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Nationwide study of new health exchanges shows Pennsylvania how to lower costs for consumers

Philadelphia, PA – Many states are creating health exchanges to deliver better value for consumers, and Pennsylvania should follow their lead, according to Making the Grade, a new report by PennPIRG. Health exchanges are competitive marketplaces that can empower individuals and small businesses with better, more affordable options for coverage.  Under the federal health reform law, each state will have an exchange up and running in 2014.

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As Passage of Health Bill Nears, New Estimates of Pennsylvania Job Gains From Lower Premiums

WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress and the White House are locked in the final negotiations over the health care reform bill, a new analysis from the consumer group Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group finds that the legislation will mean between 11,400 and 18,300 more jobs in Pennsylvania.  With job losses now the central economic issue confronting America, the analysis shows that the health care cost savings the bill will achieve will help businesses add new employees.

News Release | Health Care

Senate Makes History on Final Health Reform Votes

Inaction by Congress and the power of the health care industry have allowed health care costs to spiral out of control and enabled insurance companies to run roughshod over consumers for decades ... until now.

News Release | Health Care

CBO’s estimates on health insurance premiums

Today’s CBO report is great news. A majority of individuals purchasing individual or family health insurance in the exchange would receive reductions of 56 to 59 percent in premiums below what they would pay under current law.

News Release | Health Care

Amid Bad Economy, Rising Health Cre Premiums Slam Consumers, Small Business

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept. 14 – Even as Americans struggle with a recession and the highest unemployment rate since 1983, health insurance companies have jacked up their premiums again.

News Release | Health Care

Local Small Business: “If I Ran My Business the Way Health Care Does, I’d Have to Shut My Doors”

Philadelphia, PA Oct. 7, 2009— Pennsylvania small business owners are being crushed by rising health care costs according to a new report released by the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group today.

News Release | Health Care

Survey: Small Businesses Crushed by Rising Health Costs

Philadelphia, PA, July 21, 2009— Pennsylvania small business owners are being crushed by rising health care costs, and feel left out of the current health care debate in Washington, according to a new report released by Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group on South Street in Philadelphia today.

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