If you think Pete Buttigieg worked to help an ailing MI Blue Cross Blue Shield cut costs to remain viable, this presentation by the Michigan Attorney Generals office in 2007 is really gonna blow your mind. (BTW 2007 is when #MayorPete had that BCBS gig.)
michigan.gov/documents/ag/B…
michigan.gov/documents/ag/B…
Interestingly enough, 2007 was also the year Blue Cross Blue Shield tried to ram through a package of bills via political puppets that looked more like a giant Christmas present to themselves than legislation for the people.
advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/…
advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/…
BTW this is the same "non-profit" MI BCBS that the MI Attorney General & the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against. Suit was dropped when legislation was passed that barred them from their contested practices.
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
I take all of this personally because this is the insurance company that my employer choose for me. It's galling that they are considered non profit and benefit so abundantly from that status.
@threadreaderapp unroll please.
