Sunday, March 7, 2010

How An Insurance Company Helped The Dems

This was a huge lift to the health care debate. A normal everyday thing in the health care industry actually saved health care reform.

"On a warm Friday in early November, California's largest for-profit health insurer submitted a plan to regulators in Sacramento. Anthem Blue Cross was seeking double-digit rate increases for many of its 800,000 individual policyholders....
Unwittingly, Anthem helped revive Democratic efforts. Every letter it sent out was a political gift for Obama. The only thing missing was a shiny red bow."

Who would have thought that the problem of the health care industry actually revived the legislation they didn't want passed.