Topic: Health Insurance

On the campaign trail with Tom Barrett

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series about the race for governor in Wisconsin. On Wednesday, we will be featuring Mark Neumann ...

Denver hospitals not hurting in bad economy

Hospitals around Denver are booming in the bad economy, with several on an expansion spree worth at least $2 billion even as the ailing economy...

Wyoming Seeks $4.2M in Federal Health Grants

Wyoming has applied for $4.2 million in federal grants under the new health care legislation. The most recent applications were for three grants...

Monday morning headlines

Salix, IA home damaged in fire. . Fire crews from three towns battle a house fire in Salix, Iowa.. . Firefighters from Salix, Sergeant Bluff, and...
About this time last year, voters and politicians were consumed by the rumor, fanned by health-care overhaul opponents, that the legislation would...

Having Your Cake and Eating It Too

Have you ever wondered how anyone could possibly think that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would lead to less health care...
GOP rising star (and economic charlatan) Paul Ryan is at least honest about extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In their quest to extend...
Uwe E. Reinhart writes, The recently passed Affordable Care Act requires heath insurance issuers to use at least some minimum fraction of revenue...
More than 48 percent of all Americans took at least one prescription drug each month in 2008, which amounts to a 10 percent increase over the...

Politics, people, and Pawlenty s priorities

POLITICS, PEOPLE, AND PAWLENTY'S PRIORITIES.... Following up on an item from yesterday, Minnesota, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), desperate to pander to...