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Posted By orndorffter 3 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsThe Senate\'s chief Democratic negotiator on a health care bill is indicating it\'s time to act and has told his colleagues he won\'t wait much longer for a Republican compromise.
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not2needy3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Republicans have to be appeased and nothing less than that is going to allow any kind of health care reform to take place in this country. IMO, appeasing republicans means that there will be some kind of protection for Ins Co's and Pharms.
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Insurance Co's have had death panels for years and years, they have had control of how long a people are allowed to stay in the hospital, most of the time these decisions have been made by clerical people who have no idea about medicine. Also, many people who have had cancer have actually been denied surgeries, stating that there were alternative forms of treatment. I know this because a woman here in Louisville sued Humana Ins for denying her Dr's request to do surgery on her for Cervical Cancer, and after she went ahead and had the surgery anyway, she won a multimillion dollar suit against Humana. Of course they appealed and it's still in litigation, she will probably be dead by the time it's settled. That said!! That is what our insurance companies are doing for us, nothing! Fighting the Dr's tooth and nail, which is why we need serious health care reform. AND had this been Bushies project, the conservatives would be all for it, but since when do cons do anything for the actual voters?? -
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moxxxxxxxxxx3 months, 3 weeks ago
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FACTS:
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Four health insurance companies: Aetna, CIGNA, United health Group, WellPoint reported a total of $10.945 BILLION in profits in 2007.
Insurance CEOS were paid compensation of
Aetna $23.045 million,
CIGNA $30.16 million,
United Health Group $13.164 million,
WellPoint $9.094 million,
Medco $21.76 million,
Humana $20.06 milion,
Coventry $20.86 million,
Health Net $16.65 million,
Blue Cross Blue Shield $3million plus $16.4 million in retirement benefits.
The insurance industry spends millions of dollars each year protecting these excessive profits and salaries.
In the second quarter pharmaceutical and health product ndustres, health insurance industry, hospital and nursing homes spent $133 million dollars LOBBYING AGAINST real health insurance reform.
OUT OF Pocket expenses foor premiums, deductibles and co-pays have increased far more rapidly than income or the cost of living as a whole.
Healthcare expenses are the leading cause of bankruptcies.
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