Blue Shield CEO Bruce Bodaken earned $4.6 million last year

[Liberal_in_LA]

Blue Shield CEO Bruce Bodaken earned $4.6 million last year
Blue Shield, California's largest nonprofit health insurer, releases the salary data in response to a new state law intended to keep healthcare insurance costs under control.

May 26, 2011
For the first time, California's largest nonprofit health insurer has released the salaries of its 10 highest-paid executives in response to a new state law intended to keep healthcare insurance costs under control.

The top earner at Blue Shield of California was Chief Executive Bruce Bodaken, who made $4.6 million last year — more than four times the salary of his counterpart at the state's largest for-profit insurer, Anthem Blue Cross.

http://www.latimes.com/health/healthcare/la-fi-insurer-executive-pay-20110526,0,264582.story

[damntexdem]

1. Wrong: was paid $4.6million.

Didn't earn it.

[Sinistrous]

3. +1. My thought also.

[Carolina]

4. stole it

via paid premiums and denied claims

[rurallib]

2. Looking for better times when Repugs send that senior money his way

High premiums and almost certain denials of coverage should spike that paltry pittance of a salary.