following our investigation, aetna apologized to kelly.issued a statement to us saying, they correctly paid more than $300,000 worth of claims for kelly and her baby. and the hospitals had aetna's approval to be covered from the beginning. >> i agree with kelly. it seems like they're reading from a script. they're not listening to what you're saying. i know you wish you could help everyone out there that has a similar problem. what suggestions do you have, chris? >> what they tell us in the industry is this. assume it is just a benign error by the insurance company and be your own advocate. the overwhelming majority of people, first of all, they may be sick. they may be weak. they maybe don't have the wherewithal to deal with the company. but you have to have someone help you forward your own calls if you can't get to us. otherwise, the insurance company is going to go with what their original assessment is. >> they're counting on you not being an advocate and kind of going away. you're not going away with a story about bullying. tonight,

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house energy and commerce committee, over the last three years, the four top for-profit insurers -- aetna, him and a coming unitedhealth group and wellpoint -- have denied coverage to 49% more people because of medical history. all over 257,000 people were denied last year, compared to 172,000 in 2007. all followed a policy of considering pregnancy a pre- existing condition, leading to an automatic denial of coverage. a provision of the health care law barring denial of coverage to adults based on medical history does not take effect until 2014. opening statements of a gun in the case of ahmed ghailani, the first guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial. he appeared in the new york courtroom tuesday on charges he was involved in a 1998 u.s. .mbassy bombing in kent - >> it is better than the commission because the commission's have an enormous number of legal challenges ahead of it. there is no rules really of evidence. everything is ad hoc and made up as the golan. as a result, it is subject to an enormous number of legal challenges. the victims deserve justice. more on guantanamo new

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for example, a waiver was given to cigna, to allied, to aetna, to b.c.s. insurance and there might be others i can't see quickly here. why would insurance be looking for waivers? guest: well, aetna included, have both traditional insurance product lines but they also have product lines in which they market these limited benefit plans. host: it's not for their workers? guest: it's not for comprehensive insurance line. it would be for their limited benefit product line. host: it is allowing them to give it to companies. "anthem gets hikes up to 47%, increases driven by reform may refuel debate." here is matthew's story for the paper. "the state's largest insurance insurer, one approval to raise health insurance premiums by as much as 47% to poile cisto individuals. -- policies for individuals." host: can you help us understand what's happening? guest: well, i think most of the increases in premiums are being driven by essentially two things. one, the increased cost of medical care as well as increased utilization of services by enrollees. the estimates that

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now the latest uptkaet, aetna, regis, blue cross and blue shield, announcing rate increases, shall insuranceropping out altogether, hartford pilgrim which says it's not going to provide this tphoeupl, principal financial group in iowa, saying it's going to pull the plug, forcing 840,000 customers to find a new insurer, then you've got united health, wellpoint and u -- humana, no longer writing individual only health care polices. where is this going? >> it's going, i think, megyn, i would make the argument it's going exactly where the people that passed this bill wanted to go. it was intended to destroy the private health insurance market so that a year or two years down the road, the democrats could say see, this doesn't work, we have to go to the government option, we have to have a single payor, in other words, the government has to pay all of these bills, you need to be dependent on the government for your medical expenses. megyn: you mentioned, look at the poll in the intro, 57 percent want it repealed in whole or part, but 21 percent, neal, who wand it -- who want it expanded. one can

wendy is a big fan of aetna mobile. because life takes wendy plac.nd in network doctors and pharmacies whenever or erever she m directlyrom her mobile phone is important to wey. ♪ where to next, wdy? ♪ know more. get better. get a smarter health plan, aetna.com. >>> the rain is still falling. live picture of the white house. you can see the rainnd the fog still out there this morning at 9:56. good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. it's october 4th 2010. in the news, university of maryland police are warning the community to be on the lookout after an attack on campus. police say three men tackled a student around 4:30 yesterday rning and took his wallet and cell hone. this is the latest attack in a string of robberies targeting students. the others have happened off campus. >>> we'll check the forecast now. we have veronica with us. >> good morning, barbara. it's definitely damp out there and drizzly too. showers coming through the area with some wind. 52 is your current temperature righnow in the district. 50 degrees at merryfield, 50 at hill

that why joe likes aetna's payment estimator. to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we wereour years ago: dangerous debt, highetaxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget honestly. grow all bunesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >>> beautiful day here in the naon's capital on this columbus day. 70 degrees right now with that mercury climbing. it's 9:56 monday, october 11th, 2010. >>> we have an update on a story wv been following, a violent crash near the intersection of route 1 and easwest highway in riverdale. police say both women survived the crash, however both have critical injuries we're told. a spokesperson initially told news 4 thatne of the victims had died. investigators say thecrash happened after the women were involved in some sort of crime and then tried to run from police. >>> let's take

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