On 10/30/09 2:16 PM, jps wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:37 -0400, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:46 -0400, H the
wrote:
NC insurer says timing of mailings unfortunate
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. — Even Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
acknowledges that its timing on two recent mailings was unfortunate.
The News&Observer of Raleigh reported that customers first learned their
rates will rise by an average of 11 percent next year.
We are right in the middle of the insurance selection window. Lots of
people are getting a package with something like that in it.
IBM's retiree EPO (United) went from $860 to 988 a month.
Our provider has sent out notifications that the program we've been
part of for 5 or 6 years will no longer be offered. Of course the
replacements will either curtail coverage or offer the same at an
inflated rate.
The timing couldn't be better to help folks realize that the public
option is one of the few weapons against this legal fleecing.
More and more, I am wondering why we need the health insurance company
middleman between us and our medical providers.
Seems to me that if you eliminated over time the private health
insurers, the high profits they are skimming could be put to use
providing needed care and coverage to Americans, costs would stabilize,
and we could have serious negotiations on price with all manner of
providers.