National Anthem
While American citizens still wait for their government to pass health care reform, a report was released that Anthem Blue Cross Insurance, the largest health insurer in California, plans to raise its premiums 39%. It may be tempting to both curse and cheer the odd logic displayed by Anthem's executives in making such a dastardly announcement at such a crucial time in the health reform debate. While we must excoriate the executives who made this decision, it nevertheless proves better than volumes of policy speeches the sad evil of private corporate healthcare.
President Obama, the AMA, AARP and scores of reform advocates have struggled for over a year to explain reform proposals to Americans who still can't seem to figure out that universal health care is in their interest. Progressives have watched as weak-kneed presidential leadership, GOP stone-walling, and opposition from conservative democrats have succeeded in strangling legislation.
The Anthem board and the management of its parent company, the insurance Leviathan WellPoint, have skillfully made the most straight-forward efficacious argument for government run health care. WellPoint made a profit of $2.7 billion last year, a point well made.
While American citizens still wait for their government to pass health care reform, a report was released that Anthem Blue Cross Insurance, the largest health insurer in California, plans to raise its premiums 39%. It may be tempting to both curse and cheer the odd logic displayed by Anthem's executives in making such a dastardly announcement at such a crucial time in the health reform debate. While we must excoriate the executives who made this decision, it nevertheless proves better than volumes of policy speeches the sad evil of private corporate healthcare.
President Obama, the AMA, AARP and scores of reform advocates have struggled for over a year to explain reform proposals to Americans who still can't seem to figure out that universal health care is in their interest. Progressives have watched as weak-kneed presidential leadership, GOP stone-walling, and opposition from conservative democrats have succeeded in strangling legislation.
The Anthem board and the management of its parent company, the insurance Leviathan WellPoint, have skillfully made the most straight-forward efficacious argument for government run health care. WellPoint made a profit of $2.7 billion last year, a point well made.
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