Topic: The White House

US health insurance costs up 9% in year: study

Company-provided health insurance, one of the largest costs of US businesses and households alike, rose nine percent over the past year despite the sluggish economy, according to a new study released Tuesday.The average cost for employer-provided family health care insurance has hit ...

Factbox: What's on the table in debt talks

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders meet at the White House on Thursday to resume stalled budget negotiations that aim to get the national debt under control and avert a looming default.The Treasury Department has warned that it will run ...

Obama Gets Personal With Finance

At a first-ever White House summit of its kind, the President shares a few life lessons on saving, investing in yourself, and managing debt.At a first-ever White House summit of its kind, the President shares a few life lessons on saving, investing ...

Biden optimistic after budget talks

US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was optimistic after a new round of talks with Republicans on cutting the long-term deficit, as a high-stakes row rumbled on over government borrowing.Biden emerged from the meeting with senior Republicans giving few details, ...

Obama budget freeze covers only certain areas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed freeze on spending by President Barack Obama covers non-security, discretionary spending, the White House said on Tuesday.ABC News reported earlier that Obama's State of the Union speech would propose an overall budget freeze.But a White House official ...
A major selling point of President Obama?s health care overhaul was the cost - according to reports from the GAO the money to implement the plan and sustain it would come from cutting waste, healthier citizens requiring less care thanks to preventative ...
Work at home moms will benefit more from the Health Care Reform bill than anyone else in America - though it may take a few years. By 2014, "health exchanges" will be set up which allow anyone - even self-employed, stay-at-home moms ...
In wake of health care law, employers are reviewing their options on benefits for workersThe new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations.But last week a leading manufacturer ...
article is "White House blasts insurance sector report". "The White House on Monday blasted a report from the health insurance industry that said Senate healthcare legislation would lead to an increase in annual insurance premiums of as much $4000 by 2019". more ...

Snitchline 2009

This week the White House actually asked people to inform on one another. "There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform outthere, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care.These rumors often travel just below the surface ...
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