Blue Cross sent me a postage-prepaid postcard to send to my Senator opposing a Public Option (PICS)

So I'm using Blue Cross's postage to send MY message. Thanks Blue Cross for the postage. (If you get one, please consider doing the same.)

MediCare supplemental.
Went with Mutual of Omaha.
Screw UHC.

Years ago a local publisher stiffed a bunch of writers on payments. Turned out he was a professional con man, constantly starting new publications and not paying writers. He didn't own a thing, leased all his office supplies even so there was no way to collect a judgment.

One writer, however, got revenge. Since he also did photographer, he had been given the publisher's Federal Express account number. So he mailed the publisher a box of bricks, carefully weighed to equal the amount he was owed, and enclosed a note that said "Now you know what it feels like to get ripped off for $365!"

The PO will not deliver it and the permit holder won't be charged for it. All you're doing is placing an extra burden on the PO employees. Not only that, you could be charged with abuse of the mails.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/566/can-i-mail...

We need the public option .

You don't think they raise premiums in order to keep up with costs, do you? That is just a side issue. Profit is motive #1.

they need to know how you feel and what you think of their outreach (and that you're Senator now knows how you feel too).

save a bit of change at the same time!

Why am I not surprised?

and I've never been sick a day in my life (except a cold or flu, never in the hospital a day except when I was born). Extortion is what it is. Screw them.

but i doubt their executives are.

(which is of course, BS) but it is a non-profit.

Since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, organizations administering Blue Cross Blue Shield plans lost their full tax-exempt status. They became 501(m) organizations, subject to federal taxation but entitled to "special tax benefits."<6>. Some plans are still considered not-for-profit at the state level.

So at the state level some are... but their owners are still king.

which is nice as it subjects it to overview by the Attorney General's office.

I wonder if Hagan's office is aware of this letter and would just stack yours in an opened pile of them to take a count?

Perhaps writing something across the bottom front like "I support gov't health care".

Just a thought. :hi:

Especially the edges so it is clear there is something wrong with the stack
Red tint to represent http://namesofthedead.com / ?

thinking it is another piece of mail opposing.

why bother opening it when they "know" what's inside.

as does attitude. And with that, I'll bid you good day.

Is that even legal?

This looks like Countdown material to me.

of those that will investigate them doing this in the first place.

Which looks like code for "the cost of buying Congress".

Heaven help these people if we ever get it together to withhold donations and taxes. They'd have to go back to working for us.

Once they get just a few of these form letters, the Senate office staff will recognize it by envelope and put it in a pile labeled "Blue Cross." They'll look at it because they want to see if you put in a readable name and address for their database, but as the process will be semi-industrial there's no guarantee the staff will notice that you edited the letter. At the end of the process they'll tell the Senator how many they got of the various types of letters.

according the message.

That will make the message abundantly clear.

This is BRM (business reply mail). See the postmark? BCBS has agreed to pay the postage. They assume it will cost them the price of a first-class stamp. However, they still have to pay it in the end.

So, everyone who gets these should tape the reply envelope to something heavy and worthless. A brick is perfect, but a good-sized rock will do in a pinch. If everyone did this, those little reply envelopes would cost BCBS thousands of dollars, or more, in the end. The USPS will still sort it and send it (and charge them for the weight of the mailing!), and we will get to send a strong message.

Every dollar BCBS spent on these could have been spent on a patient, but they don't want to spend money on the patients they insure. Since they're so keen on spending money in places where they shouldn't be spending money, I think we all should take it upon themselves to force them into paying through the nose for this.

I don't know if it will work, but I love it!

According to rule 917.243(b) in the Domestic Mail Manual, when a business reply card is "improperly used as a label"--e.g., when it's affixed to a brick--the item so labeled may be treated as "waste." That means the post office can heave it into the trash without further ado.

If you take the time to read through and look at the pix, it's 1. not a letter but a postcard and 2.clearly makred on front and back in big red letters I SUPPORT PUBLIC OPTION.

OP is brilliantly letting BCBS spend their money pushing OP's point.

GREAT JOB!!!!! :hi:

& if people consistently did the same thing, it would be more obvious. So this thread is an example of why Internet discussion boards can generate effective action.

Brilliant.

