Category: Free Enterprise Project

Why Humana Said ‘No’

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In late April I attended the Humana shareholder meeting and asked, in part, “if the situation arises where Humana qualifies for taxpayer money through the risk corridor*, can we get your promise that you will reject it?” Humana’s CEO, Bruce ...
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Taxpayers Should Plan for Health Insurance Company Bailouts; WellPoint CEO Suggests ObamaCare Exchanges Attract High-Risk Consumers

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In Response to Question from National Center for Public Policy Research, WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish Says Risk Corridors are Necessary to Protect Companies Like WellPoint from Possible 'Significant Downside' of ObamaCare Exchanges Indianapolis, IN / Washington, D.C. - Responding to ...
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Marriott Chairman J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr. Ducks Key Question on Immigration at Company Shareholder Meeting

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Declines to Explain Why Big Companies Supporting "Path to Citizenship" Don't Lobby to Secure Southern Border First to Help Build Public Support for the Immigration Law Changes Big Business Wants Washington, D.C. - Today, at Marriott International's shareholder meeting in ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO Ducks Question About Political Meddling in Drug Pricing at Annual Shareholder Meeting

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CEOs are Hesitant to Speak Out On Political Matters Affecting their Industries, Says Health Policy Analyst Dr. David Hogberg Who Wants to Risk an IRS Audit or Worse? Plainsboro, NJ/Washington DC - Asked at his company's annual shareholder meeting whether ...
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Shaming Insurers Into Declining Taxpayer Funds Might Not Work–And That’s A Shame

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Last week at Humana’s shareholder meeting I asked CEO Bruce Broussard whether he would promise not to take any taxpayer money from ObamaCare’s risk corridors.  (Humana declined.)  Christopher Flavelle of Bloomberg criticizes our efforts, saying we are “trying a new tactic to ...
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Conservatives Ask New York Times and Gannett CEOs About Bias Issues

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Warning New York Times Shareholders: Management Puts Liberalism Over Shareholder Value At Gannett, CEO Addresses Lingering Questions from Local Paper's Decision to Print an Interactive Map of Home Addresses of Registered Gun Owners in New York State National Center Asks ...
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Taxpayers Should Plan for Insurance Company Bailouts; Humana Chief Broussard Says Humana Will Not Reject Taxpayer Funds if it Incurs Losses on ObamaCare Exchange

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Humana May Take up to $450 Million in Taxpayer Money from ObamaCare Risk Adjustment Provisions, Including the Risk Corridor Taxpayers Should Not Be Forced to Shield Humana From Risky Business Decisions, Health Policy Expert Says Tampa, FL / Washington, D.C ...
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Honest Services Fraud Question Annoys Boeing CEO at Shareholder Meeting

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National Center's David Almasi Asks CEO: Why Make Major Gift to Clinton Foundation During Same Timeframe as Secretary of State Clinton's Advocacy for Boeing Products Overseas? Donations Could Raise Questions of Honest Services Fraud, Even if Company's Intentions Were Pure, ...
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National Center Tells Coal Industry It Must Fight Back

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Think-Tank Tells Arch Coal it Must Fight Harder Against the Lies of the Left Meets with CEO, Top Executives to Press Case St. Louis, MO /Washington D.C. - Determined to encourage – emphatically – corporations to do a far more ...
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Top Drug Execs Quizzed on Ways to Improve “Compassionate Use” Policies

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Drugs the FDA Has Not Yet Approved are the Last Hope for Some Patients, Yet Access Often is Difficult National Center Senior Fellows Speak Directly with CEOs of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Short Hills, NJ / New Brunswick, NJ ...
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