In Defense of Anthem (CA)

[Crabcake Johnny]

WellPoint Rate Hike: Insurer Blames 'Demographics' For 39% Premium Increase In California

 

[DS4]

The Ca DOI commissioner will do his investigation. Obama's people will write their letters to Anthem. When all is said and done, rates will still go up. In the mean time, large Anthem brokers like myself will get verbally beat up by my clients. Most of my clients are raising there deductibles to get back to a monthly premium they had prior to the increase. I haven't seen one single cancellation because of the increase.

 

[dgoldenz]

The Ca DOI commissioner will do his investigation. Obama's people will write their letters to Anthem. When all is said and done, rates will still go up. In the mean time, large Anthem brokers like myself will get verbally beat up by my clients. Most of my clients are raising there deductibles to get back to a monthly premium they had prior to the increase. I haven't seen one single cancellation because of the increase.

I've had two leads in the past 3 days tell me to not even bother quoting Anthem because they are afraid of a 39% increase on their own policies. Fair enough...

 

[Winter_123]

Most of my clients are raising there deductibles to get back to a monthly premium they had prior to the increase. I haven't seen one single cancellation because of the increase.

Depends on how you view it. You are actually saying that most of your clients are cancelling their policy and replacing it with another one with less coverage.