Bait and switch: How the “public option” was sold By Kip Sullivan Physicians for a National Health Program July 20, 2009 When the “public option” campaign began, its leaders promoted…
Anthem Blue Cross uses bait and switch tactics
…by the group Consumer Watchdog, says that California’s largest for-profit health insurance company used “bait and switch” tactics to raise deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for some customers May 1….
Regence BlueShield’s bait-and-switch
…the size of this latest premium increase have outraged Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, who accuses the insurer of a bait-and-switch. “I have serious concerns that consumers may have been…
AARP/UnitedHealth bait and switch
AARP collects royalties, fees from insurers it endorses
…Congress has already regulated the Medigap plans, and what did we get? Even greater administrative waste, but worse, a profoundly dishonest bait and switch scam. The private insurers have failed…
Regence BlueShield's bait-and-switch
Gulp! Regence rate boost averages 19 percent for individual plans
…Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, who accuses the insurer of a bait-and-switch. “I have serious concerns that consumers may have been whipsawed in an effort by Regence to increase market share,”…
Anthem Blue Cross uses bait and switch tactics
Anthem Blue Cross sued over higher medical insurance deductibles
…for-profit health insurance company used “bait and switch” tactics to raise deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for some customers May 1. The lawsuit says the Woodland Hills insurer improperly changed…
AARP/UnitedHealth bait and switch
…a classic bait and switch scam to deceive our seniors and circumvent the intent of Congress to provide transparency in the purchase of Medigap plans. Those currently crafting health care…
Public Option Advocates: Time to Come Home to Single Payer
…insurance companies, over time the advantages of the public option — no profit margins, reduced paperwork and administrative costs, less marketing costs — would become clear. The public option would…
The “chicken and egg” problem: Can the "public option" succeed where Prudential failed?
…consequence of the tendency of “option” advocates to describe the “option” as “just like Medicare” is that “public option” supporters and members of Congress have been lulled into thinking the…
The Senate HELP Committee “public option” will be multiple “options,” and these will be run by insurance companies
…Now (HCAN) and other “public option” proponents were ecstatic. They welcomed the “public option” in the HELP committee bill, proclaiming it “strong” or “robust.” But the actual provisions in the…
The CO-OP failure should be a lesson for a Medicare public option
Only three of 26 Obamacare-era nonprofit health insurance co-ops will soon remain
…is very little difference between the co-ops and the “public option” By Kip Sullivan, J.D. PNHP, September 29, 2009 Advocates of a “public option” have been extremely critical of the…
The “public option” and the wheelbarrow parable
…ruckus over the “option” but all the while supporting bailout legislation (with or without an “option”), the “option” campaign has fooled its followers and the public into thinking its highest…
