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...even a push in Congress to let employers further link lifestyles to insurance premiums. Right now companies that run their own insurance programs can reward employees with bonuses or premium reductions of up to 20% if they meet certain health guidelines. John Ensign, Republican Senator from Nevada, and Tom Carper, Democratic Senator from Delaware, co-sponsored an amendment to the current health care bill that would raise the limit to as high as 50%. The Senate Finance Committee gave it a thumbs-up in September...
...organizations that focus on improving health and eradicating disease would be thrilled that employers are coming up with more incentives to lose weight and stop smoking. But in October the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and 61 other organizations sent a letter to Congress calling the Ensign-Carper amendment discriminatory and warning that it could make health insurance too expensive for the people who need it most. Says George Huntley of the American Diabetes Association: "This is not a wellness program. It's a penalty for failing to achieve a specific health status...
...would think that Lieberman’s superiors in the Democratic caucus would punish an action this blatantly immoral. One would be wrong. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid has “respect for [Lieberman’s] views,” fellow Sen. Tom Carper told The Hill. “I don’t even know if this is a punishable offense,” an anonymous Senate Democratic aide mused...
...state proposal "would lower health-care-spending growth, improve the delivery-system performance, provide affordable choices for all its citizens, expand protections against excessive out-of-pocket spending, provide coverage to the same number of uninsured and not increase the federal deficit." Another Finance Committee member, Delaware Senator Thomas Carper, is reportedly considering introducing a proposal on the Senate floor to allow states to run cooperatives, open up their benefits plans for state employees or even create state public options to compete with private insurers. (Read "5 Things Dems Don't Like About the Baucus Bill...
...York Senator Charles Schumer called for negotiated reimbursement rates - in contrast to Rockefeller's amendment, which would have pegged reimbursements to Medicare rates for the first two years - and as a result garnered support from two Democrats whose position was not previously known, Senators Bill Nelson and Thomas Carper. It still failed, 13 to 10, but the new tally indicated that there may be some room to negotiate with wary Democrats on the structure of a public option. The Senate Finance Committee is one of five in Congress with jurisdiction over health care; bills from the Senate Health, Education, Labor...