Someone should make an ad based on this. As health insurance CEOs' compensation scrolls across the screen: "Blue Cross fears real competition in the marketplace. Why don't they want you to have a real choice in healthcare options? They and the other insurance corporations want to keep premiums high and be the ones to decide what healthcare you can have. Tell Congress you want real consumer choice and real competition. Support the public health care option and tell those insurance executives that you don't want to pay for their multimillion dollar lifestyles anymore."

You should send it to one of the pro-reform NP's.

:applause:

propaganda AND pay for the postage to send it to your representative. No conflict of interest there! :crazy:

Do they also prepay the postage on the envelopes they send with your bills? I'm sure not, and I'm sure they justify that as a cost-savings to you, their loyal insured person.

Good on you for editing the letter and sharing it with us! :hi:

use their own pre-paid shit against them. bravo. k&r.

Bill Moyers. Also send them to your local newspaper. Shame these criminals who prey on the sick.

Sen Hagan gets it as emended! BCBS/NC are some sunsabitches, with whom I've got several bones to pick. This little bit of chutzpah on their part will be well-paid.

And :hi:

neighbor.

But I sure the hell do!

BTW- my wife did this last week. Have you been seeing my wife behind my back, Lex?

night--but you were there!

or something to that effect.

The private sector is not inherently bad. It's bad when big profits are associated with systematic failure to make sick Americans whole again.

Up to you of course.

Is that even legal?
shouldn't you send them a bill for lobbying?

THEY pay the postage, regardless, and we at the USPS charge by weight, even for BRM cards.

I'm not suggesting this to help the USPS make money (full disclosure- I'm a USPS employee), I'm suggesting this to cost BCBS money. If they want to spend it on this rather than on their insured customers, then we should take it upon ourselves to make them pay and pay and pay. They handed everyone who got these a blank check. It's up to us to write in a few zeroes.

I thought that was an urban legend or something.
If true, so good to know.

edit for typo.

In order to meat the standards for that type of prepaid postage, it has to be machine readable. If it doesn't go through the machine, it doesn't go to the destination.

The BCBS executives, or the people covered by their insurance?

Specifically, is it legal for BC/BS to sue their business postal permit to have mail sent to a Senator?

And if the Senator uses that mail for any political activity, is that not tax payer funded ( indirectly)???

or BC? Because that would be poetic justice if it would cost BC extra to insure the brick.

You might also post a letter to newspaper editors urging them to let their readers know about the brick trick.

This won't work and you could get in trouble. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

I did the same with Republican propaganda sent to me during the campaign, especially the grossest distortions (the whole Ayers thing, the 'promoting sex education for kindergartners' thing, etc. against President Obama.) I didn't have free postage (good on you!) but sent the stuff back to the state Republican party who was mailing it out, similarly marked up as you have done.

PS~ I often do this if there is an enormous amount of magazine subscription cardsfluttering out of magazines. I don't mind attached cards, and I don't mind a couple of these loose ones, but when it gets excessive, I just mail them postage paid back to them. It could be my imagination, but I do think fewer and fewer of these cards are in magazines these days...

i certainly hope Sen Hagan gets a shitload just like it.

Thanks for the pics and the great idea.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yuna-shin/bluecross-blues...

I posted a link to this page. It is in moderation

I hope lots more folks will edit their card and send it in.

nice way to change the message!!

Under the "Business Reply Mail" box it says "Postage Will be Paid by Addressee".

I thought that the "addressee" was the person or entity that the letter is addressed to.

Merriam Webster seems to confirm this.

Main Entry: ad·dress·ee
Pronunciation: \ˌa-ˌdre-ˈsē, ə-\
Function: noun
Date: 1810

: one to whom something is addressed

So is Senator Hagan's office paying to receive these? :shrug:

and if so, was this done in cooperation with her office?

I'm passing this on to someone with a huge democratic mailing list for the whole state.

YES

Love that Blue Cross is picking up the tab for your message!

Sonia

Expect a cease and desist letter from the powerful Sharpie lobby.

How many uninformed individuals will simply sign it and mail it because Blue Cross told them to?

I LOVE your edits and additions!

This should be on Kos too.

BC/BS in wisconsin I move to Iowa and Wellmark is BC/BS, but they used the name change to sock it to me for pre existing in 2001. We've needed a health overhall for a loooooong time

I have one exactly like that laying around in my bedroom. I'll make the same changes you did and send it in : )

Kudos to you!!

