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Wellmark will delay Iowa rate increase

By Jason Hancock 3/9/10

Wellmark Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Iowa will cooperate with an independent review of  is recently-approved request for health insurance premium rate increases, the company told Radio Iowa Monday.
Gov. Chet Culver Monday ordered state Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss to halt the 18 percent premium increase scheduled to go into effect April 1 until a review could [...]

Pomerantz Resigns from UI Committee after Wellmark Offer Rejected

By T.M. Lindsey 7/12/07

Displeased by the UI College of Public Health’s handling of the $15 million gift offer from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Marvin Promerantz resigned his position as head of the college’s capital raising committee. “I think the College of Public Health dean embarrassed me and embarrassed the university,” said Pomerantz, a University of Iowa [...]

Philanthropy with Strings: Wellmark Pulls $15 Million Gift to UI

By T.M. Lindsey 7/11/07

[Commentary] The University of Iowa has a long history of naming state-owned buildings and institutions after benefactors, who donate large sums of money. You would be hard pressed to walk around the University of Iowa campus for too long without bumping into a building named after Roy J. Carver, John Pappajohn, John Colloton or Marvin [...]

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