Blue Cross

Meanwhile single payer activists continue to mobilize

High Noon in Baltimore at CareFirst Blue Cross-Blue Shield

So far there have been 26 sit-ins in 23 cities across the country. 138 arrests have occurred while over 200 people willingly risked arrests.

At some point this will gain critical mass.

The entire health care debate in a single phrase and today's news

StonyPillow
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of Blue.

Interview with Dr. Oliver Fein of PNHP.

Letter to the Helena Air:

Sen. Baucus, political leadership involves discovering what is the best approach to solving a problem and then having the courage to lead the fight for this best approach.

AHIP and Blue Cross: We will treat everyone fairly if we can define fair

Health insurers pull a fast one in proposed reform

The industry says it will treat all people fairly in return for a government requirement that everyone has to buy their product. But they want to charge different prices for different levels of coverage ...

...Yet if you read the fine print in their plan, it turns out that they're reserving the right to charge different prices for different levels of coverage -- a practice that would effectively keep us where we are, with sick (or potentially sick) people paying more for insurance.

Michigan Blue Cross announces layoffs

Blue Cross Blue Shield to cut up to 1,000 jobs

The company hinted at possible layoffs last year after the Michigan Legislature did not pass changes to insurance rules sought by the company. Blue Cross says it wants law changes because it is losing millions of dollars each year on health insurance policies that cover individuals.

Just pass HR 676 and put these parasites out of their misery.

Senator Ted Kennedy asks health insurance parasites what to do about health insurance parasites

Mass. health plan has national appeal

WASHINGTON - Key players in the debate over how to provide healthcare coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured say they view Massachusetts' landmark 2006 law as an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done.

Check out who Senator Kennedy has been talking to:

Blue Cross hates babies

Blue Cross Tells Pregnant Mom "No Way"

"What's it like to have to decide whether to abort your baby because no one will give you medical coverage during your pregnancy? That's something I discovered in the summer of 2006 when-during a three-month lull in personal health insurance coverage-I found out I was pregnant," said Susanne McDowell of Missoula, Mont.