March 9, 2010 | Posted by Judy Dugan
Sarah Palin, the Cruella DeVille of anti-government-health care, caught everyone's attention with the story of her family hopping the
border from Skagway, Alaska, into the Yukon Territory for Canadian government health care when Palin was a child. Canadian newspapers
noted cattily that Palin previously described going to Juneau, Alaska, for the
same treatment for her brother's burned foot. Whatever. I wanted to
know whether other Alaskans went to Canada for medical care--and still
do.
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March 9, 2010 | Posted by Judy Dugan
Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of Consumer Watchdog and the author of
California's landmark insurance regulation, is the original expert on
making insurance companies friendlier to consumers. So when he outlines
a plan to make health insurance more affordable--and combat price spikes
like the recent 39% annual increase by Anthem Blue Cross--he's got 20
years in the trenches making insurance companies toe the line, to back
him up.
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March 5, 2010 | Posted by Jamie Court
The President called for an up or down vote on health care
reform, but I can say from my own experience this week working with Blue
Cross patients, who are part of Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit against he company, that the public has already cast its vote.
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March 3, 2010 | Posted by Judy Dugan
President Obama's "get it done" speech on health reform
Wednesday may have been a day late, but I hope it's not a dollar short,
as the old saying goes. At least he has one tremendous ally in his call
for action by Congress: Anthem Blue Cross, and the continuing outrage at its huge rate increases.
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March 2, 2010 | Posted by Judy Dugan
A few sentences in a Wall Street Journal story Tuesday, on Blue
Cross insurance increases, made my eyes pop. If you take the words at
face value, we're heading for a future in which a few very rich sick
people will pay $10,000 a month for health insurance and the rest of us
can just beg for bandages on the street.
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Recent Articles:
Revisions to Health Care Reform Must Include Rate Freeze, Rate Regulation and States' Rights Provisions, Says Consumer Watchdog
CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan, (310) 889-4912; or Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 305
March 8, 2010
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Anthem's Rate Hikes To Add To Burdens Of Jobless
By Tom Kisken, THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR
March 6, 2010
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Consumer Group Sues Anthem Blue Cross Over Rate Hike
By Al Slavin, BESTWIRE
March 3, 2010
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More Bad News For Anthem
By Evan George, THE DAILY JOURNAL OF LOS ANGELES
March 2, 2010
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Insurance Rate Hikes Fan Political Firestorm
By Bobby Caina Calvan, THE SACRAMENTO BEE
March 2, 2010
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