Based on a pre-Super Bowl interview aired on CBS, President Obama said that he’ll make arrangements for a televised health care summit with both the Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on Feb. 25. Although no further details have been disclosed, some Republican leaders already showed their interest.

House Republican Leader John Boehner (OH) issued a statement saying that, “The best way to start on real, bipartisan reform would be to scrap those bills and focus on the kind of step-by-step improvements that will lower health care costs and expand access.” But in response, White House officials asserted that the President is not enthralled with the proposition of starting from scratch on…

Recent debates in Congress are just swinging back and forth from jobs to health insurance and vice-versa. What I don’t understand is that these officials deal with the two as separate issues when they in fact affect each other in significant ways. How? Continue reading and learn about the effects of unemployment to group health insurance rates.

Indeed, the recession has taken over the economy and makes several companies, even the big ones, reduce their employees. Unfortunately for the group health insurance industry, the less people employed, the less clients will they have.

Based on the data from the research and policy arm of America’s Health Insurance Plans, premium and benefit information…