Blue Cross is spending $2 million on a campaign here in California to derail healthcare reform in the Legislature -- the same Blue Cross that makes more money here, and spends less on patients, than any other big insurer. Earlier this year, Blue Cross shipped almost a billion dollars in our healthcare dollars to its corporate parent in Indiana, despite hundreds of complaints about premium increases, benefit cuts, cancelled policies, and other dangerous business practices.
That staggering profit, made at the expense of healthcare consumers in California, has made Blue Cross the poster child for why we need health care reform. It's time for us to speak out: Don't let Blue Cross stand in the way of health care reform. Sign our petition to Blue Cross now!
This year alone, Blue Cross has sent almost a billion dollars in profit out of California to your corporate headquarters in Indiana.
Blue Cross is able to amass such a profit because it currently relies on business practices that harm millions of Californians, such as:
--Spending less of California's premium dollars on patient care than other larger insurers
--Denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and instead seeking to insure only the healthy
--Selling insurance designed to provide limited benefits, coupled with high deductibles and co-pays
--Raising rates however and whenever it chooses
We, the undersigned Californians, urge Blue Cross to stop standing in the way of health care reform in California. We also call on Blue Cross to reform your business practices, to start putting people ahead of profits and stop using California as an ATM.
Signed by:
[Your name]
[Your address]
