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March 4 (Bloomberg) — Linda Douglass, a White House spokeswoman for health care, talks with Bloombergs Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about how legislation overhauling the U.S. health-care system would address increases in health-insurance rates.
President Barack Obama and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with executives of the top health insurers after WellPoint Inc., the largest insurance company by membership, proposed a 39 percent rate increase for some policyholders in California. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks with Bloomberg Television about President Barack Obama’s plan to propose new rules for health insurance companies and oversight of the industry.
Obama will release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a bipartisan White House meeting on Feb. 25. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

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Check out “Insurance Company Rules” – a collaboration between Health Care For America Now (HCAN) and Public Service Administration (PSA).

You can read more at:

http://www.HealthCareForAmericaNow.org

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