I will definitely do the same, I hope I get one :evilgrin:

You punked 'em good! :applause:

This is a much better way to use it.

Using their own strategy against them. :thumbsup:

Check the address. Its probably going to BCBS (and then they'd relay it). So, you're not likely to have the effect of sticking it to them; the card will just go into the trash. But you might want to write a letter toe the editor of a local newspaper about this.

Being not from North Carolina (and expecting insurance company shenanigans), I would have my doubts of the validity of the address. The use of the business reply mail permit is still suspect.

* Contact Senator Hagan
* Toll Free: 1-877-852-9462

Office Locations

*
WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6342
Fax: 202-228-2563
*
GREENSBORO OFFICE – STATE HEADQUARTERS
701 Green Valley Rd; Suite 201
Greensboro, NC 27408
Phone: 336-333-5311
Fax: 336-333-5331
*
RALEIGH OFFICE
310 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-856-4630
Fax: 919-856-4053

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

If you go here: http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/5415
and click on the "contact" tab, you'll see that that is the address of her Greensboro office.

Thanks for posting this. We live in NC, too. Haven't received this (yet) and if we do, we will do as you did. It shows how far they are willing to promote their "interests". To add salt to the injury, they are using OUR money to do this! And this is from a "non-profit" organization....heh heh!

If a Congresscritter's office is swamped with these, they may flip them into a pile without even noticing anything you've written on them and think it's against the public option.

I would instead write a genuine letter. That gets opened and attention, since it obviously took a lot more time than postcard games.

She's a Democrat. I sure hope that helps.

Good job, Lex! :patriot:

Its open enrollment time at work, and I'm putting my kids on my work plan. I plan to give them an EARFUL when I call to cancel.

I read that some state BCBS's are for-profit, others not-for-profit (and North Carolina BC is obviously BS). If a nonprofit company did this, I'd want their non-profit status revoked and every payment to them regulated as a political contribution.

I said in my original response to this thread that I was thrilled with the idea, and would pass it on to a friend who has a very large email contact list for Democrats in the whole state of NC.

He passed it on.

And then he wrote, and I quote with his permission:

That is why I recommend a different strategy, one which takes no more time:

If you would like to acquaint Sen. Hagan with your views, please follow this link to her Senate website:

http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact

You enter your contact data, demonstrating that you are her constituent, and at the bottom, select "Health" as your topic, type "public option" as your Subject, and then write your 2 or 3 sentences in the message box. Threats won't help, but a firm statement about your expectations of Sen. Hagan on this matter can't hurt.

Plus I'm calling her office tomorrow as well to make sure her staff knows to LOOK at these post cards and be sure of the message--some will surely be edited like mine, perhaps A LOT will be.

