Comments on: Will the White House demand that every business “justify” its price increases?

By: Health care mandates result in 18% premium increase in Connecticut | Radio Vice Online

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:49:34 +0000

[...] Obama and many on the White House staff specifically demanded Anthem and other insurance companies justify their price increases in the [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » New ObamaCare bill: Are you ready for price controls on insurance premiums?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:45:41 +0000

[...] to finally get this thing through Congress and off the table. The boss emeritus saw this coming two weeks ago after the uproar in California over the Anthem rate hikes and now here it is, just in time for the [...]

By: Ty85719

Ty85719 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:04:08 +0000

Will the federal government “justify” THEIR across-the-board pay increases?! I doubt it.

By: Michelle Malkin » Here come government health care price controls

Michelle Malkin » Here come government health care price controls — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:52:27 +0000

[...] Earlier this month, I flagged the White House jihad against Anthem Blue Cross of California over its rate increases (see Feb. 9, 2010, Will the White House demand that every business “justify” its price increases?). [...]

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The Road To Socialism « Tai-Chi Policy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:58:56 +0000

[...] The Road To Socialism February 12, 2010 Posted by taoist in Obama. Tags: Democrats, Insurance, The Economy trackback Obama and the rest of the Democrats are taking us down it. [...]

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Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:16:33 +0000

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By: DANEgerus

DANEgerus — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:42:02 +0000

“Will the White House next demand that other businesses — not just health insurers — justify price increases deemed unreasonable, excessive, or “extraordinary?””

Not if the businesses donate heavily to the (D)emocrat party.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:04 +0000

This increase IS the fault of the FEDERAL and STATE governments!

Remember the last ‘doctor fix’ of 250 billion? Since that increase was NOT passed, additional costs are being pushed onto the private insurers. The marketplace is FIXED by the government! It is NOT driven by supply and demand.

We need to remove the government from the healthcare business.

By: NC BLUE

NC BLUE — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:58:57 +0000

We have Federal Long Term Care Insurance and when I purchased it the Gubmint said their goal was to not raise premiums thru competitive bidding. Well they just re-bid the 5 year contract and—and—and–my premium to obtain the exact amount of coverage we had went up. I could have kept the same premium by reducing the cost of living inflation %. Do as I say not as I do. Idiots all.

By: Kini

Kini — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:33:54 +0000

All that finger pointing reminds me of this

By: GraniteMan

GraniteMan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:01:34 +0000

All you grade school kids out there planning on a lemonade stand this summer consider yourself warned. No gouging the customers with higher prices!

By: MarkD

MarkD — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:29:27 +0000

I thought I died and went back to the seventies. “Whip Inflation Now” anyone?

Is there no failure so catastrophic that it cannot be recycled by Washington?

I’ve seen it all before. It didn’t work then, and it’s not going to work now.

By: cicerokid

cicerokid — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:29:03 +0000

Will conant be required to explain his bonus?

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:19:49 +0000

One of the reasons that the premiums went up is that the feds mandated that mental health be covered.

This was a rider attached to the TARP by Patrick Kennedy and signed by Bush.

It’s all just unbelievable.

By: jangar

jangar — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:17:36 +0000

Demcare is in critical condition

I ain’t satisfied till there’s an obituary that follows a noticable stench.