Insurance Company Rules: The Cure For Everything But Healthcare
This is a funny video that makes a good point!
HP-Health Care For America Now, which is a “national grassroots campaign organizing millions of Americans to win a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for all” has been joined in their fight by Public Service Administration - the satirists who last made news when they explored the colorful depths of John McCain’s vocabulary. The result of their collaboration? “Insurance Company Rules,” which re-imagines what the world would be like if we all lived our lives the way health insurance companies do. As you might imagine, that world would be indescribably hilarious if it weren’t so awful.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 am
Oh, please! It’s the “government rules” that have created havoc within the delivery of healthcare. While I’m no fan of health insurance companies, they simply follow the lead of Medicare rules which they have discovered, increases their bottom line. And they get to hide behind the guise of “quality care” which is instead, covert rationing.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 am
“they simply follow the lead of Medicare rules which they have discovered, increases their bottom line”
Oh, please!
The insurance companies drafted the Medicare rules. You may not be a fan, but you sure are a sucker.
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 am
Ah yes….another “informed” opinion from menonymous.
It would be most impressive if you added the odd fact from time to time if you’re going to continue inserting your tripe into the discussion. Clearly, you know less about healthcare delivery than you do oil exploration.
Now go ahead and wow all of us with your “witty” retorts reminiscent of an 8-year old who can’t have what he wants.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
We need less government not more. (pssst. It always helps to qualify this with conservatives when criticizing an industry) But when the industry with the lobbyists helps write the regs. (Deregulation is what Reagan conservatism is about) and the big players start doing the same thing instead of competing you’ve probably got market collusion. What you need is decentralization and de-regulation. And a government that doesn’t roll over for corporate consolidation. This is happening in every industry: Media, medical, the internet, agriculture, food, oil, ect…Because the “Laissez Fair” approach doesn’t work when the regs are a barrier to entry for the small companies.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Hoads
We need to shun these ass munching corporations who can’t seem to compete without pouring billions into their butt buddies in DC. Because these large corporations have become part of the GUBMENT!!.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Hats off to Michael Savage for the “shun” thing.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
EQUAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL shows the path for achieving good reform of our health care system. The approach taken places the occurrence of health care, the occurrence of sound, ongoing doctor—patient relationships, as the most important goal. By making the degree of penetration of the doctor—patient relationship into every American community the new bottom line for our health care system and by placing the dollar bill into a secondary, supportive role for that, EQUAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL should diminish the greed accomplishing effect of corporatocracy in our health care system.
R. Garth Kirkwood MD
http://www.equalhealthcareforall.com
doctork@equalhealthcareforall.com
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Bill is right!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
captain menace,
You know NOTHING about our health care system. Stick your head back in the sand.
Bill,
I agree with your posts. But, let’s not forget that the biggest supporters and enablers of lobbyists are our elected officials. It just amazes me when people cry out for more regulation as if we have independent, non biased, objective elected officials who abide by their constitutional responsibilities to represent the people who put them there. Lobbyists rule our government and until we get serious about breaking those ties (i.e., term limits, public hearings versus closed door meetings, etc.), I don’t trust the government to do what’s best for the American people. AND, corporations are but one of the entities lobbying our government, NGOs, unions, academia, advocacy groups and the like have as much, if not more influence, to eat away our tax dollars, erode our freedoms and rights and threaten our national security.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Cigna spent $290,000 lobbying on health insurance, Medicare issues in first quarter
Now, if you’ll excuse my sand hole is calling.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:48 am
captain menace,
What does Cigna’s lobbying expense prove? Is this figure out of line with all other lobbyists firms? What is Cigna lobbying for? What has been the cost/benefit ratio of Cigna’s lobbying efforts to its bottom line?
Typical leftist knee jerk response. $290,000 means nothing until deciphered placed in its context. Dig in- you might learn something.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:46 am
hoads
Why did Cigna spend 290k?