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The Public Option: Protect, Pressure, Participate!

Submitted by hbayard on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 4:53pm

BCBS of NC Exposed: Health Care Coalition Releases Report on Lack of Competition in NC's Market

Submitted by hbayard on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 12:32pm

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina controls 53% of our state health insurance market. Together with United Health Group, our state's #2 insurer, these two companies control 73% of the market. With this kind of "competition," is it any wonder our insurance premiums have risen 75% in the last ten years, 5.3 times faster than our wages, squeezing families and small business alike? There is a severe lack of competition in North Carolina when it comes to health insurance, which mirrors the picture nationally, according to a new report released today by Health Care for America Now:

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