Robert W. Siewert

Robert W. Seiwert is a public relations strategist who worked to get the Affordability Act passed.

On the eve of the historic heatlh reform vote in Congress, Reuters published a story by Murray Waas, detailing how the insurance company, Assurant, had a "company policy of targeting policyholders with HIV" for cancelation of their policies once they were diagnosed. The story disclosed: "A computer program and algorithm designed by Assurant targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with HIV...."

After passage of the health reform bill, Reuters followed up, with another story by Murray Waas disclosing that WellPoint, had similarly targeted policyholders with breast cancer, shortly after their diagnoses."