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To: stockman_scott who wrote (240356)	3/8/2010 10:29:55 PM
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Wellpoint Health Networks, parent company of Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, who last month raised insurance premiums in California 39% and single-handedly revived the health care bill: "WellPoint and other insurers have welcomed expansive health-care reform as a way to increase the number of consumers who buy coverage plans. Nearly 46 million Americans have no health insurance and more are losing their employee-sponsored benefits as unemployment rises to a near 15-year high." "WellPoint, which has 35 million enrollees, could also potentially play a role in any private-public partnerships the government may create to help increase coverage, said WellPoint Inc Chief Executive Officer Angela Braly." reuters.com It looks like this plan has everything she wants: 1. individual mandate 2. subsidies 3. health insurance exchange