Anthem BCBS of California to raise premiums by 39% in 2011!
In an attempt to plug into populist anger against high insurance costs, US Health and Human Services Cabinet Secretary Kathleen Sebilus accidentally proves that when a company has monopoly power, its prices are not held down by market pressures. Any chance that Obama, the Constitutional Scholar, would will be willing to consider using the Commerce Clause to open states up to interstate competition for health insurance? Don’t count on it.
“These extraordinary increases are up to 15 times faster than inflation and threaten to make health care unaffordable for hundreds of thousands of Californians, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet in a difficult economy,” Sebelius wrote to Anthem Blue Cross President Leslie Margolin.
While it was unclear what, if any, steps the U.S. health department could take, Sebelius said she was “very disturbed” and was “closely monitoring” the Anthem situation. State authorities in California — the nation’s most populated state — are also investigating the reported rate hike.
We paid $2.5 Million to advertise the fact the the government is a bunch of idiots – sheesh
And yes, I get the fact they are trying to be hip and edgy ala The Office / 30 Rock / Parks and Recreation, but this is the freaking census! The fact that we have to advertise to people of a basic constitutional function in a fun and hip way is truly ridiculous. Do we need hip ads to get people to sign up for the Selective Service too now?
Go HERE for the complete series of these “Payton Schlewitt” ads – yes, there’s more than the one you saw during the Super Bowl…
Updated: Video embed codes found. Comments are open – go to town folks!
GOP Illinois Governor hopeful, Adam Andrzejewski is attending the Saturday portion of the Nashville TN Tea Party Convention. I had the distinct honor of bumping into him at the Chicago airport at 6am this morning. he was surprised that someone from Tennessee would be familiar with his campaign. We had a great talk on the plane and I offered him a dose of southern hospitality and gave him a ride to his hotel!
Adam is an amazing guy – a reformer, principled, and focused on solving the problems at home in Illinois. Expect to see more from Adam in the future as he works to drive real reform in Illinois!
Erick Erickson wrote an excellent piece on Adam here
hit his website – www.adamforillinois.com and make a donation to his campaign – they still have expenses and we need folks like Adam!
Adam at O’hare
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Adam at the Nashville airport Freedom Shrine (ground transport level behind the left escalator, next to the mens bathroom – yes I know – not exactly a prominent place)
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