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Yuna Shin: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Urges Its Enrollees to Oppose Health Care Reform
huffingtonpost.com - 27 days ago
Yuna Shin: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Urges Its Enrollees to Oppose Health Care Reform
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As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina sent its enrollees a mass mailing on Wednesday asking them to oppose health care reform by sending a pre-paid postcard to Senator Kay Hagan, a Democrat and supporter. The cover of the mailing asks: ...

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BlueNC - The people's think tank:  BCBS mailer hits the fan at Daily Kos, Huffington post

Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed:  Blue Cross NC uses my health insurance premiums to thwart health care reform

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BCBS mailer hits the fan at Daily Kos, Huffington post
BlueNC - The people's think tank — There's a great diary up at Daily Kos about BCBSNC's efforts to undermine healthcare reform in America. Go read it. The story is also covered at The Huffington Post.

Blue Cross NC uses my health insurance premiums to thwart health care reform
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — ... self-employed and living in NC like me, BCBSNC is really the only game in town for health insurance--in other words, a monopoly. Now that federal health care legislation is including a public option that could give us a choice, BCBSNC is doing all it can to defeat it... "NC Blue Cross is sending postcards around the state. The goal? Get people to fill them out and send to Senator Hagan to oppose a "government-run" health plan." If you live in NC and you get the card, here's what people are suggesting you do about it...

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