AHIP Statement on Senator Kennedy
August 26th, 2009
Press Release: America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
released the following statement today from Karen Ignagni,
President and CEO:
Roll Call: Insurers Try to Make Their Voices Heard in Health Debate
August 12th, 2009
From Roll Call: Chris Archibald spent almost an hour Tuesday
morning in a line that snaked around several city blocks in
this typically tranquil town surrounded by bucolic
countryside.
New York Times: Survey Finds High Fees Common in Medical Care
August 12th, 2009
From The New York Times: A patient in Illinois was charged
$12,712 for cataract surgery. Medicare pays $675 for the
same procedure. In California, a patient was charged $20,120
for a knee operation that Medicare pays $584 for. And a New
Jersey patient was charged $72,000 for a spinal fusion
procedure that Medicare covers for $1,629.
USA Today: Obama to focus on insurance companies this week
August 11th, 2009
From USA Today: The Obama administration is starting a new
phase in its health care campaign this week -- zeroing in on
insurance companies.
Politico: Ad Paints Insurers as Allies of Reform
July 19th, 2009
From the Politico: For the first time since Harry and Louise
helped sink health care reform in 1994, the insurance
industry is back on the airwaves Monday with a seven-figure,
national cable television ad campaign.
