Posted 12:46 PM 2/8/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is asking Anthem Blue
Cross to justify its plans to raise health insurance premiums by as
much as 39 percent for customers in California.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a
letter to the company's president on Monday calling the planned
increases extraordinary and difficult to understand. She wrote that
the company has an obligation to provided a detailed justification
for the rate hikes to the public.
A spokeswoman for Anthem said she would check whether the letter
had been received.
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