Well done. If I get one, I will do the same.	Kerrytravelers	Oct-25-09 01:34 PM	#1
Me too.	Paper Roses	Oct-25-09 01:42 PM	#13
I don't have Blue Cross, but if UHC tries anything similiar...	47of74	Oct-25-09 01:57 PM	#27
me too ... I have UHC .. I hope the company goes down in flames	TheCoxwain	Oct-25-09 09:05 PM	#116
You may not have the option, but I just dumped UHC.	trof	Oct-26-09 07:31 AM	#150
Be sure to affix it to a brick or a rock- see my post below n/t	Occulus	Oct-25-09 02:42 PM	#50
Brick trick reminds me of a funny story -- and true:	Liberty Belle	Oct-25-09 11:47 PM	#130
Thanks. hehe. n/t	adamuu	Oct-26-09 12:51 AM	#135
This won't work.	drm604	Oct-26-09 09:16 AM	#155
They wouldn't have to raise premiums if they would stop shit like this. nt	jasi2006	Oct-25-09 02:56 PM	#54
They can waste money on crap like this	cyclezealot	Oct-25-09 05:31 PM	#80
The have an obligation to their shareholders	TheEuclideanOne	Oct-26-09 02:09 AM	#139
Or paying their CEOs $ 1.7 billion compensation packages or $10 mil/yr	bjobotts	Oct-26-09 03:23 AM	#143
Make a copy of it and send it to Blue Cross while you are at it	CreekDog	Oct-25-09 07:32 PM	#107
Will do. See my photos below at Post #141. nt	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 04:37 AM	#146
HA!	tmyers09	Oct-25-09 01:34 PM	#2
great way to get your point across &	wolfgirl	Oct-25-09 01:34 PM	#3
I want one!	lonestarnot	Oct-25-09 01:34 PM	#4
me too! how fun is that?	glinda	Oct-25-09 05:40 PM	#83
Amazing shameless, aren't they?	teamster633	Oct-25-09 01:35 PM	#5
I'm self-employed & insured with them at an astonomical premium	Lex	Oct-25-09 01:43 PM	#14
The vultures fell into that one ! COOL !	UndertheOcean	Oct-25-09 01:35 PM	#6
And they're a non-profit n/t	sandnsea	Oct-25-09 01:35 PM	#7
the company may be	barbtries	Oct-25-09 03:03 PM	#60
BCBS is no longer "not-for-profit". They were bought up some years ago.	stlsaxman	Oct-25-09 09:44 PM	#121
No, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC has non-profit status	Lex	Oct-25-09 09:46 PM	#122
I stand corrected- sort of... from Wiki:	stlsaxman	Oct-25-09 11:01 PM	#126
In Minnesota BCBS is still a non-profit company	dflprincess	Oct-26-09 01:34 PM	#174
Bravo! Bravo!	Vickers	Oct-25-09 01:36 PM	#8
Excellent.....Va te faire foutre to these Health Insurance Industry swine.	marmar	Oct-25-09 01:36 PM	#9
Wait! Wait!	eleny	Oct-25-09 01:38 PM	#10
I may do that in RED ink.	Lex	Oct-25-09 01:39 PM	#11
good idea. Why not color the edges of the card to make it really stand out in a stack	adamuu	Oct-25-09 01:53 PM	#23
good work! n/t	MrsBrady	Oct-25-09 01:40 PM	#12
Maybe write I support Public Option on the envelope so they don't not open it	MidwestTransplant	Oct-25-09 01:47 PM	#15
It's a post card	Lex	Oct-25-09 01:48 PM	#18
That was my first thought: The Senator's office knows those letters are being solicited. . .	Journeyman	Oct-25-09 01:49 PM	#19
It's NOT being "opened" -- it's a POSTcard. I will write in red on the front	Lex	Oct-25-09 01:50 PM	#22
Then you should not have called it a "letter" in the OP. . .	Journeyman	Oct-25-09 01:54 PM	#24
well, I changed it, you wonderful person you	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:01 PM	#29
Words mean something. . .	Journeyman	Oct-25-09 02:06 PM	#34
Thanks for all your help with this.	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:08 PM	#36
Alot of nerve sending that to you in the first place.	adamuu	Oct-25-09 01:47 PM	#16
I'm hoping it will come to the attention	Lex	Oct-25-09 01:49 PM	#20
Isn't this an example of the "administrative" costs that make insurance prohibitive?	EFerrari	Oct-25-09 01:48 PM	#17
good point. n/t	adamuu	Oct-25-09 01:56 PM	#26
Good Job! Make them pay for lobbying for Our Side for a change!	ThomCat	Oct-25-09 01:50 PM	#21
