policy-holders

• “Some of the cost-control provisions are also controversial, although for some fraction of those the only controversy is that the insurance industry or Big Pharma doesn't like them (e.g. reversing the Bush rule that prevents the feds from using its buying power to negotiate lower prices for meds), not that there's any doubt they would be beneficial to policy-holders.”

  Discourse.net: Harsh But Fair?

• “Anthem will raise rates about 14% on average on its individual policy-holders.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Health-Insurance Market Moves Ahead in California

• “They have been systematically screwing healthcare providers out of reimbursement, while also pulling shady practices on policy-holders.”

  Round 48: United Health Care vs Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company - The Consumerist

• “Florida's business community is none too pleased with Crist's campaign, in the wake of Hurricane Rita, against insurers who appeared to be stiffing their policy-holders.”

  Adele Stan: Charlie Crist: Bad News for the GOP?

• “Business as usual for Hemsley and UnitedHealth is a chronic pattern of abuse and neglect of its policy-holders, along with a powerful political influence-peddling operation that involves costly campaign contributions and lobbying expenses, designed to protect its profits and thwart Congress from passing reform legislation.”

  Peter Dreier: Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous

• “Since every plan offered to you in the Exchange will have other policy-holders who are receiving federal subsidies, no plan can contain abortion coverage.”

  Rep. Carolyn Maloney: The Assault on Choice

• “And denials of claims, as sentient American knows, are endemic in our system, as is the related practice of rescission, whereby insurance companies try to strip policy-holders of their coverage once the policy-holder becomes sick and actually needs coverage.”

  Jonathan Weiler: Critics of "Obamacare" Actually Describe the Status Quo

• “They want to get off with as small a loss as possible, to protect their profitability as well as keeping prices low for future policy-holders.”

  Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » All You Need To Know To Evaluate Government Health Care Proposals

• “SNOW: Most insurers are regulated by states, which have entities similar to the FDIC that protect policy-holders in case of an insurer's collapse.”

  CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2009

• “Reimbursement for the cost of our health care and prescription drugs should come out of the pool of money we policy-holders create by paying insurance premiums.”

  The Health Care Fiasco

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