Nurse protest prompts Blue Shield to delay rate hike

[RandySF]

People power works, and not just in Egypt.

Blue Shield of California today announced a 60-day reprieve in an unconscionable rate hike of up to 59 percent it intends to foist on individuals and families.

The announcement coincided with announced plans by nurses, patients, and consumer advocates who stormed Blue Shield's posh California corporate headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

Coincidence? That's what Blue Shield insisted, even though they scurried to get out their press release the same morning they were surrounding their doors with barricades, chains, and security guards to protect their property from families facing bankruptcy with outrageous rate hikes and nurses who care for the collateral damage from insurance abuses.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/2/1/940558/-Nurse-protest-prompts-Blue-Shield-to-delay-rate-hike

[midnight]

1. Tip of the hat to those nurses..... They continue to be on the front lines without the

financial benefits other first responders receive.... Basically retirement benefits....

[uppityperson]

2. k&r