health insurance (update 1)

9/28/2009 - There's a popular video circulating on the 'net right now about how to escape handcuffs without using a key. Americans are watching the video to bone up on essential skills that will soon be needed for health care reform, it seems, since the new laws that are about to be put in place call for Americans...

Ten Tips: When You Lose Your Health Insurance

3/6/2009 - Economic times are tough and many are facing layoffs. Even more are being told that their employer will be eliminating or reducing health benefits. As a result many people are losing their health insurance coverage. Legislation is currently being proposed that can help those without health insurance...

Sweeping New Health Insurance System Proposed for U.S. Residents

2/21/2009 - The Commonwealth Fund, a health policy research group that represents the interests of health insurance companies, has proposed a sweeping new program that -- surprise! -- would require all Americans to buy health insurance. The new program would mandate that Americans buy health insurance, even...

Senate Passes Health Insurance Bill for Children

2/3/2009 - The Senate has approved legislation to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children. For the first time ever, this bill will spend federal money to insure children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants. The House approved this legislation on January 14 and President Obama will most...

House Approves Affordable Health Insurance for Unemployed

2/2/2009 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act authorizes approximately $544 billion in new spending and $275 billion in tax cuts. The purpose of this legislation is to stimulate the economy by preserving and creating jobs, helping the unemployed and uninsured, and assisting states with budget relief measures....

It's Official: Health Insurance will Fund Maggot Therapy

11/27/2008 - Maggot therapy for helping wounds to heal is increasingly finding a role in modern medical procedures thanks in part to mankind's all-too-clever profit-centered approach to health care, which has created monstrous new bacterial villains such as MRSA. The growing recognition of the efficacy of using...

Health Insurance Company Paid its Workers Bonuses to Cancel Patient Policies

5/28/2008 - Health insurance company Health Net Inc. rewarded employees for finding ways to drop customer policies and not pay for their medical expenses, according to an investigation by the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC). Since 2005, the DMHC has been investigating five of the seven insurance...

Hillary Clinton's Universal Health Care Plan: Buy Health Insurance or Else!

2/7/2008 - As candidates for U.S. President continue to battle for their respective parties' nominations, details are beginning to emerge about their (disastrous) health care plans. The New York Times is now reporting that Hillary Clinton's universal health care plan will be accomplished through "enforcement measures"...

Most Americans agree smokers should pay more for health insurance

11/16/2006 - A new survey published this week indicates that most Americans believe smokers and the obese should pay more for health insurance. However, those surveyed were unsure how to assist the millions of citizens who currently have no health insurance. More than 1,500 people were surveyed for the study,...

Whistleblowers wanted: Truth Publishing seeks insiders to speak out about drug companies, health insurance and conventional medicine

5/24/2006 - If you work for a drug company, federal regulator, health insurance company, hospital, junk food manufacturer or any other organization related to health, a new opportunity has surfaced for you to make a lasting difference. Truth Publishing is now connected with key organizations (that shall go unnamed)...

The health insurance problem is not an insurance problem, it is a health problem

2/2/2005 - When people start talking about health insurance reform and how to bring health insurance to the American people, they inevitably end up in a ridiculous discussion about how to negotiate the cost of drugs, how to provide drug discounts to senior citizens, or how to engage in a system of managed care...

Workplace health enhanced by offering spirulina supplements to employees; larger studies could show reduction in health insurance costs for employers

10/25/2004 - Mike: What do you see as the big trends as far as the market penetration of spirulina and recognition around the globe -- what are the big issues here? Gerry: Well, surprisingly, spirulina is a mature product in the health food area, and the market has been relatively stable, I think over the last...

Skyrocketing health care costs make U.S. employers non-competitive in the global marketplace

8/8/2004 - Skyrocketing health insurance costs are heavily impacting employers in the United States. Now, for the first time, medical benefits to employees has become the most expensive benefit paid by employers, according to a new report issued by the Employment Policy Foundation. The cost of health care for...

More Employees Unable To Receive Health Insurance Coverage Through Their Employers; Prevention, Not Disease Treatment, Is The Answer

8/6/2004 - A new study from the Washington, D.C. based Center for Studying Health System Change has revealed that 9 million Americans no longer have health insurance coverage through their employers compared to those who received coverage in 2001. In other words, employers' ability to provide health insurance...

Health insurance costs continue to spiral out of control

11/19/2003 3:28:40 PM - Health insurance costs for employers continue to climb at an outrageous pace. We all know that. But what's the cause? Although almost nobody will admit it, there are really three primary causes of spiraling health care costs. 1. Drug company profiteering. They're doing everything they can to squeeze...

The health insurance disaster continues

10/7/2003 2:04:50 PM - As current headlines show, even when a group of politicians promise their best (and actually mean it!), the result can still be disastrous. Two years later, Shawn Hegdal still has no health insurance. Neither do 44 million other Americans, and the problem is getting much, much worse. The current...

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