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Released: February 12, 2010

Insurers raising health care rates

Source: Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle (Free Registration)

Anthem Blue Cross customers may be hopping mad about their rate hikes, but members of other health insurers say they’re also getting hit with sky-high increases.

John McClave of San Francisco opened his mail this week to learn Health Net had jacked up his monthly premium from $345 to $462 on March 1 - a nearly 34 percent increase. This was on top of an 18 percent increase he received last year.

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