June 30, 2009

NC Blue Cross – 96.8% Monopoly Insurer

Posted at 12:20 PM by Adam Searing

When NC Blue Cross has 96.8% of the individual private health insurance business in North Carolina, there isn’t any other way to describe that except as a monopoly. Individual health insurance is coverage bought directly by an individual or family and not through an employer.

And Kay Hagan can’t decide if a public health insurance plan option is a good thing for North Carolinians?

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Aftercancer 30 Jun 2009 1:08 pm

How has this been allowed to happen? Does anyone know? This is obscene.

Single Payer Action 1 Jul 2009 4:53 am

yeah and they try to hoodwink you into thinking a $1000 deductible policy is a good deal. Only in America.

The Progressive Pulse – NC Blue Cross - 66.7% market share in small business market 1 Jul 2009 10:54 am

[...] Blue has 96.8% market share in the individual [...]

The Progressive Pulse – Blue Cross continues desperate bid to derail health reform 8 Jul 2009 3:32 pm

[...] of North Carolina is mighty frightened of competition here in North Carolina where it enjoys a near monopoly. The company was even working with Capstrat shills to produce web ads attacking a public health [...]

The Progressive Pulse – Barbara Morales Burke refuses to answer question about Blue Cross market share 11 Nov 2009 12:27 pm

[...] does keep track of market share. And it seems pretty simple really. Burke can find the DOI numbers here and here. Share and [...]

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