Jim Inglis

Jim Inglis is a commenter and commentator for dailykos.com and talkleft.com

May I recommend that the Republican Party run on a promise to repeal the recently passed healthcare reform, what with its provisions cracking down on rescission and denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions:

They had no idea that WellPoint was using a computer algorithm that automatically targeted every policyholder diagnosed with breast cancer.

But WellPoint also has specifically targeted women with breast cancer for investigation to cancel their policies, federal investigators told Reuters. They had no idea that WellPoint was using a computer algorithm that automatically targeted them and every other policyholder recently diagnosed with breast cancer. WellPoint targeted women with breast cancer for investigation to cancel their policies, federal investigators told Reuters' Murray Waas. Snark aside, kudos to Murray Waas for covering these stories (see, also, Murray Waas' coverage of a similar scandal involving Assurant and its systematic rescission of HIV-positive customers).