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Scare Email Sent By Phillips Health Group In Conjunction With Blue Cross Blue Sheild
I run a business in Kansas City. I have pasted below an email that I received from our health insurance broker, Phillips Health Group, in some form of conjunction with Blue Cross Blue Sheild. This email is obviously politically charged, politically timed, and designed to scare small business people across the country from voting for Obama this fall. The email does have a confidentially notice at the bottom of the email, however they can sue our company into the ground if they wish as this is exactly the kind of scare tactic that we will not allow to go unreported. People need to be informed of this scare tactic by the health care industry. Here is the email below in its entirety (except I have removed our personal brokers name and contact information so she is not personally attacked/harrassed):
From: "Phillips Agency" <agents@phillipshealthgroup.com>
Date: October 1, 2012, 3:19:09 PM CDT
To: <agents@phillipshealthgroup.com>
Subject: ***URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED – PLEASE READ***
***URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED – PLEASE READ***
Health Care Reform will be knocking on our doors as of 1/1/2014. Health insurance rates and minimum deductibles of health care plans will change for everyone, except for those employers with grandfathered plans.
Blue Cross Blue Shield is offering you an opportunity to know exactly what you will pay in premiums for 12/1/2012 through 12/1/2014. Providing you with security in knowing exactly what your health care costs will be for the next 2 years.
The offer they are extending, which must be accepted by October 26th, 2012, is to change your renewal date to December 1, 2012 and accept an increase NOW of 8.9% on 12/1/2012 through 12/1/2013. Then from 12/1/2013 through 12/1/2014 you will be offered an increase of 9.9%.
This decision is a mathematical equation of paying for most employers, more money and an educated guess, based upon what the future holds for the health of your employees, what your renewal increase will be and a crystal ball to determine what the election results hold. Will government funding be available to support the Affordable Health Care Act?
Phillips Agency has spent considerable time and has developed a mathematical model. If you would like a projection, please provide us with your total medical premium only, minus dental and life. Please email or call with any questions, we are here to help.
Sincerely,
Phillips Agency
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to who they are addressed. This communication represents the originator's personal views and opinions, which do not necessarily reflect those of Phillips Agency, Inc. If you are not the original recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify Phillips Agency at agents@phillipshealthgroup.com
From: "Phillips Agency" <agents@phillipshealthgroup.com>
Date: October 1, 2012, 3:19:09 PM CDT
To: <agents@phillipshealthgroup.com>
Subject: ***URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED – PLEASE READ***
***URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED – PLEASE READ***
Health Care Reform will be knocking on our doors as of 1/1/2014. Health insurance rates and minimum deductibles of health care plans will change for everyone, except for those employers with grandfathered plans.
Blue Cross Blue Shield is offering you an opportunity to know exactly what you will pay in premiums for 12/1/2012 through 12/1/2014. Providing you with security in knowing exactly what your health care costs will be for the next 2 years.
The offer they are extending, which must be accepted by October 26th, 2012, is to change your renewal date to December 1, 2012 and accept an increase NOW of 8.9% on 12/1/2012 through 12/1/2013. Then from 12/1/2013 through 12/1/2014 you will be offered an increase of 9.9%.
This decision is a mathematical equation of paying for most employers, more money and an educated guess, based upon what the future holds for the health of your employees, what your renewal increase will be and a crystal ball to determine what the election results hold. Will government funding be available to support the Affordable Health Care Act?
Phillips Agency has spent considerable time and has developed a mathematical model. If you would like a projection, please provide us with your total medical premium only, minus dental and life. Please email or call with any questions, we are here to help.
Sincerely,
Phillips Agency
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to who they are addressed. This communication represents the originator's personal views and opinions, which do not necessarily reflect those of Phillips Agency, Inc. If you are not the original recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify Phillips Agency at agents@phillipshealthgroup.com
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