WellPoint Exec: Medical Costs Driving Increase in Premiums
Brian Sassi -- president of the consumer business unit of WellPoint, Anthem Blue Cross' parent company -- argues that rising medical costs, rather than insurers' profit, are driving up health insurance premiums and that lawmakers should tackle medical costs to effectively overhaul the U.S. health care system.
- "Viewpoints: Insurers Have Few Options on Rates" (Sassi, Sacramento Bee, 3/14).