And 8% fewer Americans have health insurance because their employers have decided it just costs too much.
However, since they introduced this legislation in 2003, health insurance costs have continued to rise by double digits.
Anderson Cancer Centre in Texas, has produced some data implying that lack of health insurance plays a role.
Two of the factors, lack of health insurance and childhood poverty, have been exacerbated by the deep recession.
Not surprisingly, as 2010 rolled around, the health insurance lobby asked Congress to extend the subsidy.
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It's up to you to find out if your child is eligible for this health insurance.
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The President let the health insurance companies have their way to get the bill through.
Employers should be taxed on the money they pay out for employee life and health insurance.
This was an empty gesture since the President has no need for health insurance.
They rejected federal funding to expand Medicaid to cover 500, 000 North Carolinians without health insurance.
Democrats want private health insurance working more like government-run Medicare, not the other way around.
The federal government thus distorted the health insurance market in favor of employer-based plans.
Over time, this tax disparity helped employer-based health insurance dominate the private insurance market.
ObamaCare requires large employers to offer health insurance to workers (or else pay a penalty).
Instead of reinforcing the current system linking health insurance to employment, we should uncouple the two.
HealthCare.gov to learn more about resources available to them, including the new Health Insurance Marketplace.
State and federal governments need to make sure that consumers understand their health insurance choices.
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But then the health insurance companies deployed armies of lobbyists to Capitol Hill to pressure lawmakers.
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All of which increases the cost of healthcare and the cost of health insurance.
Pharmaceutical and health insurance industry groups, notably, have not called for the law's repeal.
However, Capitol Hill Democrats are not giving the health insurance industry such an easy break.
However, the health insurance lobby is at the table for at least two reasons.
Finally, they suggest linking long-term care and health insurance, an idea I raised last year.
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The company will eliminate health insurance for salaried retirees starting on Jan. 1, 2009.
Do you know when you should drop one of your two health insurance plans?
Obtaining affordable health insurance is even more challenging for millions of Americans older than 50.
So all those things combined should help make sure that your brother is getting health insurance.
The problem is often said to be that one in seven Americans has no health insurance.
Will state legislators then feel compelled to mandate that health insurance cover those drugs?
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois squeaked out the top spot for health insurance satisfaction.
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