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September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Oh, and, by the way-Great job on this video!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
To begin with, healthcare reform would never have been an issue if the healthcare industry hadn’t put profits in place of (not even in front of, but in place of) people. Remember the girl who needed a liver transplant and didn’t get approved until she died? She died. You know, dead. As in game over and thanks for playing (and losing) our game. I’m not a fan of big Gov, but it’s interesting to me that anything that is privatized whether it’s automobiles or healthcare ends up killing the buyer.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
We already are. We can be scammed by the government or by a handful of CEOs. Heed your own words. Arm yourself with knowledge, because youve already been taken advantage of.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I wanted to watch this video, but as soon as the offensive intro music came on I hit the stop button.
WHY f#$k up good stuff with crap like that?
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I’m Canadian. Stop Bullshitting
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Love the information in the side bar! Great Video!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Nice Scott Joplin soundtrack, too!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Ignorance in its purest form.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
don’t be silly, thats the american system
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
we do not need to have goobers making a profit on suffering
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
how naive, have to make a profit? good god if we go anywhere near the government plan we will be trading health care for all for a failed health care system…
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
You have breast cancer? Well the treatment that is recommended for you is too costly. You’re claim is denied. You’ll die you say? Well that’s the way the life goes.
Think I’m exaggerating this point? Just research the Canadian health care. Arm yourself with knowledge or you will be taken advantage of.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Insurance co’s are frauds. They have relinquished all rights to have the field to themselves. Even the Republicans acknowledged that health care needed to be fixed, during the elections in 2008. It is time to take the corruption out of this.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thanks
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I just wear Alex Chiu’s immortality rings and H have no health problems what so ever. No health insurance needed.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Health insurance companies, HMOs, and pharmaceuticals get to play Gatekeeper. They fully regulate patients’ access, regardless of the doctor’s medical judgment. Good health insurance is almost always granted to high paid employees through the noblesse oblige of employers, most low end wage earners are doomed to losing the game, not just of health insurance, but also of health. Profiteers play God: Who will go broke? Who will have medicine? Who will be left to die?
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
HR 676 is not Obamacare. There is NO Obamacare. You are referring to the Mass. Model of reform (R-Mitt Rommney & Mass. Leg.) which is absolutely wrongheaded ‘cuz for-profit health plans make out like bandits ‘cuz they can charge whatever they want for whatever benefits they want & Mass. residents are mandated to buy the product. For-profit health plans & the politicians who support them are the problem. You can’t mandate buying insur. if you don’t heavily regulate private for-profit plans.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
IN case YOU do not know–with Obamacare you are mandated to buy or face a hefty fine. Read the fine point.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
By that logic, if I dont like dirty air but thats all there is, I shouldnt breathe. All other industrialized nations cover everyone & have as good or better medical outcomes than the US. They have eliminated for-profit health plans & heavily regulate the nonprofit health plans. I am completely in favor of insurance companies selling coverage for auto, home, etc. & other optional commodities or services. No one should make money from denying healthcare which is how health plans make profit.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
If you don’t like health insurance companies then just don’t buy it.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Good point. It’s easy for us who are comfortable to forget that just because we have good health insurance today is no guarantee of good health insurance tomorrow. We can easily join the ranks of the under and uninsured.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Now imagine how the uninsured or underinsured feel. A simple way to make we who are comfortable feel a little of the discomfort. Great beginning.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thank you for supporting HR 676. For an elegant concise explanation of single payer & HR 676, go to “What is Single Payer” on YouTube. The creators won the Am. Med. Student Ass. HR 676 video contest. It’s excellent.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
This video is a nice illustration that “insurance” companies aren’t in the insurance business, they are in the “middle-man” business. Real insurance is about pooling risk. But these insurance companies are about avoiding risk and expense in order to maximize profits, which is what their shareholders demand. Bad arrangement. GO HR 676!!!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Valuable family teamwork. From here in Central Europe the problems with health care in the US seem as counfounding as in new Democracies. But it is clear that many caring physicians and programs exist, here as there. I especially value the Balint Groups used at Baylor to teach physicians to be more responsive to their patients. It is a method that is useful and should be considered by all physicians to improve their quality work. Thanks.