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Consumers say "NO" to Anthem regarding proposed rate hike: "Enough is Enough!"

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10-25-06 LSJ Anthem's Rate Request Attacked

10-25-06 PPH Mainers decry proposed Anthem premium increase

10-25-06 BDN Anthem's bid to raise rates stirs users' ire

10-24-06 CAHC Media Release to the Press "Enough is Enough"

Anthem's Profits Table Compiled by CAHC from Anthem's Rule 945 Revised 2005 filing

WGME 13 video text summary

WCSH 6 watch the video or read the story

WABI 5 Health Insurance May Rise for Some

MPBN radio coverage: Click to download the audio report: http://www.mpbn.net/radio/stories.html

CAHC Media Advisory to the Press re: Anthem Rate Hearing 10-24-2006

William Strassberg, M.D., of Bar Harbor Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News 10-18-2006 re: Rate Hike Proposal


September 2006--Anthem requests new rate increase:
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Bangor Daily News: Anthem request new rate increase
Lewiston Sun Journal: Anthem rate hike request prompts sharp reactions
Kennebec Journal: Anthem Rate Increases Critizized
Portland Press Herald: Anthem seeks to raise individual rates
Email from Joe to reporters: Consumers Denounce Anthem's Proposed Rate Hike

Supporting documents to Joe's Email: Anthem's 2005 Rate Filing and UndGain04

WVOM--Maine in the Morning Radio Show on 103.9FM Interviews Mark Ishkanian of Anthem and Joe Ditre of CAHC

Download the mp3 audio file of the interview here: Ishkanian.Ditre Rewind

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