Federal investigators have told Reuters that WellPoint, the country’s largest insurance company, is using an algorithm to target women with breast cancer for the express purpose of dropping their coverage. Murray Waas writes that WellPoint “specifically targeted women with breast cancer for aggressive investigation with the intent to cancel their policies”: None of the women [...]
WellPoint Targets Breast Cancer Patients for Recision |
| By: Jane Hamsher Thursday April 22, 2010 9:00 am |
House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence For My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors |
| By: Jane Hamsher Thursday October 29, 2009 10:30 am |
There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill. For myself, as a three time breast cancer survivor, there was tremendous sadness and disappointment in the Speaker. Nancy Pelosi made a choice with regard to the lifesaving biologic drugs I took when I was in chemotherapy [...]



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