WellPoint stiffs the uninsured $30 million, makes record profits and rewards Wall Street with $12 billion |
| By: Jason Rosenbaum Thursday March 18, 2010 9:07 am |
Back in 2007, the nation’s largest health insurer, WellPoint, pledged to spend $30 million over three years as part of a “comprehensive plan to help address the growing ranks of the uninsured.”
Three years later, they’ve only spent $6.2 million on their “comprehensive plan.”
Weekly Pulse: Obama Stalls for Time with Health Care Summit |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Wednesday February 10, 2010 8:26 am |
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger
President Barack Obama’s February 25 health care summit, where he will appear on TV with Republican leaders, has been hailed and assailed as yet another gesture towards bipartisanship. But the summit is really a delaying tactic. It’s a decoy, something shiny to keep the chattering classes entertained while Congressional Democrats wheel and deal furiously behind the scenes.
The Republican Bill: Just like the status quo! |
| By: Jason Rosenbaum Thursday November 5, 2009 11:00 am |
CBO numbers are in on the Republican health care bill and guess what? It’ll do nothing!
This is not a pretty story |
| By: barbara Monday October 19, 2009 8:33 pm |
Wherein a 39-year-old unemployed man opts to enlist in the Army so he will have medical coverage for his wife’s chemotherapy.
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Just Say Now |
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Foreclosure Fraud |
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Prop 8 Trial |
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