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><channel><title>IFAwebnews &#187; Kent Conrad</title> <atom:link href="http://ifawebnews.com/tag/kent-conrad/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ifawebnews.com</link> <description>The nation’s homepage for insurance industry news</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:25:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>HHS says up to 40% of health reform’s co-op loans could default</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2011/07/21/hhs-says-up-to-40-of-health-reforms-co-op-loans-could-default/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2011/07/21/hhs-says-up-to-40-of-health-reforms-co-op-loans-could-default/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:09:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Graham</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Midwest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[co-ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health insurers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HHS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ND]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PPACA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public option]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Larsen]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=26020</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than one-third of the nearly $4 billion in loans the federal government plans to issue for the development of non-profit health insurance co-ops could end in default.<p><a
href="http://ifawebnews.com/2011/07/21/hhs-says-up-to-40-of-health-reforms-co-op-loans-could-default/">HHS says up to 40% of health reform’s co-op loans could default</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2011/07/21/hhs-says-up-to-40-of-health-reforms-co-op-loans-could-default/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pelosi says ‘time’s up’ on health reform; Republicans want restart</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/03/01/pelosi-says-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-health-reform-republicans-want-restart/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/03/01/pelosi-says-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-health-reform-republicans-want-restart/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:46:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[budget reconciliation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lamar Alexander]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marsha Blackburn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[medical cost containment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ND]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[President's Health Summit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Coburn]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=12869</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week will mark the one-year anniversary of the Obama Administration’s start to reform America’s health care system, and while Democrats are urging a resolution, Republican continue to see a long road ahead.<p><a
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href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/03/01/pelosi-says-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-health-reform-republicans-want-restart/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Consumer Watchdog urges Pelosi to reform health insurance industry</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/01/14/consumer-watchdog-urges-pelosi-to-reform-health-insurance-industry/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/01/14/consumer-watchdog-urges-pelosi-to-reform-health-insurance-industry/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:20:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ben Nelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumer Watchdog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[filibuster]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interstate compacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[joe lieberman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ND]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public health insurance option]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=10899</guid> <description><![CDATA[Foreshadowing the death of a public option in a comprehensive health reform bill that would garner the signature of President Barack Obama, Consumer Watchdog is urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to strengthen oversight of the health insurance industry.<p><a
href="http://ifawebnews.com/2010/01/14/consumer-watchdog-urges-pelosi-to-reform-health-insurance-industry/">Consumer Watchdog urges Pelosi to reform health insurance industry</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2010/01/14/consumer-watchdog-urges-pelosi-to-reform-health-insurance-industry/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Democrats&#8217; attempt at public option in Senate health reform fails</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/29/rockefellers-attempt-at-public-option-in-senate-health-reform-fails/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/29/rockefellers-attempt-at-public-option-in-senate-health-reform-fails/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:11:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles E. Schumer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Grassley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John D. Rockefeller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Baucus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ND]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Orrin Hatch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public health insurance option]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WV]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=7055</guid> <description><![CDATA[A move by Democrats to include a government-run public option in health care reform proposed by the Senate Finance Committee failed after hours of debate.<p><a
href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/29/rockefellers-attempt-at-public-option-in-senate-health-reform-fails/">Democrats&#8217; attempt at public option in Senate health reform fails</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/29/rockefellers-attempt-at-public-option-in-senate-health-reform-fails/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Graham pronounces public option ‘dead,’ citing public fear</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/14/graham-pronounces-public-option-dead-citing-public-fear/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/14/graham-pronounces-public-option-dead-citing-public-fear/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:49:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[co-ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gang of Six]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Olympia Snowe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public health insurance option]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=6385</guid> <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said that a health reform bill that reaches the desk of President Barack Obama will not contain language creating a government-run health insurance option.<p><a
href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/14/graham-pronounces-public-option-dead-citing-public-fear/">Graham pronounces public option ‘dead,’ citing public fear</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/09/14/graham-pronounces-public-option-dead-citing-public-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sebelius: Public health insurance not &#8216;essential&#8217; to reform plan</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/08/17/sebelius-public-health-insurance-not-essential%e2%80%9d-to-reform-plan/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/08/17/sebelius-public-health-insurance-not-essential%e2%80%9d-to-reform-plan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:58:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[co-ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ND]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public health insurance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=5277</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>After months of touting a public alternative to private health insurance, the White House may be taking a step back on the issue given the reaction from those on Capitol  ...&#160;&#160;<a
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href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/08/17/sebelius-public-health-insurance-not-essential%e2%80%9d-to-reform-plan/">Sebelius: Public health insurance not &#8216;essential&#8217; to reform plan</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/08/17/sebelius-public-health-insurance-not-essential%e2%80%9d-to-reform-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The latest on health care reform debate, including attempts to tax employer-provided health benefits</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/07/08/the-latest-on-health-care-reform-debate-including-attempts-to-tax-employer-provided-health-benefits/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/07/08/the-latest-on-health-care-reform-debate-including-attempts-to-tax-employer-provided-health-benefits/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:57:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tony Ondrusek</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[finance committee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent Conrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Baucus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category><guid
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style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">The latest dirt on the debate over health care reform, and attempts to tax employer-provided health benefits, taken directly from the National Association of  ...&#160;&#160;<a
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href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/07/08/the-latest-on-health-care-reform-debate-including-attempts-to-tax-employer-provided-health-benefits/">The latest on health care reform debate, including attempts to tax employer-provided health benefits</a> via <a
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href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/06/29/senate-finance-committee-says-health-reform-price-tag-can-be-under-1-trillion/">Senate Finance Committee says health reform price tag can be under $1 trillion</a> via <a
href="http://ifawebnews.com">IFAwebnews</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/06/29/senate-finance-committee-says-health-reform-price-tag-can-be-under-1-trillion/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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