September 7, 2007 10:07 AM

Always Look On the Bright Side...of Death?

Ever wonder why the cost of health insurance keeps going up and up and up...but the health care we receive isn't getting any better, and insurance companies keep nickel and diming us with bigger co-pays and more denied claims? (When claims are denied it's not nickels and dimes; it's usually tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars -- oftentimes leading to financial ruin and bankruptcy for the person who thought they were covered.)

Well here's one reason we're not getting what we pay for. Blue Cross is spending $2 million dollars here in California to derail significant health care reform to actually fix the situation. And earlier this year, Blue Cross sent almost a billion dollars to its corporate parent in Indiana. That's money taken from Californians and used not to provide us with heathcare, but to advance Blue Cross' agenda and increase its profits.

The fundamental logic of the situation is this: insurance companies aren't in this business to provide you with health care; they're in business to make a profit. And they can make enormous profits when they take your premium payments but deny your claims and cancel you policies as soon as you get sick. And that's exactly what Blue Cross has a long history of doing, especially here in California.

It's simply outrageous. Head on over to www.sickofbluecross.com to read some consumer horror stories and sign their petition asking Blue Cross to stop blocking healthcare reform.