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Daily Pulse: It Could Happen to You

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

September 16, 2009 - 11:52am

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Opponents of health reform are stating that millions of Americans will lose their employer-based coverage under a public option. What they don't tell you is that employers can stop offering coverage at any time with no fallback.

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Roundup: Employer-based Health Care Options Diminishing As Senate Dithers

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 16, 2009 - 2:49am

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Even as opponents of health reform use the specter of "losing your employer-based coverage" under a public option, many busineses are in fact planning to cut coverage without any health reform in place. Meanwhile, after months of closed door meetings the Senate Finance committee releases a bill with not one Republican co-sponsor. And Operation Rescue tells its supporters it is "broke."

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Nat'l Women's Law Center: Women Experiencing Declining Income, Increasing Poverty, and Loss of Private Coverage

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 10, 2009 - 5:00pm

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Census data from 2008 show an increase in the number of women who have lost income, lost private coverage and are falling into poverty. The increase in the number of women without coverage stems from the continued erosion of private insurance –- primarily through the loss of job-based coverage--even before the worst of the economic crisis hit.

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