Read more health insurance stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/535/health-insurance.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:34:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt one New York City radiology clinic you get what you pay for—there are different names, different doors, and very different experiences for those paying with insurance and those shelling out their own cash. MSNBC found that on the insurance side, appointments can take 15 days to schedule, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith all eyes on her last night, Blanche Lincoln cast the deciding vote to push health reform forward—and simultaneously swung herself soundly into the epicenter of the brouhaha. By warning fellow Dems she won't support a final bill with a public option, she guaranteed their attention. But in casting...http://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74386/reid-rolls-out-senate-health-bill-for-sat-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid rolled out the Senate’s combined health care reform bill last night, earning oohs and ahhs from fellow Democrats, particularly over the price tag, and setting the stage for a cloture vote Saturday. The bill would cost a svelte $849 billion over 10 years while reducing the deficit by...http://www.newser.com/story/74386/reid-rolls-out-senate-health-bill-for-sat-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74213/abortion-amendment-not-a-big-deal-by-the-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Stupak-Pitts amendment clamping down on abortion funding by insurers isn’t the game changer it's been made out to be: It would affect only a tiny minority of women. Though 50% of privately insured women have plans that include abortion coverage, many, perhaps most, don't use it because of privacy...http://www.newser.com/story/74213/abortion-amendment-not-a-big-deal-by-the-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 8:46:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73922/rnc-insurance-plan-covers-employees-abortions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith abortion emerging as a sticking point in the health care debate, Politico has dug up a zinger on the Republican National Committee: Its own employee insurance policy covers elective abortions. "We are taking steps to address the issue," says an RNC spokeswoman, adding that the policy goes back to...http://www.newser.com/story/73922/rnc-insurance-plan-covers-employees-abortions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 18:50:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73804/gop-wants-to-resurrect-that-town-hall-feeling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans are hoping to re-create the late-summer town hall meetings at which angry voters lashed out over proposed health care legislation. Sen. Lamar Alexander tells Politico the party is planning 50 phone and in-person gatherings over the next few weeks. "If every American has a chance to read the bill,...http://www.newser.com/story/73804/gop-wants-to-resurrect-that-town-hall-feeling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 12:23:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73801/dems-who-dissed-health-bill-feel-their-partys-wrath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey can't win. The 39 House Democrats who voted against the health care bill may have thought the move would win them the favor of their often Republican-heavy districts; instead they're fending off attacks from constituents and interest groups from the left, Politico reports. In Florida, about 60 people protested...http://www.newser.com/story/73801/dems-who-dissed-health-bill-feel-their-partys-wrath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73785/lack-of-health-insurance-kills-2k-veterans-a-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 2,266 US veterans under 65 died last year because they didn't have health insurance, a team from Harvard Medical School estimates. Although most vets get medical care through the VA, there are about a million and a half, under 65, who were not wounded and are "too poor...http://www.newser.com/story/73785/lack-of-health-insurance-kills-2k-veterans-a-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 8:16:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73697/senate-health-bill-runs-into-abortion-divide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a last-second concession barring federal dollars from funding abortions, Nancy Pelosi largely skirted the full brunt of the issue, but Harry Reid may not be so lucky. The Senate majority leader likely won't get the 60 votes he needs without similar language— which a Planned Parenthood VP calls a...http://www.newser.com/story/73697/senate-health-bill-runs-into-abortion-divide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 12:05:00 CST