This is going to rocket to the front page. salutes n/t	adamuu	Oct-25-09 01:55 PM	#25
Eleny is right - this unfortunately is likely to backfire.	JackRiddler	Oct-25-09 01:59 PM	#28
I think I'll call her office tomorrow and make sure they know to sort the postcards	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:03 PM	#31
brilliant! are you really going to do that? n/t	adamuu	Oct-25-09 02:26 PM	#44
yes, her office should know about this	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:38 PM	#48
Yes, and so should everyone else who does this...	JackRiddler	Oct-25-09 03:02 PM	#58
Not if people tape these things to a brick or a rock or something	Occulus	Oct-25-09 02:41 PM	#49
That's friggin brilliant.	JackRiddler	Oct-25-09 03:01 PM	#56
Won't work	Randypiper	Oct-25-09 06:44 PM	#100
it will not backfire	northernlights	Oct-25-09 06:59 PM	#103
I'm coming to agreee with you - a strong exterior look is important.	JackRiddler	Oct-26-09 12:16 AM	#132
Blue Cross admits it fears real competiton in marketplace. BC is against consumer choice.	Garbo 2004	Oct-25-09 02:02 PM	#30
Your ad idea is great!	beac	Oct-26-09 10:23 AM	#164
So glad they're using your premiums to print	intheflow	Oct-25-09 02:03 PM	#32
I live in NC too - brilliant	slay	Oct-25-09 02:03 PM	#33
Send them to KO, Rachel and	malaise	Oct-25-09 02:06 PM	#35
I had the same thought on this! GMTA! n/t	Hepburn	Oct-25-09 05:53 PM	#86
self-delete	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:16 PM	#37
I haven't gotten one yet, but if I do, I'll make SURE	HillWilliam	Oct-25-09 02:19 PM	#38
Props to you, Lex!	left coaster	Oct-25-09 02:21 PM	#39
Nice. Color the edges? It will be in a big stack, right? n/t	adamuu	Oct-25-09 02:22 PM	#40
yes	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:25 PM	#43
hehe sorry to get all excited about this	adamuu	Oct-25-09 02:27 PM	#45
BCBS isn't gonna like this . . . one bit!	tool_of_the_people	Oct-25-09 02:24 PM	#41
Well, I threw the baseball around with her last Wednesday	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:29 PM	#47
Another edit: Cross of "the private sector" and write "blood-sucking insurance companies"	adamuu	Oct-25-09 02:25 PM	#42
Very Good! K&R	Road Scholar	Oct-25-09 02:28 PM	#46
Your insurance co. is spending YOUR money to entice YOU to lobby for THEM?	dixiegrrrrl	Oct-25-09 02:49 PM	#51
yeah, swell, huh?	Lex	Oct-25-09 02:52 PM	#52
I'll say it again: tape 'em to a brick	Occulus	Oct-25-09 02:56 PM	#55
You are serious? The PO WILL deliver a brick???	dixiegrrrrl	Oct-25-09 03:55 PM	#66
Here's hoping Senator Hagan gets enough bricks to build a McMansion.	Bozita	Oct-25-09 05:01 PM	#71
It won't work	MajorChode	Oct-25-09 09:13 PM	#118
Yse. I once mailed a coconut; slapped a label on the shell and it was received.	Liberty Belle	Oct-25-09 11:41 PM	#128
hehe well you only live once. n/t	adamuu	Oct-26-09 01:09 AM	#137
And who do you think will be covering that extra expense?	oedura	Oct-25-09 05:00 PM	#70
As a PO employee, can you answer the concerns below in this OP?	dixiegrrrrl	Oct-25-09 06:38 PM	#97
Would adding shipping insurance to the brick cost the shipper	Veruca Salt	Oct-25-09 06:55 PM	#101
Be sure to let BCBS know about this "advice" being circulated.	Liberty Belle	Oct-25-09 11:44 PM	#129
No.	drm604	Oct-26-09 09:20 AM	#158
Excellent!	Lifelong Protester	Oct-25-09 02:54 PM	#53
that is great	barbtries	Oct-25-09 03:02 PM	#57
I'll check my mailbox today for it, and do the same.	lildreamer316	Oct-25-09 03:02 PM	#59
Good idea! KR. nt	skipos	Oct-25-09 03:38 PM	#61
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Urges Its Enrollees to Oppose Health Care Reform (HuffPo)	adamuu	Oct-25-09 03:38 PM	#62
thanks for linking it up	Lex	Oct-25-09 03:47 PM	#65
K&R Well done!	pleah	Oct-25-09 03:38 PM	#63
