Huffington Post/AP on The Huffington Post - Feburary 11, 2010
California's largest for-profit health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross, is expected to raise premiums by 30 to 39 percent on an unknown number of its 800,000 members. The announcement isn't sitting well with a wide range of people -- from government officials to Anthem members. -- Read on
by Zaid Jilani on ThinkProgress.org - November 11, 2009
The House is nearing a vote on health care legislation that is expected to be very close. At this critical juncture, a former Blue Cross Blue Shield spokesperson is doing what he can to help pass reform. -- Read on
Sick for Profit, a documentary by Robert Greenwald, contrasts the salaries of insurance company CEOs with the experiences of policyholders denied medical claims. -- Listen
by Elaine Thompson on Associated Press - Sept 15, 2009
Protesters chant during a rally by several hundred caregivers for seniors and people with disabilities where they called for inclusion of a public option in health care, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, in Seattle. The caregivers, members of SEIU Healthcare 775NW, staged the rally to coincide with the release of a video organizers say that contrasts the lifestyles of executives of insurance company CIGNA with denial of care to its policyholders. Protesters called for an end to CIGNA's opposition to a public option in health care reform. -- Read on
Today Brave New Films released their second installment in the Sick For Profit series, taking a look at the corrupt practices of CIGNA, denying care to their customers while their lead executives rake in millions and lead lavish lifestyles. Meet Jo Joshua Godfrey. She had cancer without knowing for over a year. -- Read on
In a cover story for BusinessWeek earlier this month, reporters Chad Terhune and Keith Epstein argue UnitedHealth and other insurers maneuvered to shape healthcare reform for their own benefit. -- Read on
Robert Greenwald is a successful director in television and film with many nominations and awards under his belt. Around five years ago, he turned to political documentaries with his exposé on Fox News called Outfoxed; Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. -- Read the full interview
by Arthur Delaney on The Huffington Post - August 6, 2009
A new video puts denied health insurance claims on United Health Care CEO Stephen Hemsley's doorstep. The video, made by Brave News Films' Robert Greenwald, intercuts stories of people suffering because of denied claims with images Hemsley's fancy homes... -- Read on
Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films, which has produced hard-hitting documentaries like "Outfoxed," "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price," and the newly released "Rethink Afghanistan," has started a campaign to publicize health insurance industry profits and to counter the industry's campaign against reform... -- Read on
by Kathleen Blanchard on The Examiner - August 10, 2009
Robert Greenwald’s newest production, Sick for Profit, takes a hard look at the need for health insurance reform. His website, and new video, titled “Sick for Profit”, includes first hand testimonials from patients denied treatment from insurance companies. -- Read on
As Congress breaks for recess and the health insurance industry prepares to blitz the American public with attack ads on health care reform, Brave New Films kicks off its new 'Sick for Profit' online campaign at http://sickforprofit.com. -- Read on
Teaming with the liberal Brave New Films, a former Blue Cross pitchman is now pitching against Blue Cross. Andy Cobb, who once tried to sell Floridians on a Blue Cross health insurance plan, says he's fed up with the industry. -- Read on
Andy Cobb has had enough. A former pitchman for BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida, Cobb is breaking with the firm and speaking out in favor of health care reform and a public health insurance option. "This is the time when Americans have to choose which side we're on," Cobb told HuffPost, quoting Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). "Is it the insurance companies or the American people?" -- Read on
by Maria Newman at the New York Times - Oct 21, 2009
MoveOn.org has created a new ad in support of the public option that features a fit Heather Graham in running clothes, sprinting against overindulgent insurance company representatives. -- Read on
See, this is what Republicans are protecting when they oppose healthcare reform. Speaking of which, more than 400 caregivers of seniors and people with disabilities will be rallying this afternoon outside Cigna’s downtown Seattle office, demanding that Cigna end its opposition to a public option. Demonstrators will meet at City Hall Plaza, 600 4th AVE, and then march to Cigna’s offices at 700 5th AVE. -- Read on
