Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield In Missouri Urges Missouri Senators Claire McCaskill and Christopher S. Bond to Not Support the Current Senate Health Care Reform Legislation
Published in Managed Care Business Week, January 5th, 2010
Yesterday, Senator Reid released his Manager's amendment to the health care reform legislation currently being discussed in the U.S. Senate. One provision in the amendment involved the $6.7 billion annual tax that will be levied on the health insurance industry. As the Congressional Budget Office has stated, this tax will get passed on to consumers through higher premiums. In his amendment, Senator Reid put forth that non-profit health insurance companies will be exempt from this tax--in essence leaving for-profit plans, and their members, to shoulder the entire tax burden.
What does this mean to the more than 3 million Missourians that have health insurance provided by...
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