Ditto.
Blue Cross is systematically trying to increase its already huge profits. All in the name of "improving" the health care it gives.
It is doing this by denying insurance and procedures for its "customers". Don't forget who is behind Blue Cross of California, Wellpoint. Blue Cross is a subsidiary of Wellpoint
A single-payer system becomes more attractive after you are repeatedly denied treatment you should have.
Blue Cross is dictating what care its "customers" should have and does not care about medical necessity.
From CNBC.com, Oct. 24-2007:
"Health insurer WellPoint said on Wednesday, that third-quarter profit rose 7 percent, helped by higher membership and improved control of operating costs. The largest U.S. health insurer by membership also projected that 2008 earnings per share will rise by at least 15 percent. Net income increased to $868 million, or $1.45 per share, from $810.8 million, or $1.29 per share, a year earlier...Revenue rose 5.4 percent to $15.2 billion."
Food for thought. Shareholders are more important than customers, when it comes to Blue Cross of California and WellPoint.
Kimmers
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