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Anthem Blue Cross lavishes execs with millions, congressional investigators say
(02/25/2010)
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Anthem's defense gets no sympathy in Assembly
(02/24/2010)
Anthem Blue Cross executives sat in the hot seat for more than two hours Tuesday as they tried to explain to California lawmakers why the company is seeking to raise rates for individual policyholders by as much as 39 percent in a harsh economic climate. -
As Anthem Blue Cross sends profit to WellPoint, it plans hefty rate hikes for Californians
(02/23/2010)
Even as the health insurance giant turns over hundreds of millions in profits to its parent company, it defends plans to raise rates for Californians whose care last year exceeded premiums paid. -
Proposed Anthem Rate Hike Stirs Reform Waters
(02/23/2010)
After a year of shifting tides and volatile swells, health care reform waters became almost placid earlier this month, worrying reform proponents and pleasing opponents. -
Feinstein Seeks To Block Insurance Rate Increases Across The Nation
(02/19/2010)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Friday that she plans to introduce legislation that would bar insurance companies from enacting health insurance premium rate increases that the Secretary of the Health and Human Services deems to be unjustified. -
Committee on Energy and Commerce letter
(02/18/2010)
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The Lesson of Anthem Blue Cross
(02/18/2010)
Clients were understandably furious when Anthem Blue Cross, the largest for-profit health insurer in California, announced huge rate increases for people who buy their own insurance: an average increase of 25 percent, and a 35 percent to 39 percent rise for a quarter of the purchasers. The move also provided a textbook example of why the nation badly needs comprehensive health care reforms. -
Anthem Blue Cross parent cancels investor meeting
(02/16/2010)
WellPoint says the meeting to review its 2010 outlook, set for next week, is shelved so that executives can prepare for a congressional hearing on the company's large rate hikes in California.
