Kyle Davis

Kyle Davis is a health care practitioner who has been working towards the goal of universal health care and preventing the exclusion of those who need care the most-- but are too often denied.

Is it too late for WellPoint? A new report says the insurance giant and its subsidiaries have been deliberately targeting policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer to cancel their policies.

According to Reuters, WellPoint, “used a computer algorithm that automatically targeted them and every other policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer-- as the company searched for some pretext to drop their policies.”

WellPoint has been singled out before by Congress for being a major practicer of “recission,” the process of weeding out policyholders after being diagnosed with a medical condition that could cost the insurer a significant amount of money.