Christina Bellantoni Goes On MSNBC To Discuss Blue Cross Rate Hike

[VanillaIcedLatte]

It is a free country...if they want to raise their rates...let them. It will only hurt them in the end when people opt out and go with another company like Keiser. alexcrombie77 has a video that I think represents this country and what pushovers we are.

[faceswithin]

we are all hearing that the USA is having money problem got the answer ever one in the government who are rich don't get paid by us for five years. They get a very small wage to fix the problem they cases in the first places. No more money for aid for other countries till this is over. Our money for us that live in the USA and not the ones that do not belong here and there family sorry we are not fools. we are in the red to the red's and we need this to stop. write your gov and let them know

[allgoo19]

That's the lobbying money being passed on to the policy holders.

Don't you get it?

[genghis6l99]

@allgoo19 ???? wt?. it costs them money

[allgoo19]

@genghis6l99

"wt?. it costs them money ..."

No. It costs *us* money.

This is a cost other countries with national health care don't have.

[doink1422]

it is going to so funny when the rupublican lose mid-term election and the super majority goes higher than 60 and can't block anything anymore.

[SocialDemocracyFTW]

@doink1422

You're living in a dream world. It wouldn't matter if the Dems had 95 Senators. There will never be health insurance reform because Obama and the Dems have all been bought off by the insurance lobby. That's why progressives are going to stay home this fall, and that's why the GOP will win back the House and Senate.

[doink1422]

LMAO! dude now your dreaming

[Zakdayak]

Let me guess this staright - we elected Obama to write sternly worded letters???

[AfricanMadman]

And are we even surprised this is happening....???

Once they crash this reform bill, other companies will hike up their rates as well....

[baronmorris]

Here's your "Free Market"

UHC CEO Stephen Hemsley =$745 MILLION in stock options. 2007 pay $13.2mil; 2008 $3.2 mil.

CIGNA CEO Edward Hanway made $120mil in last 5yrs. Stock options = $28mil

Humana CEO Michael McCallister made $10.3mil in 07. $1,017,308 in 08. Stock options=$60mil

LARGEST GOLDEN PARACHUTE in history of corporate America goes to William McGuire of UnitedHealth 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS!

How many DENIED life-saving procedures does that take? BLOODMONEY!

PUBLIC OPTION NOW!

[taoofmichael]

Right on baron!!

[PersonalJesus348]

And there's nothing Free Market about medical services...

You can't go in and say "Livers go down in price in december lets do the surgery then"

nor can you go to school and learn to operate on yourself.

The list goes on. Its an industry that has constant demand. That's not free.

[genghis6l99]

@PersonalJesus348 strawman argument. no-one said it's free. in australia we have a free health system. it works. free health for life bro.

[PersonalJesus348]

I was referring that Laissez-Faire enthusiasts say that our medical industry is fine and should stay free-market.

But there's nothing Free about the current market was my point.

[baronmorris]

am I the only one who thinks David and Christina might have something going on behind the scenes? just a thought.

Viva Health Care Reform!

Viva Obama!

Peace to ALL. :-D

[classicallady]

Here here baron!

[aquamadman]

And the ignorant continue to be teabagged by the insurance industry all the while screeming, "keep your hands off my healthcare!!" stupid fucking sheep!!

[classicallady]

Tks aqua.....now Obama will be blamed as well...Fucking idiots

[hellshade2]

39% is quite a rate hike. how do they justify that?

[micahgee]

Lets hope people realize that this is the system that they are locked into!

The system that jacks up rates 30+ times over inflation is not exactly price control.

Good lord the system is totally skewed for the Insurance Cartel to charge people into bankruptcy.

How do insurance company executives of Anthem Blue Cross sleep at night while hundreds of thousands of Americans lose everything and declare bankruptcy due to medical bills?!

Profits over health! We spend the most and don't get better!

[hellshade2]

insurance company execs do not give a shit about you,i or thier employees as long as they get thier million dollar pay checks and bonuses