February 18, 2010

Time for Congress to Pass Health Reform

Kathleen Sebelius, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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In California, beneficiaries of an insurance company owned by WellPoint called Anthem Blue Cross received letters announcing that their premiums would rise as much as 39 percent, meaning a family paying $1,193 a month will now owe $5,580 more on its annual bill.

Even more infuriating for the people receiving these letters, this increase didn’t happen because WellPoint had fallen on hard times. WellPoint recently announced more than $2.7 billion in profits from the most recent quarter alone.

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