Morris Chavez
State Insurance Superintendent Morris J. Chavez resigned today, citing, according to The Associated Press, “sad and derogatory” comments as the reason.
Chavez said he’d been the target of such comments posted online following the recent battle in the Blue Cross Blue Shield rate hike case.
“I didn’t realize that people could be so mean-spirited when they don’t understand my job or the job I have to do according to the law,” the news service quoted Chavez as saying.
A news release from the Public Regulation Commission states that PRC members have appointed Deputy Superintendent Thomas Rushton to fill the job on an interim basis.