Matthew Syndergaard

Miles Syndergaard is a former regulator with the Department of Health and Human Services who is today involved in the fight to bring universal health care to Americans.

Federal investigators have revealed that the largest health insurance company in the country, WellPoint, is using a computer program to target women with breast cancer. Why? To drop their coverage. Murray Waas, a well-respected investigational journalist, states WellPoint “specifically targeted women with breast cancer for aggressive investigation with the intent to cancel their policies.” Last month, Waas reported that AIDS patients were being similarly targeted for rescission. That practice has been going on since at least 2002, as is well-evidenced by the unlawful cancellation and subsequent cover-up in the Jerome Mitchell case. But reform provisions never made it to the final bill that was signed. Reuters and Murray Waas claim that Wellpoint lobbyists quashed reforms.