CIGNA insurance subscriber Jo Joshua Godfrey was having problems breathing. In over two years she visited her "in-network” Cigna medical providers more than a dozen times, never finding relief from her symptoms. The physicians assistants that she saw, not doctors, told her she had bronchitis and sent her home with prescriptions that didn't help. -- Read on
by Chris Thomas on Public News Service - Sept 15, 2009
One way to get your message across about health care reform is to deliver it in person to the insurance company that covers you. Almost 500 people gathered at the CIGNA insurance office in Seattle on Monday afternoon to do that. -- Read on
by Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton on Roll Call - Sept 3, 2009
Well, looks like the debate over that public option thing is over. "M*A*S*H" actor Mike Farrell — who isn’t a doctor, but played one on TV — weighs in on the health care battle in new television advertisements, arguing that “real health care reform ... will not happen without the public option.” -- Read on
As House Democrats prepare to vote on their version of a healthcare reform bill this weekend, a man who used to be the face of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida decided he’s had enough with the way the health insurance industry is impeding reform. -- Watch
Social movements are messy, so it is often difficult to know, in the midst of the battle, which side is winning. But in the past month, momentum on healthcare reform has unmistakably shifted as liberals and progressives have taken to the streets, the Internet, the airwaves and the halls of Congress to push for a bold public option, strong regulations on insurance abuses and a progressive tax plan to finance reform. -- Read on
by Arthur Delaney on Huffington Post - October 5, 2009
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine, a subsidiary of WellPoint, the nation's largest insurer, wanted the state to approve an average rate hike of 18.5 percent on its policyholders. Maine rejected the increase and now the insurer is fighting for the hike in court. -- Read on
by Press Release on Enewspf and CommonDreams.org - Sept 15, 2009
On the heels of President Obama's speech on health care reform, Brave New Films and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare 775NW stage a protest on CIGNA's doorsteps. SEIU's action follows the launch of Brave New Films' second installment of Sick For Profit at http://sickforprofit.com. Following the viral first installment which had over 200,000 views, this installment of Sick For Profit contrasts CIGNA executives' lavish lifestyles with CIGNA's systematic denial of care to its policyholders. -- Read on
by Kadie on Democratic Underground - Sept 15, 2009
Protesters chant during a rally by several hundred caregivers for seniors and people with disabilities where they called for inclusion of a public option in health care, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, in Seattle. The caregivers, members of SEIU Healthcare 775NW, staged the rally to coincide with the release of a video organizers say that contrasts the lifestyles of executives of insurance company CIGNA with denial of care to its policyholders. Protesters called for an end to CIGNA's opposition to a public option in health care reform. -- Read on
by Stephanie Condon on CBSNews.com - August 14, 2009
The White House and other Democrats are increasingly taking aim at the insurance industry to promote health care reform, but one Democratic congressman reportedly says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went too far when she referred to the industry as "villains." -- Read on
by Dr. Shirley Curtis-Ference at TheLedger - August 14, 2009
Obscene, but true: CEOs of heath insurance companies can earn more than $100,000 per hour - $800,000 a day - and still reject their clients' legitimate claims for health care.-- Read on
Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films have a simple but compelling health care argument: Compare the obscene earnings of one insurance CEO to the comparatively bargain claims his company has refused to honor. -- Read on
The disparity in wealth in this country is matched only by the disparity in health coverage. Neither come anywhere close to fair, and both leave a huge number of Americans poor and getting poorer, sick and getting sicker. -- Read on
by Jason Rosenbaum on Health Care for America Now! - August 6, 2009
Meet Stephen Hemsley. He's the CEO of UnitedHealth. In 2007, he earned $13.2 million dollars. His unexercised stock options total three-quarters of a billion dollars. That's right - billion. -- Read on
Information in Sick For Profit videos regarding compensation is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, salary, investments, benefits, and other factors. Accordingly, compensation figures are subject to change at any time for any number of reasons, including market activity and reporting.
