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Media smears another carrier

Anybody else think it's ironic that as we all raise our CEO effigies in protest of "criminal" rate hikes, public support for health care reform continues to tumble?

By Denis Storey | Updated on February 17, 2010

Looks like yet another carrier has surged ahead as the latest public punching bag. Problem is that once again, the mainstream media hasn’t let the facts get in the way of a good lynching.

Not that the hypocrites on Capitol Hill are about to be outdone, since they’ve decided to call WellPoint execs to Capitol Hill to testify before Rep. Henry Waxman’s version of the McCarthy hearings. But instead of Commie Reds, they’re hoping to root out the Anthem Blues. You know the kind: those evil, money-grubbing, heartless insurance carriers who (gasp) try to make a buck.

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