Angela Braly

The Marie Antoinette of Health Insurance and How to Dethrone Her

Jamie Court | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Jamie Court, Medicare, Progressive, Affordable Health Care, Rate Hikes, Insurance Reform, Health Care, Wellpoint, Anthem Blue Cross, Dianne Feinstein, Angela Braly, Medical, California, Politics News
Jamie Court

Health insurance rates are like a runaway train and there's no police force or firefighting squad with the power to stop them. Thirty-five states require health insurance companies to get permission before raising rates, but not California.

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Calling All Women Executives - Part 1: How to Win (Male) Friends and Influence Everyone

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Leadership, Bill Clinton, Angela Braly, Michele Bachmann, Arianna Huffington, Business News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Sorry guys. Although it looks like Michele Bachmann's presidential bid may have stalled, women in leadership positions is an idea whose time has come ...

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Jamie Dimon, Business Council To Meet With Obama About Economy, Financial Reform

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, White House, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Derivatives, Banks, Financial Crisis, Jamie Dimon, Angela Braly, Business Council, Wellpoint, Business News

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is scheduled to dine at the White House Monday evening with President Obama, according to Bloomberg. Bloom...

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Throw The Bums Out: Day 6

Dr. Mark Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anthem Blue Cross, Angela Braly, Throw the Bums Out, California, Wellpoint, Politics News
Dr. Mark Weiss

How dare Anthem Blue Cross and its parent company increase their executives' compensation on the backs of people who will soon be unable to afford health insurance.

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WellPoint Routinely Targets Breast Cancer Victims For Rescission

Reuters | Murray Waas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer, Wellpoint Breast Cancer Rescission, Rescission, Wellpoint Breast Cancer, Rescission Breast Cancer, Wellpoint, Angela Braly, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint Rescission, Politics News

One after another, shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. ... The women ...

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WellPoint/Anthem Shareholders Revolt!

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, Shareholder Rights, Anthem Blue Cross, Angela Braly, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint Rate Hike, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Business News
Rob Stone M.D.

The health insurance industry adds huge administrative costs to our system, not to mention the profits they siphon off. WellPoint is a parasitic middleman that adds no value and increases the cost of health care.

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WellPoint Still Doesn't Get It

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sick for Profit, Brave New Films, Angela Braly, Health Insurance, Wellpoint, Politics News
Leighton Woodhouse

If you want to understand why Americans are so outraged by obscene executive compensation levels in a time of severe economic malaise, consider not just the 51% bump awarded to WellPoint CEO, Angela Braly. Consider the pro forma excuses offered by her company flacks.

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WellPoint CEO Pay Jumps By 51 Percent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: WellPoint CEO, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Angela Braly Pay, WellPoint Angela Braly, Wellpoint, Angela Braly, Angela Braly Compensation, Wellpoint Rate Hike, Business News

NEW YORK — The president and CEO of health insurer WellPoint Inc. received a 51 percent boost in compensation in 2009, mainly on larger grants o...

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30 Million WellPoint Shares Voted: Return to Non-Profit!

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross, Wellpoint, Angela Braly, Shareholder Activist, Proxy Access, Bush Family, Business News
Rob Stone M.D.

The SEC has proposed a new regulation that would allow shareholders to directly nominate corporate board members called "Proxy Access." If this goes into effect this fall as expected, I intend to run for the WellPoint board.

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Shareholders Move to Curb Extravagant Pay for WellPoint CEO

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, CEO Pay, Excessive Pay, William h.t. Bush, Blue Cross, Health Insurance Industry, Angela Braly, Health Insurance Companies, Private Health Insurance, Anthem Blue Cross, Warren Buffett, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Reform, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint, Wellpoint Board, Business News
Ethan Rome

Even by the standards of people who believe that it's okay to do just about anything to make money, WellPoint consistently goes too far. Their turbo-charged greed is out of control, and their lack of any moral compass is shocking.

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WellPoint CEO Angela Braly: "Scrappy" and Looking More Like Sarah Palin Every Day

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Anthem Blue Cross, Angela Braly, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance Companies, Wellpoint, Business News
Rob Stone M.D.

WellPoint's Angela Braly is reminding me more and more of Sarah Palin these days -- another "scrappy" woman who just isn't discouraged by relentless bad press, at least at the hands of "the liberal media."

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Rate Regulation Needed to Restrain Big Insurance Greed

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Health Care for America Now, Anthem Blue Cross, Jan Schakowsky, Dianne Feinstein, Senator-Feinstein, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Angela Braly, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, Wall Street, Wellpoint, Politics News
Ethan Rome

It seems that WellPoint CEO Angela Braly hasn't been happy with BP grabbing all the headlines lately as the most reckless, buck-passing, greedy corporation. So she unwisely decided to pick a fight with the president.

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How Various Corporate CEOs Aim for Celebrity Status

Douglas M. Branson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity CEOS, Female CEOs, Meg Whitman, Angela Braly, Carly Fiorina, Ceos, Wellpoint, Business News
Douglas M. Branson

Many CEOs stay completely in the background. The truly driven will shove all others out of the way, speaking for the corporation in any instance, good or bad.

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The Coming Battle of the Ritz Carlton

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Health Insurance Industry, Hcan, Angela Braly, Cigna, Obama Health Care Plan, Ed Hanway, Nataline Sarkisian, Viet Nam War, Wellpoint, Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross, Karen Ignagni, Ahip, America's Health Insurance Plans, Ritz Carlton, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Insurance executives are not here to negotiate or to shape legislation. They are here to stop health care reform dead in its tracks. They will not be "convinced" to allow health care reform to pass the Congress.

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The Greed Olympics: Banks and Insurers Battle for the Gold

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gregory Curl, Cigna, National Retail Federation, Tom Harkin, Jamie Dimon, Angela Braly, John Stumpf, Humana, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Responsive Politics, Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, America's Health Insurance Plans, Campaign Contributions, Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, American Banking Association, Health Care for America Now, Lobbying, United Health Group, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ina Drew, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, JP Morgan, Wall Street, National Association of Manufacturers, Peter DeFazio, Health Care Reform, Wellpoint, Harry Reid, Banking Reform, Ahip, Business News
Peter Dreier

As the Greed Olympics heats up, it is time for Americans to stop being spectators. The President and Congress shouldn't be the only ones judging the competition and handing out the medals.

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Cigna, Stephen Hemsley, Edward Hanway, Health Care for American Now, Hcan, Angela Braly, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Insurance Industry, Profits, Max Baucus, Wellpoint, Karen Ignagni, Ahip, America's Health Insurance Plans, Michael McCallister, Rose Ann DeMoro, California Nurses Association, Richard Kirsch, Nancy Ann DeParle, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Kent Conrad, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News
Peter Dreier

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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Citizens Confront WellPoint: Poster Child for Health Insurance Reform

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, Cigna, United Health Group, Donald W. Riegle, Hcan, Angela Braly, Marquette University, Barack Obama, Milwaukee, Rallies, Insurance Company, Insurance Industry, Indianapolis, Center for Responsive Politics, Protest, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, Susan Bayh, Health Care for America Now, William-Bush, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Citizens will pay a visit today to WellPoint's Indianapolis headquarters to protest the giant insurance company's abusive practices and its opposition to real health care reform.

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Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, Boards of Directors, Lobbying, President Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, America's Health Care Plans, Susan Bayh, Blue Dog Democrats, Campaign Contributions, Angela Braly, Politics News
Peter Dreier

A few hundred people serve on the boards of the nation's largest health insurance companies. They, the industry they serve, and the politicians who do their bidding, need to be held accountable.

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