Comments on: 2% Bilk

By: Rufus

Rufus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:06 +0000

Welcome to Threedonia, Delores!

By: Veruckt

Veruckt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:36:34 +0000

I always laugh when people attack health insurance companies’ profits and not just because people seem offended that companies expect profit in a free market economy. Prior to the government passing new and laughable regulations last summer in the MIPAA bill my company was the fastest growing insurer in the US and even at that we made a whopping 19% profit, yes 19%. We’re such scoundrels. On top of that in my particular niche of the industry we are capped at 15% profit, anything above that we have to return via reduced premiums or increased benefits.

By: G-MAN

G-MAN — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:36:08 +0000

Tonight’s 60 Minutes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
The segment about Medicare fraud is worth watching. They think about 60 Billion a year goes to fraudulent billing. And the government thinks they can handle all of health care?!?!?!?!?!?!
Government couldn’t fix a broken shoe lace.

By: The College Widow

The College Widow — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:48:32 +0000

Let’s face it, the truth is not Obama’s friend. If you stand up to lies you are lambasted for being in the pocket of ‘big insurance.’ Yes, they need the lies to further their agenda.

God help us if this madness becomes law. An insidious side effect of the public option is that every person is necessarily reduced to a commodity for the state. The dignity of the individual is gone and each person become a unit whose only value lies in what they can contribute to the almighty state.

By: Kenn Christenson

Kenn Christenson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:20:27 +0000

The Dems in congress are just jealous – because they actually CAN make a profit – miniscule, though, it is.

By: Delores

Delores — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:31:34 +0000

Only a small percentage of doctors belong to the AMA, and many doctors have been speaking AGAINST the public option. AARP is losing members because of the agency’s support. Many voices that represent the insurance companies, medical personnel, and retired folk (who VOTE) are working hard to convince Congress not to pass a health bill that includes or lays the groundwork for the public option. All of the comments above are relevant–scapegoating is always successful if no one shows the fallacies involved.

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:05:23 +0000

There’s always someone to blame. Unfortunately, they usually run out of those, just as they run out of other people’s money.

By: Raoul Ortega

Raoul Ortega — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:52:22 +0000

Great. My new job comes with Aetna. Another reason to want to have jobs decoupled from health insurance.

As for the Dems. It’s always easier to hate someone rather than something, especially when the “thing” is an abstraction. Which is why the Alinsky rule of “personalize it” works.

By: blackhawk12151

blackhawk12151 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:59:57 +0000

It seems that the Democrats always need a fake bad guy to push their agendas. They can’t get people rallied around any of their plans because when you look past the smoke and mirrors they’re all the same; higher taxes, bigger government. So they have to get people motivated out of hatred for the “enemy.” Insurance companies, oil companies, bitter clingers, the list goes on.