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		<title>Most Forget the Importance of Dental Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet and Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there is much to be excited about in the new health reform law, one critical piece of care is still going to be missing for millions of Americans: Dental care.   An estimated 132 million Americans are without dental insurance (compared to the 47 million without health insurance).
While many Americans perceive dental insurance as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Insurance Premiums Exasperate Health Insurance Consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President really has his work cut out for him lately selling health care reform; it is hard for the average American to get excited about the new law when those who buy their own coverage are facing a 20 percent increase in their health insurance premiums.  Those covered by their employers (in the &#8220;group market&#8221;) have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Employers Using High-deductible Health Insurance Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Flores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days of 100% health insurance coverage by employers are long gone. Employees all over the nation contribute nearly 20% to their employer-sponsored health care packages. For those employees who currently complain about the amount of their health care contributions, brace yourselves. Your employer may be looking to grab a higher-deductible health insurance option as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance and Big Agriculture May Compete for Your Health</title>
		<link>http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/health-insurance-vs-big-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet and Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you’re trying to decide which grocery store has the lowest prices, you might want to look at the waistline of its shoppers.  If the person in line behind you is very overweight, the store might just be a bargain, or so says a new study from the University of Washington. However, health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Helps with Long Term Care Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance in the News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to live a long and healthy life? Don’t answer too quickly. According to a new study, the healthier you are, the longer you live. The longer you live, the higher your expected medical care costs. A large part of this equation is the cost of long term care. The majority of baby-boomers believe as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Health Reform Bill Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Flores</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hr 3200]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Reform was a big topic this year.  After all, President Barack Obama stood in front of congress more than once to encourage bipartisan support for the measures.  In the end, the country was deeply divided in their opinions about the bill&#8217;s veracity, but few can deny that Health Reform &#8211; as described in HR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform: A Response to Inflated Health Care Costs in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/inflated-health-costs-graph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Flores</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparing Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poignant article in the respected journal, Health Affairs, put it best when it said that &#8220;a cycle of unsustainable spending growth followed by fervent cost containment initiatives has been a regular feature of the health care landscape for the past half-century.&#8221; As a result, the journal looked at health care spending per capita for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States&#8217; Health Insurance Coverage in Detail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparing Health Care]]></category>
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Have you ever pondered what health insurance and healthcare was like throughout your state? Or maybe you and your family are planning a move to another part of the country and want to know what you can expect in terms of health coverage in a state. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is making sleuthing like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Chinese Public Health Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/chinese-public-health-posters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Flores</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparing Health Care]]></category>
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Maoist China during the period between 1958 and 1976 was one of the world’s widest users of public health posters and announcements. It was almost impossible to go anywhere in the country without seeing some form of health poster telling citizens to do a certain thing or not do a certain thing in the interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Net Insurance Spends Nearly $700k on Lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comparing Health Care]]></category>
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There are some health insurance companies where you feel like you are being taken advantage of at every single turn. Hidden charges show up on bills, you don&#8217;t have an easy time getting in to see your doctor, and you may spend upward of an hour trying to get the right person on the phone [...]]]></description>
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