Exclusive: WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L2LS20100422http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/02/angela-braly-wellpoint-ce_n_523824.htmlAngela Braley: Wellpoint CEO Pay jumps by 51 percent
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/03/31/wellpoint-mlr/Wellpoint Reclassifies Costs as Medical Care to Meet Reforms Medical Loss Ratio Requirement
Anything for a profit, right? How many times do we have to see this same pattern of practice exposed in our American corporate culture?
To be scrupulously fair, here is a link to Wellpoint's response
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wellpoints-reuters-response-91845649.htmlI think this needs to be thoroughly investigated. My particular question is: did the so-called logarithm target the most vulnerable -people who had small business or individual policies? I thought of that immediately as soon as I read about the woman who owned the art gallery, was a writer, etc. cos my Spidey sense started tingling. They could never get away with this in a large company with a big Human Resources Department and enough employees to diffuse the cost.
IF they were as horrible as these first reports look, I sincerely hope that a class action suit on the part of the victims of this practice takes Wellpoint to the cleaners.
Where are the so-called regulators?
Of course, Citizens United means that companies like Goldman and Wellpoint can just purchase politicians sympathetic to their cause -profits at any cost.