http://mylocalhealthguide.com/dissecting-health-reform-ads/ Your source for Seattle health news and information Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:04:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mylocalhealthguide.com/dissecting-health-reform-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Health reform group launches $12 million TV ad campaign | Seattle/LocalHealthGuide Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:45:09 +0000 http://localhealthguideonline.com/?p=6242#comment-260 [...] read critiques of other national ads on health-care reform go here and [...] [...] read critiques of other national ads on health-care reform go here and [...]

]]> http://mylocalhealthguide.com/dissecting-health-reform-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-121 mike Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:36:35 +0000 http://localhealthguideonline.com/?p=6242#comment-121 Insurance reform + medical provider reform = health care reform, right? Utah health insurance reform has been center focus for the state, UAHU and private insurance carriers over the past 24 months. Mike Oliphant (UAHU board webmaster) runs a small Utah based health insurance website <a href="http://www.BenefitsManager.net" target="_blank">http://www.BenefitsManager.net</a> as well as <a href="http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net." target="_blank">http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net.</a> Mike’s viewpoint provides a unique analysis which comes from being a “fly on the wall” observer in countless state session and insurance meetings. “Utah has been thrust into a state insurance reform pressure cooker which isn’t necessarily negative where I am an insurer, insured and patient”. Several interesting changes took place with H.B. 188 passage earlier this year which seems all too familiar to the ongoing federal health care reform attempt under Obama’s administration. The spirit of the bill allows private Utah market place remedies. It essentially guarantees a Utah health insurance carrier a "no loss" or "no gain" premise over competing carriers that operate within the “Utah Insurance Exchange portal”. Insurance reform + medical provider reform = health care reform, right? Utah health insurance reform has been center focus for the state, UAHU and private insurance carriers over the past 24 months. Mike Oliphant (UAHU board webmaster) runs a small Utah based health insurance website http://www.BenefitsManager.net as well as http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net. Mike’s viewpoint provides a unique analysis which comes from being a “fly on the wall” observer in countless state session and insurance meetings. “Utah has been thrust into a state insurance reform pressure cooker which isn’t necessarily negative where I am an insurer, insured and patient”. Several interesting changes took place with H.B. 188 passage earlier this year which seems all too familiar to the ongoing federal health care reform attempt under Obama’s administration. The spirit of the bill allows private Utah market place remedies. It essentially guarantees a Utah health insurance carrier a "no loss" or "no gain" premise over competing carriers that operate within the “Utah Insurance Exchange portal”.

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