An Anthem I won't sing

This week, I received a letter from the health care insurance giant, Anthem Blue Cross who had disenrolled me at the end of 2008. When I discovered it in February, I made inquiry, and was told I had been informed in October. I hadn't, and this week's letter confirms that, "Due to an error on our part, you did not receive prior notice of this change. . . Medicare is giving you a Special Election Period (SEP). . . to enroll in another plan. . . [but] you will be required to pay any monthly premium due from January 1 to the current date."

No thanks. Add Anthem, with their SEP, to the list of people I won't ever be patronizing again.