Topic: Ron Pollack

Unpaid care hikes private insurance premiums by billions

Privately insured Americans pay at least hundreds of dollars more in premiums each year to help cover the cost of caring for the nearly 46 million uninsured people in the U.S, according to a new report commissioned by the health advocacy group ...
Medical providers offer $2 trillion in cost savings to help pay for health care overhaulPresident Barack Obama's plan to provide medical insurance for all Americans took a big step toward becoming reality Sunday after leaders of the health care industry offered $2 ...

Tax credits, more care for children key to coalition's plan for uninsured

Sixteen organizations with often opposing views on health care reform announced a plan Jan. 19 to cover more than half of the 46.6 million uninsured Americans.. It would accomplish this, in part, by improving enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program ...