Reply #27: Who is financing the web site you linked to? They SELL health insurance there!

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Looks like insurance companies:

About Us

As an organization, YourOnlineInsurance.com is an experienced and dedicated group of researchers covering the entire insurance industry as a whole. Our goal is to be the one-stop source to answering your questions about all insurance categories such as car, health, life, homeowner’s insurance just to name a few.

Additionally, our goal is also to provide you, the consumer, with the opportunity to shop online and compare multiple free quotes from insurance providers in all the sectors of the insurance industry. You can research and purchase your insurance policy without having to put your keys in the ignition and drive all around town!
Our Foundation And Mission

In August of 2005, our founders began assembling our team of researchers that cover and are scattered throughout all regions of the United States. Their intent was, and is, to have research coverage that brings you information not only nationally but “regionally,” too.

Our mission is to provide to you the continual evolution of added resources allowing you to compare rates of multiple insurance companies to make an educated decision to purchase insurance through one-stop online shopping. We have trusted affiliate insurance providers eager to get you a quote within about 15 minutes.
http://www.youronlineinsurance.com/about-us/

And the writer of the piece you posted? Not experienced in journalism or research, apparently:

Robert Fredricks – Mr. Fredricks recently graduated from the University of Michigan to begin his career as a writer. Robert works on the health insurance industry news, staying up to date on the most recent government and industry changes.
http://www.youronlineinsurance.com/our-writers/

I was looking for a link the statement by the CDC that was cited - no link and I cannot find anything on the CDC website about that, though I do not have time this afternoon to exhaustively search for it. If Mr. Fredericks has mentioned a name of a person at the CDC or even, as a supposed researcher, included a link, I would be more willing to take the "article" at face value.

I suspect this is another effort by the insurance industry to discredit health care (or more accurately, health insurance) reform.