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On 10/30/09 4:45 PM, Vic Smith 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.

Ouch. A friend's main reason for working the required 10 years at his
company was to get the company Medicare supplement package.
He just found out from other retirees that they get cheaper and better
packages on the open market.

--Vic

As I stated, there doesn't seem to be a legitimate rational for many of
our current health insurance options. We seem willing to bend over
farther and farther to enrich companies that do next to nothing to
improve health.