Superb!!!	Sherman A1	Oct-25-09 03:44 PM	#64
your premiums paid for and licked that 'stamp' as if you did it yourself personally	tomm2thumbs	Oct-25-09 04:20 PM	#67
This is very well done.	Grateful for Hope	Oct-25-09 04:47 PM	#68
I'm a little confused about something.	drm604	Oct-25-09 04:49 PM	#69
One would think it sure implies Sen Hagan will be paying for the postage, huh????	Divine Discontent	Oct-26-09 02:25 AM	#140
WOW WOW WOW - am printing for when I get mine (NC here) PLUS	Mira	Oct-25-09 05:03 PM	#72
Very cool idea!	sonias	Oct-25-09 05:13 PM	#73
Very smart and savvy to make clear your position ON the envelope!	emsimon33	Oct-25-09 05:13 PM	#74
Uh-oh. Does the company that makes Sharpies support a public option?	onehandle	Oct-25-09 05:20 PM	#75
yeah, I'm worried to death	Lex	Oct-25-09 05:30 PM	#78
Is that even legal for Blue Cross to send those out?	Mrs. Overall	Oct-25-09 05:25 PM	#76
Brilliant. Do you have a Kos account?	Barack_America	Oct-25-09 05:29 PM	#77
Feel free to link it over there if you'd like.	Lex	Oct-25-09 05:31 PM	#79
Here's My DAILY KOS Diary On It. Please recommend it and comment:	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 06:14 AM	#147
Which means Wellmark also does. Your gonna give me ideas!!	PatrynXX	Oct-25-09 05:33 PM	#81
awesome!!	francolettieri	Oct-25-09 05:39 PM	#82
Perfect!	Christa	Oct-25-09 05:50 PM	#84
And BSBC never thought anyone would do this to their BS postcard?	Hepburn	Oct-25-09 05:51 PM	#85
In the past, I would forward that stuff to the Attorney Generals office as obscene literature.	VPStoltz	Oct-25-09 05:58 PM	#87
K&R	mvd	Oct-25-09 05:59 PM	#88
I suspect that the postcard doesn't really go to your Senator	Trekologer	Oct-25-09 06:03 PM	#89
still they have to pay the postage	Lex	Oct-25-09 06:04 PM	#90
The Clue Phone is Ringing: that's Sen. Hagan's Greensboro office	nilram	Oct-25-09 06:12 PM	#91
In that case go for it	Trekologer	Oct-25-09 06:19 PM	#93
Thanks ..you are correct ..it goes to him. Double checked by me.	wroberts189	Oct-25-09 06:41 PM	#98
No. That is the address of Senator Hagan's Greensboro office.	drm604	Oct-26-09 09:30 AM	#161
BC/BS campaign	Duval	Oct-25-09 06:15 PM	#92
Maybe not	katkat	Oct-25-09 06:30 PM	#94
That was pure brilliance. Well done! KNR/nt	wroberts189	Oct-25-09 06:34 PM	#95
I just Googled Kay Hagan.	ThatsMyBarack	Oct-25-09 06:36 PM	#96
This is absolute BULLSHIT. We have BCBS, and I am cancelling it first thing tomorrow.	RayOfHope	Oct-25-09 06:43 PM	#99
I think BCBS is state-by-state. I'd be FURIOUS if my state BCBS did this...	fiorello	Oct-26-09 11:22 AM	#168
These people risk their livelyhood by attacking the people they serve like this	HughMoran	Oct-25-09 06:57 PM	#102
I want to augment on the idea - for North Carolineans anyway: READ THIS	Mira	Oct-25-09 07:08 PM	#104
Thanks I will do this too.	Lex	Oct-25-09 07:44 PM	#111
What claims were denied by Blue Cross to fund this?	Politicub	Oct-25-09 07:11 PM	#105
When I first saw it in my mail and read what it said, my blood ran cold I was so angry.	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 03:25 AM	#144
Good thinking! nt	Enthusiast	Oct-25-09 07:29 PM	#106
Genius!!!	Jackeens	Oct-25-09 07:33 PM	#108
Adorable treachery -- !!! Congratulations!	defendandprotect	Oct-25-09 07:38 PM	#109
I always put "Support the Public Option Health Care for all " on the front of EVERYTHING I mail	GreenTea	Oct-25-09 07:40 PM	#110
DId you happen to snap a pic of the unaltered original letter?	DaveinJapan	Oct-25-09 07:44 PM	#112
No, I didn't. I only thought of posting it here once I edited it.	Lex	Oct-25-09 07:55 PM	#114
Oh, that's okay.	DaveinJapan	Oct-26-09 02:43 AM	#142
Looks like you filled it out right to me. nt	Crabby Appleton	Oct-25-09 07:54 PM	#113
Delete	itsrobert	Oct-25-09 08:01 PM	#115
