WellPoint customers see premiums rise by 38%
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http://www.indystar.com/article/20100211/BUSINESS03/2110419/Hoosiers-livid-as-WellPoint-raises-insurance-premiums-by-38
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Hoosiers livid over insurance increases
As in California, some WellPoint customers see premiums rise by 38%
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Les Strickland, a self-employed bread distributor from Indianapolis, says he
received notice that premiums for his Anthem policy will jump 33 percent as of
March 1. Lou Herchenroeder, a pastor in Westfield, said he just absorbed a 31
percent increase for family coverage through a WellPoint Lumenos high-deductible
plan.
The increases in Indiana came to light after WellPoint -- the nation's largest
commercial insurer in terms of membership -- encountered criticism this week
from President Barack Obama and California regulators for increasing premiums on
individual health insurance plans by as much as 39 percent in California.
The hefty hikes also come after Obama's health-care reform legislation has
stalled in Congress, deepening a rift between the administration and the
insurance industry and sparking renewed calls by Obama and others for action.
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Emperor Obama
<Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
The best call to action came from the citizens. Americans want the
health care industry to be reformed, but they want it done the right
way. To read Congress' bill, one would have to have mobile law library
in tow to sort through the spaghetti legislation to look up the
references to legislation done in the past.
Why did WellPoint raise its premiums? They raised premiums because of
the rising costs of health care. The idiot Congress did health
insurance reform which does not change the cost of health care.
Insurance premiums went up, but there was no mention of hospital and
pharmaceuticals also on the rise. The health industry does not live on
insurance alone.
Congress wants insurers to insure people with pre-existing conditions.
It stands to reason that will make insurance rates go up. For example,
an auto insurer will not insure a driver with a couple of DUIs and
other moving violations. That's a risk that will be too costly cover.
Insurance companies are like throrobred handicappers. While the
horseplayer uses the Racing Form to determine how he should bet,
insurance companies use actuary tables to determine the risk of their
bet.
Health care has gone up and insurance companies raiser their premiums.
Thirty years ago a hospital stay would cost you about $150 a day.
Today a hospital stay can cost up and over a $1000 a day. Did the
idiot Congress address that issue in their health insurance reform
bill?
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Despite high hopes and expectations,
when it came time to govern this country
and lead the world, the global community
and American voters indicated that perhaps
they do not see Obama as a strong, effective
leader.
Daily Ilini
February 8, 2010
Too_Many_Tools
wrote:
> http://www.indystar.com/article/20100211/BUSINESS03/2110419/Hoosiers-...
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> Hoosiers livid over insurance increases
> As in California, some WellPoint customers see premiums rise by 38%
> ]
> [
> ....
> Les Strickland, a self-employed bread distributor from Indianapolis, says he
> received notice that premiums for his Anthem policy will jump 33 percent as of
> March 1. Lou Herchenroeder, a pastor in Westfield, said he just absorbed a 31
> percent increase for family coverage through a WellPoint Lumenos high-deductible
> plan.
>
> The increases in Indiana came to light after WellPoint -- the nation's largest
> commercial insurer in terms of membership -- encountered criticism this week
> from President Barack Obama and California regulators for increasing premiums on
> individual health insurance plans by as much as 39 percent in California.
>
> The hefty hikes also come after Obama's health-care reform legislation has
> stalled in Congress, deepening a rift between the administration and the
> insurance industry and sparking renewed calls by Obama and others for action.
> ....
> ]
And the Party of No wants the current health care system to continue
without change.
Why aren't they volunteering to pay your double digit increases?
TMT