Charles Krenshaw

Dr, Charles Krenshaw is a pediatrician active in the cause of universal health care.

DEMS HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR WELLPOINT.... A Reuters report yesterday pointed to an insurance company practice that's so awful, it's almost hard to believe. Reporter Murray Waas explained that WellPoint, an insurance powerhouse, developed a policy of targeting customers with breast cancer, and then launching fraud investigations against them so their coverage could be dropped.The practice is just breathtaking. According to government investigators quoted in the Murray Waas story, the affected customers had no previous problems with their insurer, but WellPoint decided their breast cancer treatment would be expensive. It was easier to rely on "erroneous or flimsy information," and drop the customers with breast cancer before the medical bills started piling up. It's "rescission" at its most offensive.