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Mixed Results on Blue Cross Rate Hike Approval

Chris Boardman

Story Created: Feb 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 8, 2010 at 8:52 PM EDT

Office of Health Insurance Commissioner - Christopher Koller has rejected Blue Cross Blue Shield RI 10.2 % rate hike for direct pay subscribers.

Koller has however, agreed to a 7% increase for roughly 14,000 Rhode Islanders.

ABC 6 News Investigative Reporter Parker Gavigan has the details.

Tuesday, Feb 9 at 10:03 AM tom nichols, rockwall wrote ...

BCBS parent company, Wellpoint, made a last qtr profit of 2.7B dollars. I just got a letter stating that my rate is going up 30% here in TX. This what you teabaggers get when you stop the reform that the country voted for in Nov. 2008

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Monday, Feb 8 at 10:23 PM slow54 wrote ...

You people don't want health reform so this is what happens.

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Monday, Feb 8 at 9:00 PM Anonymous wrote ...

maybe if they didn't NEED their new building there would be no rate increase. How much more do they think people can afford.

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Monday, Feb 8 at 8:31 PM sam from providence wrote ...

we need health care reform yesterday!!

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Monday, Feb 8 at 7:21 PM MIKE FROM WARWICK wrote ...

HOW BOUT A LITTLE HELP HERE...AG MR. LYNCH...OH YEA I FORGOT YOUR CAMPAIGN MONEY IS PROBABLY COMING FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHEILD

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Monday, Feb 8 at 7:17 PM mike from warwick wrote ...

HOW ABOUT 0% INCREASE....WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ANY LONGER YOU THEIVES!!!!

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Monday, Feb 8 at 6:38 PM jeff wrote ...

you should be ashamed

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