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		<title>KISS Rocker Raises Male Breast Cancer Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Flores</dc:creator>
		
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Breast cancer, contrary to popular belief, can occur in men. Although male breast cancer is a hundred times less common than with women, it is a dangerous disease. According to the American Cancer Society, 1,910 new cases of breast cancer in men were recorded in 2009. It is estimated that 440 men in the United [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "KISS Rocker Raises Male Breast Cancer Awareness", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/men-breast-cancer-2/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Benefits for Same-Sex Partners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the controversy surrounding health insurance for same-sex marriage partners.  You can find part 1 here.

Let&#8217;s assume that the Defense of Marriage Act (DMA) eventually gets repealed. States that don&#8217;t support gay marriage aren&#8217;t allowed to deny that other states do? Would this then [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Health Insurance Benefits for Same-Sex Partners", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/same-sex-marriage-health-ins/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Quandary: Same-Sex Health Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Note from the Author: Before I even begin addressing this interesting piece of news, I would like to add a disclaimer. I greatly respect that there are a variety of opinions and beliefs in this world, and I am sure that our reader base is about as diverse as diverse can get. I mean, everyone [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Obama&#8217;s Quandary: Same-Sex Health Insurance", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/obama-same-sex-health-insurance/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Hospital Chooses the Sox Over Saving Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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Oh Boston&#8230;a stunning city rich with history, and understandably mad about their Red Sox. After all, they just so recently overcame the Curse of the Bambino to win a World Series, and it&#8217;s no surprise that the city and the baseball cans are rabid for the team&#8217;s good fortune to continue. One hospital that provides [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Boston Hospital Chooses the Sox Over Saving Money", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/boston-hospital-sox-health-care/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Health Care System Fails to Support Immigrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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The language barrier for recent immigrants to the United States is taking a toll on how they receive access to and understand their health care options, according to a recent report by Kaiser. This further exemplifies the holes in the United States&#8217; health care system, and raises huge concerns over those who are eligible and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "U.S. Health Care System Fails to Support Immigrants", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/health-care-immigration/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Will 2009 be a Year for Health Care Reform?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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As many Americans had hoped, President Obama is in office and the wheels appear to be in motion. The health care situation in the United States is just as grim as the rest of our economy, so it&#8217;s encouraging to see that the new administration is wasting no time rolling up their sleeves to let [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Will 2009 be a Year for Health Care Reform?", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/2009-healthcare-reform/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA in the American Reinvestment Recovery Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Preface: The new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is a revolutionary step in addressing our most vital economic challenges. A significant portion of the money doled out by the ARRA ($59 billion) will go towards immediately addressing the health crisis. This is the second part in a two-part series on subsidies for COBRA [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "COBRA in the American Reinvestment Recovery Act", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/cobra-subsidies-and-the-arra-part-b/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA Health Subsidies and the Economic Recovery Act</title>
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		<comments>http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/cobra-subsidies-recovery-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Preface: The new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is a revolutionary step in addressing our most vital economic challenges. A significant portion of the money doled out by the ARRA ($59 billion) will go towards immediately addressing the health crisis. This two-part series by Tara Barnes will delve into the benefits of the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "COBRA Health Subsidies and the Economic Recovery Act", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/cobra-subsidies-recovery-act/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Need for Health Policy Reform Shows in Numbers of the Uninsured</title>
		<link>http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/uninsured-americans-health-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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Although the new administration seems to have gotten the ball rolling as far as changes to policies go, the future is still looking pretty bleak according to many analysts. The number of uninsured Americans right now stands at 45 million people in 2009. If there aren&#8217;t significant changes made in health insurance policies, that number [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Need for Health Policy Reform Shows in Numbers of the Uninsured", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/uninsured-americans-health-policy/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA Health Coverage in a Bad Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Barnes</dc:creator>
		
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We aren&#8217;t talking about cobra as in snake slithering through the grass here, though that imagery is being splashed across the media as COBRA reveals its true colors in the face of this economic crisis the United States finds itself in. COBRA, or Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, was created back in 1985 to help [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "COBRA Health Coverage in a Bad Economy", url: "http://www.medhealthinsurance.com/blog/cobra-economy-plan/" });</script>]]></description>
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