Anthem Blue Cross-they gave MILLION$ in bribes and otherwise to stop healthcare reform-and now have announced that their individual premiums are going up in California an average of 24 percent and for many as much as 39 percent! How much did they make in profits last year (during a recession that saw most companies lose money)?
TWO BILLION DOLLARS!!!
Healthcare, Oil and banking/investment were the only segments making BIG BUCKS last year-and now Anthem Blue Cross is using it's de facto monopoly in Orange County to drive up rates like this!!!???
I guess TWO BILLION in profts during a major recession aren't enough profits-they want MORE!
And thanks to the republican scum out there blocking health care reform-they will get more!
And so many of you corporate shills out there support this-that's what's so pathetic!
Heathcare reform is a major necessity. Anyone can see that spiralling Medicare costs alone could bankrupt the Government if nothing is done. -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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