The claim competition saves all is a real load - yanked fresh from the cow	Deja Q	Oct-25-09 09:11 PM	#117
Brilliant!	tooeyeten	Oct-25-09 09:22 PM	#119
Mine would go back to BCBS with a stool sample	AzNick	Oct-25-09 09:25 PM	#120
Excellent! I wonder if anyone reads them or if they just take counts of	valerief	Oct-25-09 10:32 PM	#123
Oouu, I want one!	graywarrior	Oct-25-09 10:33 PM	#124
I haven't got one of these yet...	moonbatmax	Oct-25-09 10:58 PM	#125
Fantastic! Brilliant!!!	BrklynLiberal	Oct-25-09 11:22 PM	#127
Good for you	nadinbrzezinski	Oct-25-09 11:51 PM	#131
I got one too, and I DON"T have any health ins. Will do what you did	WillYourVoteBCounted	Oct-26-09 12:22 AM	#133
Wow, they have the audacity to send them to folks without insurance?	Lex	Oct-26-09 12:47 AM	#134
Isn't that sweet of them	rpannier	Oct-26-09 01:08 AM	#136
Excellent idea. I would send a copy of it to BCBS and thank them for the postage.	Maru Kitteh	Oct-26-09 01:13 AM	#138
HA! I did the same thing yesterday before I saw your thread.	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 02:40 AM	#141
"Who wants that?"	nxylas	Oct-26-09 01:37 PM	#175
No, you don't!	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 02:39 PM	#177
It's hard to believe	Iwillnevergiveup	Oct-26-09 04:02 AM	#145
Love what you did with it!	boobooday	Oct-26-09 06:25 AM	#148
Send this to the cable networks and newspapers!	Rosa Luxemburg	Oct-26-09 07:14 AM	#149
Here's another idea for those of you with post office boxes.	Vinca	Oct-26-09 07:55 AM	#151
Ooh. Good idea.	Barack_America	Oct-26-09 08:14 AM	#152
Well done! Don't have BCBS, but if my ins co tries this, I will do the same	AllyCat	Oct-26-09 09:07 AM	#153
You rock! n/t	rvablue	Oct-26-09 09:13 AM	#154
One tiny little question	cornermouse	Oct-26-09 09:19 AM	#156
Aww too late to recommend!	flygal	Oct-26-09 09:19 AM	#157
All I can Say is	nykym	Oct-26-09 09:29 AM	#159
awesome!	Blue_Tires	Oct-26-09 09:30 AM	#160
Great Example for the rest of us Lex	SlingBlade	Oct-26-09 09:43 AM	#162
Brava!!! And I love Hissyspit's idea of adding a note asking HOW they can afford thousands of	beac	Oct-26-09 10:15 AM	#163
That's an excellent idea, Lex!	Kajsa	Oct-26-09 10:33 AM	#165
I like your changes to it...	Kansas Wyatt	Oct-26-09 10:39 AM	#166
These pictures need to go viral .. Maybe KO can feature this on his show under "Best Persons'	TheCoxwain	Oct-26-09 11:10 AM	#167
OMG! I love that! Good for you! Nice to know where their money is being spent. n/t	progressivebydesign	Oct-26-09 11:38 AM	#169
Hey...if they are a non-profit, they can't legally lobby in any fashion.	dixiegrrrrl	Oct-26-09 11:49 AM	#170
They are listed as a non-profit. Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, that is.	Lex	Oct-26-09 01:09 PM	#173
Big no-no then,	dixiegrrrrl	Oct-26-09 02:04 PM	#176
UPDATED On the issue of non-profit:	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 02:42 PM	#179
Unbelievably shitful. I hope you sent a photocopy of your	LibDemAlways	Oct-26-09 12:20 PM	#171
Bravo!	residentfan	Oct-26-09 12:38 PM	#172
If you need a place to store the picture, you can send it to me and I'll post it at my site so you	ddeclue	Oct-26-09 02:40 PM	#178
Heh. Email from Robert Reich just now:	Hissyspit	Oct-26-09 04:23 PM	#180
Hey you made the front page of reddit, too	Extend a Hand	Oct-26-09 04:39 PM	#181
Thanks.	Lex	Oct-26-09 09:24 PM	#182
Wow is this a record	malaise	Oct-26-09 09:26 PM	#183
You're much nicer than I was on my card...	ms liberty	Oct-26-09 10:12 PM	#184
I wanted to make it easy to see I was for a Public Option.	Lex	Oct-26-09 10:17 PM	#185
kick	Road Scholar	Oct-26-09 10:24 PM	#186
I'm with BCBS, but individual pay, so I doubt they'll send me anything	ecstatic	Oct-27-09 09:36 AM	#187
Well done!	derby378	Oct-29-09 04:45 PM	#188