Why WellPoint and Anthem Blue Cross?
Wellpoint is the biggest insurer in the nation. Anthem Blue Cross of California, its subsidiary, is the biggest insurer in California, with 6.8 million customers relying on it for coverage. Starting with a “robo-call” campaign in April, Anthem Blue Cross urged subscribers into action to help defeat health reform. More recently, Wellpoint called subscribers and urged them to write letters to Congress per instructions on its fake “grassroots” website. Wellpoint has 33.5 million subscribers — who likely are unaware its CEO is on the record as favoring “profits over people.” Wellpoint & its Anthem Blue Cross of California are the insurer most aggressively opposed to health reform: In just the first six months of 2009, Wellpoint spent nearly $3 million lobbying Capitol Hill against health reform, targeting the public option that would give them competition in the marketplace. Just last month, Anthem Blue Cross sent E-mails to California subscribers with false information attacking H.R.3200,
