Anthem’s CEO is to get a $42.5 million three-year merit award in addition to his $2.3 million bonus, $1.04 million salary and $273,000 in other compensation. Now we understand why our monthly premiums went up $10.64.

What are the qualifications to be a large corporation board member?

Long-term member of the “good old boys club?”

Ethically “bankrupt?”

Financial analytical skills, “brain dead?”

No backbone?

Based on recent, large corporate financial reports in the news, one can assume that the standards are mired in muck.
Joseph H. Theriault, Auburn