Okay I know I shouldn’t gloat because technically it’s a bad thing to do and every time I do gloat, it always comes back to bite me in the ass. However, when I read Anthem Blue Cross withdraws request for rate hikes, I couldn’t help but rejoice and laugh out loud. “California health insurer Anthem [...]

Just when I thought that my health care corporation, Anthem/Wellpoint, couldn’t get any lower, a new article from Reuters, WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients, demonstrates how low and monstrous this corporation truly is. Women who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer had no idea that, “Wellpoint was using a computer algorithm that automatically targeted [...]

Like I said in my previous post, I want to focus on moving forward and building on the momentum of the passage of the historic health care bill. So, I was more than intrigued when I read the following article, Pushing WellPoint back to nonprofit? Wellpoint, the monstrous health care corporation, back to a non [...]

The historic health care bill has been passed and signed, so now what? Where do we go from here? What I don’t want to do is spend time commenting on how the bill falls short. No I’m not in denial, I know there are flaws with this bill, every liberal on the right side of [...]

First of all, I would like to commend The LA Times in their constant coverage of health care and all topics related to reform. Living in San Francisco and trying to follow the health care debate through the Chronicle has become almost painful. Thank you LA Times. Second of all, the historic vote is closing [...]

Since I have been a little negative in trashing Anthem, I thought I would focus on the positive side of health care reform. The article Single payer, here we come is one of the best articles I’ve read on Single Payer health care system. This article details the pros and cons of converting California over [...]

As I have mentioned before Anthem is a for-profit health insurance corporation. They are a corporation that prioritizes shareholders profits before their customers, hence the proposed 39% increase of monthly rates for almost 800,000 Californians, myself included. And if a proposed hike increase isn’t enough, it now seems that Anthem has broken the law up [...]

First of all, I never thought I would quote George W. Bush and sincerely mean it. But I do mean it when I say to my health care corporation “You’re Either With Us or Against Us.” From my interactions with Anthem, it’s apparent that this health care corporation is not with me or the 34 [...]

Yes 39 is the magic number for myself and about 800,000 other Californians. Anthem, my health care corporation, is going to raise my monthly rate (premium) 39%. I currently pay $410.00 a month and as of March 1, 2010 I will be expected to pay $570.00. This is ludicrous, enraging and insulting. This arrogant display [...]

I didn’t think any other state had more problems than California, but at the moment, Maine is one hot mess. First, you have Senator Olympia Snowe. Senator Snowe is representing a state that has an unemployment rate of 8.6%. A state that is dominated by one of the largest insurance corporations, Anthem Blue Cross. A [...]