I thought we were ahead of the elderly on the list :-) On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think profits are great I have a bit in the Market, but people’s health > and lives should not be decided by profit and loss. Those who don’t want the > government to make decisions seem to feel fine with an insurance company > making the decisions on their health based on profits. People who work at > insurance companies get bonuses if the decline services. They often decline > services that are covered knowing a percentage of the people never ask for > appeals. Insurance companies have asked courts for the right to dump people > who have had catastrophic injures, AIDS, etc. because it costs them too much > money, even though they have paid premiums for years. Clearly this system is > broken. Even if some think it’s a bad idea, I don’t understand why some are > so viscous and even violent about it. Lets see, I feel like going out and > causing trouble and fighting to support a company that will not take me if I > have an injury, try to dump me if I get a bad one, making record profits by > deny services even if covered. Ya, I want to fight for those guys. I’m very > disappointed with Obama so far. He needs to stand up instead of cowering to > the Rep. Having just a National Medicare has to be better than this. Just > because Canada’s system might have its faults, doesn’t mean we need to use > that exact system. Have National Medicare for those who want it and those > who want to can buy their own coverage. Although, maybe we shouldn’t talk > about this publicly. Someone from one of those Death Panels might see it. > They might want to add quads to the Death List with old people. > > > > Greg >
