Weekly Round-Up – April 2, 2010

Updated: At 11:30 today, Director of the Dept. of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will make an announcement about the temporary high-risk pool meant to provide emergency funds to cover those who are uninsured and have pre-existing conditions.

Details of how individual components of the PPACA will be carried out are few and far between. Yet, everywhere you look, people are discussing the pros and cons of reform. Simply put, health reform is a BFD (Thanks, Joe Biden).

Here’s a round-up of the latest news and opinions:

• Updated Timeline – Shows when components of the law will go into effect. The timeline takes into consideration the “fixes” passed by the House and Senate after the bill passed. Courtesy Kaiser Family Foundation
• Wellness: What Is and Isn’t Included – Not all of the wellness components talked about are in the final bill. Courtesy Health Promotion Advocates
• Mitt Romney for Health Czar – Newsweek’s opinion article about why Mitt Romney would be a good leader of reform efforts.
• Reform Dominates the News – Statistics showing how much media attention reform is getting. Courtesy Pew Research Center

Would you like to share your favorite articles from the week? Add them in the comments.

Weekly Round-Up – March 26, 2010

We’re wrapping up a week of historic news on health insurance reform. Here is some of the week’s best information for independent agents.

• Top 10 Facts About Reform – An unbiased overview of the bill that has passed. Courtesy PolitiFact.com
• Small Business’ Opinion of Reform – The National Federation of Independent Business is outspoken against reform. Read their arguments before talking to clients. Courtesy NFIB
• Big I Summary – The Big I’s view of the bill and how it will affect agents. Courtesy IIAI
• Wellness Efforts in the Bill - Although wellness should be a larger part of the bill, read about what was included here. Courtesy IowaPolitics.com
• Full Text of H.R. 4872 – Few people have read the entire 2,000+ page bill. But if you want to… Courtesy the Library of Congress

Have any resources to add? Link them in the comments!