SiCKO

SiCKO.

“Sicko” is not a movie about the 50 million Americans walking around without health insurance. Sicko is a movie about the other 250 million of us who have insurance, but are being taken advantage of.

“Sicko” investigates the United States health care system with a focus on for-profit health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The film contrasts the U.S. system with Canada’s single player system and other universal healthcare systems, including those in France, England and Cuba.

Obama rebuffs McCain: ‘The election is over,B**ch!

 Sen. John McCain angrily told President Obama to “start over”  citing  his health care and federal deficit plans need to be re- negotiated.  Obama  simply said ” John,The U.S. federal debt has not been paid off since the days of Andrew Jackson. Only the interest gets paid, while the principal portion continues to grow. I think you and your party would agree that

Foreclosures

While we talk of recovery, the personal pain of poverty is all around us. Some seeds of today’s troubles were sown by the responses – or lack of them – to the financial crises. January represented the 11th straight month of more than 300,000 properties receiving foreclosure filings in the country, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac, which is predicting a record 3 million foreclosures this year.  Some lawmakers have profited from investments in companies that have received federal bailouts; dozens of lawmakers are invested in Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gained about $9.2 million. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) gained about $3 million, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) had an estimated $2.6 million gain, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) gained about $2.8 million. I bet that no one on this list home is in foreclosure!

WellPoint insurance hike becomes target for Obama

To President Barack Obama, however, it’s Exhibit A in his campaign to revive the health care overhaul.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who received the company’s explanation in a letter Thursday, said “it remains difficult to understand” how premium increases of that size by can be justified when WellPoint Inc. reported a $2.7 billion profit in the last quarter of 2009.

Majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., went further. In a speech on the Senate floor, he attacked WellPoint and other “greedy insurance companies that care more about profits than people.”

“They get rich while people who already can barely afford their coverage lose their coverage altogether,” Reid said.

WELLPOINT INC. (RT-BATS: WLP) Last Trade: 60.52

KEY EXECUTIVES at Wellpoint insurance Pay Exercised Ms. Angela F. Braly , 48 Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Exec. Committee $ 1.21M $ 0 Mr. Wayne S. Deveydt , 40 Chief Financial Officer, Chief Staff Officer, Exec. VP and Head of Investor Relations $ 676.00K $ 0 Mr. Ken R. Goulet , 50 Exec. VP, Chief Exec. Officer of Commercial Bus. Unit and Pres of Commercial Bus. Unit $ 676.00K $ 218.00K Ms. Dijuana K. Lewis , 51 Exec. VP, Chief Exec. Officer of Comprehensive Health Solutions Bus. Unit and Pres of Comprehensive Health Solutions Bus. Unit $ 651.00K $ 0 Mr. Bradley M. Fluegel , 49 Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer and Exec. VP $ 539.00K

INSIDER TRANSACTIONS REPORTED

Date Insider Shares Type Transaction Value* 9-Feb-10 MAYS WILLIAM G Director 50,000 Direct Option Exercise at $35.85 – $44.18 per share. N/A 9-Feb-10 MAYS WILLIAM G Director 31,200 Direct Sale at $60.97 per share. $1,902,264 9-Feb-10 BUSH WILLIAM H T Director 3,056 Direct Option Exercise at $6.34 per share. $19,375 9-Feb-10 BUSH WILLIAM H T Director 3,056 Direct Sale at $61.12 – $61.13 per share. $187,0002 5-Feb-10 BURKE SHEILA P Director 9,920 Direct Option Exercise at $25.61 per share. $254,051 5-Feb-10 BURKE SHEILA P Director 9,920 Direct Sale at $62 per share. $615,040 4-Feb-10 RIEGLE DONALD W JR Director 5,000 Direct Option Exercise at $44.18 per share. $220,900 4-Feb-10 RIEGLE DONALD W JR Director 5,000 Direct Sale at $63.60 per share. $318,000 3-Feb-10 BEER LORI A Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 SASSI BRIAN A Officer 26,137 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 MILLER CYNTHIA S Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 CANNON JOHN Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 LEWIS DIJUANA K Officer 26,137 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 FLUEGEL BRADLEY M Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 GOULET KENNETH R Officer 31,366 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 MILLER MARTIN L Officer 8,625 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 BRALY ANGELA F Officer 97,233 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 DEVEYDT WAYNE S Officer 26,137 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 BROWN RANDAL L Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 3-Feb-10 NUSSBAUM SAMUEL R MD Officer 20,910 Direct Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share. N/A 20-Jan-10 GLASSCOCK LARRY C Director 18,333 Direct Option Exercise at $44.18 per share. $809,951 20-Jan-10 GLASSCOCK LARRY C Director 18,333 Direct Automatic Sale at $67.62 – $69.56 per share. $1,257,0002 7-Jan-10 GLASSCOCK LARRY C Director 18,333 Direct Option Exercise at $44.18 per share. $809,951 7-Jan-10 GLASSCOCK LARRY C Director 18,333 Direct Automatic Sale at $62.33 – $63.66 per share. $1,155,0002 4-Jan-10 CANNON JOHN Officer 601 Direct Disposition (Non Open Market) at $59.75 per share. $35,909