New Support for Consumer-driven Non-profit Health Plan in Nevada

— CMS awards loan to Hospitality Health Co-Op — The Affordable Care Act creates a new type of nonprofit health insurer, called a Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan, or “CO-OP.”  CO-OPs are directed by their customers and designed to offer individuals and

Consumers Can Review Health Insurance Rates At New State Website

By Anne Knowles | 4:04 pm September 2nd, 2011 Updated 4:10 pm September 2nd, 2011 Nevada consumers and small businesses can now review and comment on rate hikes in their health insurance policies online. The Division of Insurance has launched Nevada Health

Tell the EPA: We want a REAL Carbon Pollution Standard to fight climate change!

This week, the Environmental Protection Agency held public hearings on its recently proposed rule to limit the carbon pollution freely spewed by power plants that is causing catastrophic climate change. Polluters, especially in the coal industry, will made hyperbolic claims that this

Republican Attitudes May Be Changing

Whoa … some members of the Republican Party may be seeing the light.  In a memorandum sent out by Jan van Lohuizen, a pollster for former President George W. Bush suggesting that Republican candidates should shift the way they discuss same-sex marriage. ************************************************************ “BACKGROUND: In

HHS Open Government Plan

HHS’ New Open Government Plan HHS has released Version 2.0 of the Open Government Plan. The new plan incorporates feedback from the public and guides HHS efforts to be more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. A number of new projects in the plan will improve the

Legal Maximum Donation is $78,500?

Mitt Romney is already selling tickets to his “Presidential Inaugural retreat.” In case you think I’m kidding, I’ve included the letter from Romney’s campaign to big donors. Yesterday, at a private fundraising event, he said the Department of Housing and Urban Development