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When we often times think about our health care system, we immediately think about a hospital, a doctor, or a nurse.  In fact, care in America usually begins and ends either at a hospital or in a doctors office.  Our current system is very fragmented in the way it delivers care.  However, as our population ages, healthcare costs rise and our
country's debt continues to soar to record levels, people all around

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A report by SHOUTAmerica demonstrates that as the cost to fund both higher education and Medicaid climbs, states prioritize public allocations for Medicaid while looking to students and parents to cover more of the cost of education

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Update (5/25/2010):  SHOUTAmerica's efforts sparked Connecticut's Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, to investigate these unfair practices.  We will keep you posted as we learn more.

In response to the recent warning by the New York Attorney General, Andrew M. Cuomo, about "the troubling practices uncovered in his investigation of the school-sponsored student health insurance industry," SHOUTAmerica has asked all states attorneys general to examine these practices on a state by state basis. 

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"College-sponsored health plans often pay out far less in benefits than they collect in premiums, skirting state regulations and shortchanging students, according to an investigation by the New York attorney general’s office." Read more

April 5 (Bloomberg) -- When Brian Howell, a 23-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, guitar player, feared a lingering cold had turned into an infection last year, he decided against seeing a doctor. It would have cost too much, he said.

“I decided just to drink a lot of tea and take some Mucinex,” Howell said. “It turned out OK -- thankfully.”

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Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect.

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Fareed Zakaria of CNN discusses the potential benefits and pitfalls of the new healthcare law. Although he seems to think the extension of healthcare coverage is primarily a good thing, he is concerned about the possibility of having existing high costs multiply even further. Read More.

Ezra Klein of the Washington Post just put out a piece breaking down the numbers on the recent healthcare legislation and urges Americans to consider the reality of what the bill does for what cost and perhaps importantly, what it does not do. Read more

Unlike most of the laws Congress passes each year, the massive health care bill President Obama signed Tuesday is destined to affect nearly all American families. Read more