Political Add-on to Diana's rant....
Ms. Cal Culator
on 8/22/11 4:15 am - Tuvalu
on 8/22/11 4:15 am - Tuvalu
If you need and want wls and live in a state where the Insurance Companies have bought and paid for "your" elected representatives and you HAVE no state agency with oversight on Insurance Companies, go change your registration and stop voting against your own needs.
Duh.
(Or buy into the TeaParty "too much government" crap and stop whining about what your insurance company won't do for you.)
Political?? Do you want to get POLITICAL???
Check out who Governor Moonbeam appointed as head and deputy of the DMHC 11 days ago:
8-11-2011
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Brent Barnhart, 68, of Danville, has been appointed director of the Department of Managed Health Care. Barnhart was senior counsel at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan from 1996 to 2009 and a policy committee consultant to the California State Assembly from 1993 to 1996. He was the legislative affairs director at Blue Cross of California from 1991 to 1993 and senior attorney and legislative advocate from 1983 to 1987. Barnhart served as counsel and secretary at the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies from 1987 to 1991 and was the California legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1975 to 1983. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $142,965. Barnhart is registered decline-to-state.
Shelley Rouillard, 55, of Sacramento has been appointed chief deputy director of the Department of Managed Health Care. Rouillard has served as deputy director of the Benefits and Quality Monitoring Division at the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board since 2007. She was program director at the Health Rights Hotline for Legal Services of Northern California from 2006 to 2007 and from 1996 to 2004. Rouillard was chief of health policy at the Office of Health Policy and Plan Administration at the California Public Employee Retirement System in 2005. She was the principal at Rouillard Consulting from 2001 to 2004 and served as director of Network Operations at HealthCare Compare Corporation from 1991 to 1996. Rouillard was a legislative advocate at the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation from 1987 to 1991. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $125,000. Rouillard is a Democrat.
He appointed INSURANCE COMPANY INSIDERS TO THE DMHC!!
Check out who Governor Moonbeam appointed as head and deputy of the DMHC 11 days ago:
8-11-2011
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Brent Barnhart, 68, of Danville, has been appointed director of the Department of Managed Health Care. Barnhart was senior counsel at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan from 1996 to 2009 and a policy committee consultant to the California State Assembly from 1993 to 1996. He was the legislative affairs director at Blue Cross of California from 1991 to 1993 and senior attorney and legislative advocate from 1983 to 1987. Barnhart served as counsel and secretary at the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies from 1987 to 1991 and was the California legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1975 to 1983. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $142,965. Barnhart is registered decline-to-state.
Shelley Rouillard, 55, of Sacramento has been appointed chief deputy director of the Department of Managed Health Care. Rouillard has served as deputy director of the Benefits and Quality Monitoring Division at the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board since 2007. She was program director at the Health Rights Hotline for Legal Services of Northern California from 2006 to 2007 and from 1996 to 2004. Rouillard was chief of health policy at the Office of Health Policy and Plan Administration at the California Public Employee Retirement System in 2005. She was the principal at Rouillard Consulting from 2001 to 2004 and served as director of Network Operations at HealthCare Compare Corporation from 1991 to 1996. Rouillard was a legislative advocate at the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation from 1987 to 1991. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $125,000. Rouillard is a Democrat.
He appointed INSURANCE COMPANY INSIDERS TO THE DMHC!!
What a ****ty thing to do but I am not surprised in the least. It most likely would have happened if Whitman were in office instead of Brown. The insurance companies probably made sure to be very generous with their campaign contributions for both candidates, I think it is commonly called "hedging your bets".
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