MORE ON: Anthem Blue Cross

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

As insurers fight back, lawmakers craft agency to manage coverage

August 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
Moving forward on a pillar of President Obama's health care overhaul, California is expected to create one of the first health insurance exchanges in the United States, despite complaints from insurance companies about a "politicized" system for setting rates. All states are... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Will ban on excessive health insurance rate hikes work?

June 8, 2010, 12:03 AM
A bill meant to ban excessive health insurance rate hikes passed the state Assembly last week and faces a fight from health insurers as it moves to the Senate. What makes this law one to watch, though, are opposing yet compelling arguments for its potential to bring a windfall in savings to... + read more
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Hospitals push back against Anthem's cost claims

March 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
Facing a political firing squad, Anthem Blue Cross executives have not been shy to place blame on hospitals for driving their infamous 39 percent rate hike. And as I wrote earlier this week, a famed economist and recent report in Health Affairs echo that point. But there’s more to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Politicians' Anthem anger may overlook 'elephant in the room'

March 16, 2010, 12:07 AM
California politicians lined up to take their shots at Anthem Blue Cross over its plan to boost rate increases by 39 percent in recent weeks.  But a prominent voice (and one who is not running for office) emerged this week questioning whether the pitchfork-pumping is directed at the only... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Regulators helped 'small fraction' of patients who lost coverage

March 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
Only a "small fraction" of patients who lost their health insurance after getting sick received money from settlements negotiated by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and the Schwarzenegger administration's insurance regulator, Assembly researchers say. Poizner, who is running... + read more
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Jerry Brown opens the books on investigation of Anthem, other insurers

February 26, 2010, 12:06 AM
Attorney General Jerry Brown made extraordinary disclosures yesterday about an investigation and a set of subpoenas served to Anthem Blue Cross and six of the state’s other largest insurance companies. At first glance, it appears that Brown is joining ranks of pitchfork-wielding... + read more
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Politician to Anthem: 'Have you no shame?'

February 24, 2010, 12:08 AM
The divide between populist politicians and the polished health insurance industry was never so stark as during the hearing yesterday before the Assembly Health Committee. The central question was whether Anthem Blue Cross planned to go through with its plan to boost some rates by 39 percent... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Sebelius asks Anthem Blue Cross to explain drastic rate hike

February 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made headlines yesterday, calling on Anthem Blue Cross to justify its reason for boosting rates by 39 percent on some individual policy holders in California. In a scathing letter to the Indianapolis-based company, Sebelius chided the... + read more
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