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Released: January 06, 2011
Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes of up to 59%
Source: Duke Helfand, L.A.Times (Free Registration)
Another big California health insurer has stunned individual policyholders with huge rate increases — this time it’s Blue Shield of California seeking cumulative hikes of as much as 59% for tens of thousands of customers March 1.
Blue Shield’s action comes less than a year after Anthem Blue Cross tried and failed to raise rates as much as 39% for about 700,000 California customers.
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