Health insurance corruption in Illinois is really gobsmacking. I thought with Madigan going to jail we were had reached the end of machine politics and corruption. Nope. Open enrollment has shined a bright light on it. I’m not alone in believing when an insurance company gets a license to issue health insurance policies in a state they have to issue them in every square inch of the state.
Nope.
This is corruption that is trying to thwart Obama Care. Lots of people are being screwed by the crooked politicians down state. No county should have the ability to block a state licensed insurer and a mandatory requirement of getting a license must be to issue a policy in every square inch of the state.
Nope.
Consider Kankakee County
Keyed in my doctor, drugs, and pharmacy. 71 policies. Many of which cover all. A few would screw me on Jardiance and another few my doctor doesn’t take.
You will note Cigna has three very reasonably priced gold plans.
Cigna even has a gold plan that is cheaper than BlueCross Blueshield’s cheapest bronze plan. In fact there are about half a dozen vendors. Yes, this blog has written about health insurance before.
Woe Be to Bastard in Ford County
Health insurance corruption becomes self evident for the poor bastards who live in one county and get all of their medical services from a different county. In Ford, there is exactly one vendor, BlueCross BlueShield. I just have to say I’m in Kankakee county. I don’t have to move. Everything I use is there. A gold plan is a thousand dollars per month cheaper.
Hell, if I lie and say I’m in Kankakee county, a gold Cigna plan is cheaper than any of these, yet has more coverage.
I guess BlueCross BlueShield has to recoup that $2.67 billion settlement somehow. How a company could pay a settlement that large and still have a license I will never know.
More importantly, how come insurance companies aren’t forced via license to issue insurance policies across every square inch of the state?
That has got to be tied to some serious corruption. It allows the children of a lesser god living in the not financially affluent counties to be raped.
