[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread min.pige
> http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/150/7/493 > > This is an excellent article regarding health care reform. Shows that there > are realistic moderate proposals out there. > : thanks for posting this excellent piece.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs > > and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. > > > > Ruth, > > > > You being a nurs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs > > and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. > > > > Ruth, > > > > You being a nurs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs > and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. > > Ruth, > > You being a nurse and all, I'm hesitant to smack at the health industry > lest I besmirch your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > It's just a ride wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity > > wrote: > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread Bhairitu
It's just a ride wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity > wrote: > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: >>> >>> >> Really? I don't know any health insurance companies that c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread Duveyoung
ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. Ruth, You being a nurse and all, I'm hesitant to smack at the health industry lest I besmirch your participation therein. As I've noted here at least several times, you h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > And what the selfish "me people" don't realize is that the uninsured > cost them tax dollars anyway. And probably far more than if they had > coverage. > > Kennedy has proposed a sweeping universal coverage plan: http://ww

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > > > Really? I don't know

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread Bhairitu
And what the selfish "me people" don't realize is that the uninsured cost them tax dollars anyway. And probably far more than if they had coverage. off_world_beings wrote: > Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry > > Absolutely > Almost 50 million people in the USA have no he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread It's just a ride
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > Really? I don't know any health insurance companies that cover lost wages. > What company was it? > UHC.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread off_world_beings
Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry Absolutely Almost 50 million people in the USA have no health insurance ! ! ! That is more people than the whole population of Spain ! The US state of Health Care system is a National Security threat to the USA. OffWorld --- In Fai

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > > > "Private insurers necessarily waste health dollars > > on things that have nothing to do with care: overhead, > > underwriting, billing, sales and marketing departme