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		<title>Obamacare:  Does your health insurance have a lifetime limit?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/23/obamacare-does-your-health-insurance-have-a-lifetime-limit/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/23/obamacare-does-your-health-insurance-have-a-lifetime-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call last week from a woman who has a health insurance policy with a $100,000 lifetime coverage limit. This means the insurance company won’t pay any more than $100,000 in insurance claims for this lady, who is 61 years old.  When the limit is met, the insurance policy is canceled &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Rule, UnitedHealthCare:  Please Call!</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/01/05/golde-rule-unitedhealthcare-please-call/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/01/05/golde-rule-unitedhealthcare-please-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue cross blue shield]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had a conference call with &#8220;Alonzo&#8221;, who is from Tucson, and Golden Rule Insurance. I waited more than ten minutes to talk to a Golden Rule representative. Then I got Alonzo on the phone. We  talked for five minutes and explained Alonzo&#8217;s situation. We asked to talk to someone who understood the type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage: A Good and Growing Business</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press on Nov. 1, 2010: Humana Inc.&#8217;s third-quarter net income climbed 30 percent partly on a jump in Medicare Advantage enrollment and because the health insurer&#8217;s claims leftover from previous quarters came in lower than expected. Humana said it earned $393.2 million, or $2.32 per share, for the three months ended Sept. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Medicare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/10/28/the-future-of-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/10/28/the-future-of-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arizona medicare advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has given a lot of thought to the future of Medicare and how this program, which takes up 13% of the federal budget, should be shaped in the future.  Ryan is one of the Republican &#8220;Young Guns&#8221; who will take leadership roles on key committees if their party becomes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance Companies Blame Healthcare Reform for Rate Increases</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/13/insurance-companies-blame-healthcare-reform-for-rate-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/13/insurance-companies-blame-healthcare-reform-for-rate-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care debate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of Health and Human Services,Kathleen Sebelius, is not taking the blame for health insurance premium increases &#8211; and she&#8217;s warning insurance companies to stop lying about why they are raising premiums. Sebelius wrote a letter to the America&#8217;s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) to inform them that insurance company lies and misrepresentations will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform and the IRS</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/01/health-care-reform-and-the-irs/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/09/01/health-care-reform-and-the-irs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Medicare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the IRS web page : The Affordable Care Act was enacted on March 23, 2010. It contains some tax provisions that take effect this year and more that will be implemented during the next several years. The following is a list of provisions now in effect; additional information will be added to this page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Law Changes Rules For Docs With In-House Imaging Machines</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/30/health-law-changes-rules-for-docs-with-in-house-imaging-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/30/health-law-changes-rules-for-docs-with-in-house-imaging-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are excerpts from a Kaiser Health News article: &#8230;.Under the new health care overhaul law, doctors who refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to in-house imaging machines must disclose in writing that they own the equipment. They’ll also have to tell their patients they can get the services elsewhere, and provide a list of 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many People Stay in Their Job For the Health Insurance?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/14/how-many-people-stay-in-their-job-for-the-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/14/how-many-people-stay-in-their-job-for-the-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How many people would quit their stinking job that they keep for the health insurance?&#8221;  I wrote this in yesterday&#8217;s post and as I re-read it I thought it might be a good question for readers of  Tucsoncitizen.com. Do you know people who have remained in a job they hate because they need the health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Lawsuit Against Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/13/arizonans-lawsuit-against-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/13/arizonans-lawsuit-against-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldwater healthcare reform suit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East Valley Tribune reported: The Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block national healthcare reform, arguing it violates the rights of a Tempe business owner, Arizona lawmakers and even members of Congress. The lead plaintiff is Nick Coons, 31, owner of RedSeven, a Tempe-based computer repair company. The suits says he carries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Medicare:  Humana Medicare Advantage Enrollment Rose 19%</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/05/the-business-of-medicare-humana-medicare-advantage-enrollment-rose-19/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/05/the-business-of-medicare-humana-medicare-advantage-enrollment-rose-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Care reform has not slowed down insurance company Humana, a major player in the Medicare Advantage market. Humana&#8217;s first-quarter net income (profit) was $258.8 million, compared with $205.7 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 9.5 percent to $8.44 billion. Enrollment in its Medicare Advantage plans rose 19 percent to 1.74 million members. Here is [...]]]></description>
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