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LGBTQ in the capital, Part III: Fighting for marriage equality

...marriage license," Marguerite said.Both women work for the state so they have made the choice to keep separate health insurance plans, "We could be on each other's plans, the state does recognize same-sex partners, but we would still be assessed...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-30/lgbtq-capital-part-iii-fighting-marriag
Local
My Turn: SB 55 would raise insurance rates for Alaska consumers

...insurance companies to use our financial credit score to justify charging us more for auto, home, life and related insurance plans. Senator Dunleavy's bill to allow credit score insurance surcharges could cost Alaska residents hundreds of dollars...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-25/my-turn-sb-55-would-raise-insurance-r
Opinion
The court saved my lifeline

...extremely limited. No insurer would pick up someone in my circumstances. But luckily, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan had already kicked in, and it made it possible for me to purchase insurance under a government program.I was uninsured...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-01/court-saved-my-lifeline
Opinion
Irresponsible!

...you know that the Affordable Health Care Act's penalty (tax) for failing to obtain insurance or to provide an insurance plan for your employees will affect only a very small number of individuals or businesses. And even those affected will...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-07-13/irresponsible
Letters
Fact check: Ryan ignores parts of his own record

...do not affect Medicare recipients directly but ultimately could by cutting into the profits of hospitals, health insurance plans and other service providers. Even so, the cuts are part of an overhaul that extends the solvency of Medicare's...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-08-30/fact-check-ryan-ignores-parts-his-own
Not For Web
Coverage for most Americans, a scramble for states

...until you are sick, and that is not an insurance system," said Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans. "Now it's time to turn all the attention toward affordability." The industry continues to fight taxes and other...

http://juneauempire.com/ricardo-alonso-zaldivar/2012-06-29/coverage-most-america
Parnell should study Vermont's single payer plan

...The rest of the state's uninsured will have to decide whether they want to pay an additional tax or purchase an insurance plan from an out-of-state health care provider. And here's where Vermont's single payer plan differs -- their...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-19/parnell-should-study-vermonts-single-
Opinion
Regulation and Obama's numbers game

...have granted nearly 2,000 waivers to the new health care regulations, for instance, while the long-term-care insurance plan called for in the legislation has been dropped as unworkable.More stringent energy conservation standards for refrigerators...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-20/regulation-and-obamas-numbers-game
Opinion
GOP's assault on women bogs down in quicksand

...that insurance companies should have to cover contraception - for example, birth-control pills - in their health insurance plans.One result of this battle has been a record gender gap in the presidential race, with President Obama leading likely...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-04-20/gops-assault-women-bogs-down-quicksan
Opinion
Mon Dieu! Government, help us to remember our bags!

...itself a nice medical plan and deny the same to the average citizen. For the French, that would be like buying an insurance plan for your arms and legs that didn't cover your heart. When we Americans set ourselves off against our government...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-09/mon-dieu-government-help-us-remember-
Opinion

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