Kudos go to Rep. Pricey Harrison for leading the charge and to the 19 other legislators who asked for an investigation. From this morning AP wire it is clear that the Attorney General is pursuing the investigation.
Kudos go to Rep. Pricey Harrison for leading the charge and to the 19 other legislators who asked for an investigation. From this morning AP wire it is clear that the Attorney General is pursuing the investigation.
20 lawmakers have sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper and Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin asking for an investigation into Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (BCBS) postcard campaign to get people to contact Sen. Kay Hagan to oppose the public option.
Apparently these 20 feel BCBS’s actions are at [...]
After 20 lawmakers filed a complaint about the anti-health reform campaign of Blue Cross, Gary Robertson of AP reported this:
The state Attorney General’s office confirmed Tuesday it was investigating North Carolina’s largest health insurer for prerecorded calls that started late last month. Based on a preliminary review, some calls [...]

A group of 20 lawmakers today released a letter to the Attorney General and the Insurance Commissioner calling for an investigation into the anti-health reform campaign of Blue Cross.
While sending out misleading fliers and making inflammatory robo-calls Blue Cross potentially violated several state [...]
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Rep. Pricey Harrison asking N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper to investigate Blue Cross Blue Shield for its political-style activities. Now 20 lawmakers are asking the AG if the insurer stepped over the line in advocating against a federal health care bill. In addition to [...]
President Barack Obama has nominated North Carolina’s top consumer advocate for a position on the Federal Trade Commission.
Julie Brill became the senior deputy attorney general and chief of consumer protection and antitrust for the N.C. Department of Justice in February. Before that role, she spent 20 years in [...]