Obama: Status quo on health is good for insurance companies, bad for America

Posted by Ellis on February 20, 2010 at 4:51 pm

In his weekly radio address, President Obama used Anthem Blue Cross of California’s proposed rate hikes to make that the point that the U.S. can no longer afford the status quo on healthcare. He urged members of both parties who will attend next week’s health care summit to come together to develop workable ideas rather than use the occasion for “political theatre.”