Michael Madrigal

DEMS HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR WELLPOINT.... A Reuters report yesterday pointed to an insurance company practice so awful, it's hard to believe. Reporter Murray Waas explained that WellPoint, an insurance powerhouse, apparently developed a policy of targeting women with breast cancer, and then launching fraud investigations against them so their coverage could be dropped.

The practice is just breathtaking. According to the Murray Waas story, WellPoint decided their breast cancer treatment would be expensive. It was easier to investigate them, rely on "erroneous or flimsy information," and drop the customers before the medical bills started piling up.

Obama administration officials contacted WellPoint about this today, and White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer posted this item:

Just yesterday, we read with great alarm a news report that WellPoint, one of the country's largest health insurers, is routinely dropping coverage for women that are diagnosed with breast cancer.