Dennis Kucinich “This Bill Is A Sellout To Insurance Companies!”
July 17, 2010 - 11:01 pm
Posts Tagged ‘Reform’
http://MOXNews.com/Putting An End To Insurance Companies’ Control Of The Market
July 16, 2010 - 7:59 pm
Health insurance companies’ limited exemption from antitrust laws since 1945 has allowed insurance companies to monopolize markets and fix prices, raising the cost of coverage for consumers. In an effort to repeal a law protecting insurers from federal antitrust laws, Senators Reid, Leahy and Schumer today offered the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act in the form of an amendment to the Senate health insurance bill. This amendment would eliminate the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies, promoting competition that will benefit consumers.
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Insurance Jive: The Real “Death Panels” (by Courage Campaign)
July 16, 2010 - 7:58 pm
Based on the true story of Patsy Bates, “Insurance Jive” shows why it is the insurance companies that actually operate “death panels” — and demonstrates why we must stand strong in support of a public health insurance option.
Help continue building support for the public option by spreading the word about this video to your friends and family:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/InsuranceJive
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Greedy Insurance Companies – Unscrupulous United Healthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley
July 16, 2010 - 6:24 pm
This video is just a glimpse into the corrupt and greedy world of health insurance. It is deplorable that in the 21st century Americans have to suffer at the hands of these companies and the likes of Stephen Hemsley. Health care is a basic human right. This is why health care reform is so important.
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Calling all Democrats, Republicans and Health insurance companies
July 16, 2010 - 6:24 pm
Where are you??? stand with me and fight! www.willmarryforhealthinsurance.com
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Why Are Some Insurance Companies Ecstatic About Health Care Reform?
July 16, 2010 - 2:26 pm
Find out more at http://www.theyoungturks.comTime To Stand Against Insurance Companies Lies And Ploys
July 16, 2010 - 1:08 pm
Over the better part of the past year, a great debate has taken place in Washington and across America, about how to reform our health care system to provide security for people with insurance, coverage for those without insurance, and lower costs for everyone. From the halls of Congress to the homes of ordinary Americans, this debate has helped us to forge consensus and find common ground. Thats a good thing. Thats what America is all about.
Now, as the debate draws to a close, we can point to a broad and growing coalition of doctors and nurses, workers and businesses, hospitals and even drug companies folks who represent different parties and perspectives, including leading Democrats and many leading Republicans who recognize the urgency of action. Just this week, the Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support. For the first time ever, all five committees in Congress responsible for health reform have passed a version of legislation. As I speak to you today, we are closer to reforming the health care system than we have ever been in history.
But this is not the time to pat ourselves on the back. This is not the time to grow complacent. There are still significant details and disagreements to be worked out in the coming weeks. And there are still those who would try to kill reform at any cost. The history is clear: for decades rising health care costs have unleashed havoc on families, businesses, and the economy. And for decades, whenever we have tried to reform the system, the insurance companies have done everything in their considerable power to stop us.
We know that this inaction has carried a terrible toll. In the past decade, premiums have doubled. Over the past few years, total out of pocket costs for people with insurance rose by a third. And we know that if we do not reform the system, this will only be a preview of coming attractions. A new report for the Business Roundtable a non-partisan group that represents the CEOs of major …
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Health Insurance Companies Kill – Dr. Seuss Revisited
July 16, 2010 - 12:31 pm
Hi. Im Doctor Ron. I am a retired physician, 38 years in private practice. I testified in the US House of Representatives about HMO abuses. So, lets talk about health insurance companies. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, here is Sam I Am the Insurance Man
SAM I AM—THE INSURANCE MAN
By Ron Bronow, M.D.
No risk too great, no risk too small
Why, we will take no risk at all
Be it thyroid or liver or enlarging cyst
Well write a clause that it does pre-exist
Well search and well search til we cant search no more
Until we can PROVE that youve had it before
Forget any job where a workers been ill
The premiums youll swallow are too big a pill
Woe be unto you if you change your employ
A loss of insurance will bring you no joy
If you have asthma, glaucoma or gout
Well write up a clause that will keep you out
Toenail fungus and acne, well make you a captive
Our denial of care will be retroactive
Your toenails werent mentioned on the application you made
Youll have to return all the benefits we paid
We will tell our underwriters
To deny insurance to firefighters
For our customers in Maine, your moneys well spent
Well raise your premiums 18 per cent
For your HMO problems, our response will be fine
If you have a few hours to wait on the line
And if you need an M.R.I. for that bad pain behind your eye
Sorry, that is a zone thats still quite gray, so for that test we will not pay
And if you have cancer we must be judgmental
That drug you MUST have is experimental
If you protest, please be a good sport
If you dont die first, you can take us to Court
Unless youre in an ERISA plan
Your right to sue, that law does ban
So if you get sick, you must rest assured
If I am in charge you wont be insured
But NOW were for a national plan
Well tell the President, Yes we can
Many millions more well insure
With no public option our profits secure
No Socialist plan will dare come our way
Campaign contributions to all we will pay
Now here is a fact not voiced in the caucus
It cost us a bundle to fish with Max Baucus
No premium restrictions can be in this bill
Our CEOs ONLY make 3 to 6 mil
We pay lots of taxes, that sure strikes a nerve
But they cant touch the billions we keep in reserve.
The research we quote from the Lewin group is fair
So what if its owned by United Health Care
In conclusion, then, whats good for us, I KNOW youll say
That must be good for the U.S.A.
Now LISTEN UP EVERYBODY. In spite of the well organized hysteria out there, there are NO DEATH PANELS. Our Medicare patients will NOT lose needed care. We need freedom of choice and high quality care, not scare tactics and lies. We need physicians to establish scientific guidelines for medical care. Only physicians, not insurance companies or bureaucrats can change the way we physicians practice medicine. We need insurance company reforms, like a commission to justify insurance premiums and evaluate how much they really make, so we dont all go broke. We dont need single payer health care, where the budget, not the needs of the patient, drives the system. In 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada found that Canadians suffer physically and financially while waiting for treatment in their government run health care system. We need a uniquely American system, one that fits the needs of our patients.
What can you do? . Link Sam I Am to every one you know, friends, relatives, your Senators and Congressman. If you have any media contacts, use them. Finally, for accurate information about health care, go to consumerwatchdog.org
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How Insurance Companies Will Make Even More Money from “Health Care Reform”
July 16, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Watch the complete show at http://www.theyoungturks.comBILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Preview: Wendell Potter pt. 1 | PBS
July 16, 2010 - 12:30 pm
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/profile.html Meet Wendell Potter. Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years to become a health reform advocate. Check out Potters personal story here and tune in to Bill Moyers Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html ) for his experiences inside the health insurance industry, their work fighting a public option, and the insurance companies close ties to Washington. The entire interview will be available after broadcast at www.pbs.org/moyers http://www.pbs.org/moyers.
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