I noted this in last night’s roundup, but WellPoint – accused last week of systematically dropping breast cancer patients from their insurance rolls – agreed to implement a ban on rescissions early after pressure from Democratic lawmakers. WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), the nation’s largest health insurer, announced today that it will implement federal legislation regarding [...]

Murray Waas has an pretty wild report: In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV. The news, of course, was devastating, but Mitchell believed that he had one thing going for him: On his own initiative, in anticipation of his first year in college, [...]

The news that Anthem Blue Cross will hike premium rates in California by as much as 39% hits pretty close to home. Before getting married last year I was an Anthem Blue Cross subscriber on the individual market, precisely the profile of those who will get dinged with this rate increase. I had a very [...]

One reason that health care supporters have given for not wanting to go the route of reconciliation is that you would lose all of the insurance reforms and regulations that will end the practice of rescissions, the denial of coverage due to pre-existing conditions, and the price discrimination against the sick. The LA Times has [...]