Universal Coverage Will Take Universal Sacrifice
<!-- excerpt --><p>Universal health-care reform is back in vogue, but it will take sacrifice by every stakeholder in health care to achieve it.</p>
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Commentary; Universal Coverage Will Take Universal Sacrifice
<p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Universal health-care reform is back in vogue, but it will take sacrifice by every stakeholder in health care to achieve it.</p>
State’s insurance program attracts more customers
<p class="source">Ventura County Star</p>
<p>People who cannot get property insurance on the open market are turning to a state-run, industry-financed program called Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan.</p>
Witnesses cite problems in getting, keeping homeowners insurance
<p class="source">Associated Press State & Local Wire</p>
<p>State officials said they are receiving an increasing number of complaints from consumers about the cost and the difficulty of finding and keeping homeowners' coverage.</p>
State health-care system unraveling; Blue Shield CEO pushes universal coverage
<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>The head of one of California's largest insurance companies said Tuesday that the state should provide health coverage for all residents -- creating a system that could become a model for universal health care nationwide.</p>
Insurer proposes giving Californians universal health coverage
<p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p>
<p>The proposal by Bruce Bodaken, CEO and chairman of Blue Shield of California, would use a combination of public and private insurance programs to provide coverage, and would require most employers and individuals to take part.</p>
California health care system aches for reforms
<p class="source">Associated Press</p>
<p>Almost everyone agrees California's health care system is hurting badly, but are enough businesses and consumers ready to accept the potentially painful cures currently in the works?</p>
Op-ed: Patriotism has become the refuge of corporate scoundrels.
<p class="source">The Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>While individuals are losing liberties, such as protection from search and seizure under secret spy court rulings, corporations are exploiting the national crisis to gain new freedoms from accountability to government and the courts.</p>
Patriotism has become the refuge of corporate scoundrels.
<!-- excerpt --><p>This week Eli Lilly and other large American corporations hijacked the "Homeland Security" legislation to win the right to be free from legal accountability for their dangerous drugs, products and technologies.</p>
Corporate America’s Blueprint for the “Permanent Campaign”
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Soaring Insurance Rates
<p class="source">National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition</p>
<p>Many businesses are getting a shock when they try to renew their insurance coverage. Premiums for property, liability and health insurance have risen sharply. A trade group says the average cost of business insurance has jumped by 30 percent, with some</p>
Homeowners in California faced by dearth of insurance
<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>Homeowners insurance in California is approaching a crisis level, according to the state Department of Insurance.</p>