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Corporations Will Kill You For Money

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/1...wendell_porter
I think this is the most striking passage:

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But still, you know, I had mortgage payments. I had other bills to pay. And it was just�it was difficult to work through this and figure out what do I do and how do I�what do I do next?

But then, you know, just two or three weeks later, I was having to fly to a meeting, and I often would fly on one of the corporate jets. And while I was doing that, I was served my lunch on a gold-rimmed plate, was given gold-plated flatware to eat my lunch. I was sitting in a very spacious and luxurious leather chair. And it just dawned on me for the first time. I had done this many times.

I can only read this thing about one response per hour because it makes me ill :\

I knew such things were bad but not as bad as that... It's things like this that makes me wonder how one can support privatised health care.

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants (Post 952575)

I knew such things were bad but not as bad as that... It's things like this that makes me wonder how one can support privatised health care.

Because treating people for money is obviously superior to treating people for free.

It has monies in it!!!!!!!

Wow, just wow...thats harsh. I've always loved Canada's health care and this makes me love it even more.

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And this is new to you?

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Originally Posted by Kurosen (Post 952572)

I can only read this thing about one response per hour because it makes me ill :\

You should call a doct- oh, wait.

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Originally Posted by Krylo (Post 952620)

re: Thread Title

And this is new to you?

It bears repeating.

Yeah, we all "know" that the insurance companies are evil, but it is different for a guy to sit down and say "Hey, I worked for these guys and they are evil."

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WENDELL POTTER: Two different ways that they do this. In the individual insurance market, we�ve seen quite a bit of news coverage, especially in California. When insurance companies who are active in the individual market�and this means when you don�t get your insurance coverage through your workplace, about the only option you have is to buy it directly from an insurance company, and usually it�s much more costly than it is through�if you buy it or get it through your employer. Once you file a claim, if you are unfortunate enough to get very sick or have an accident and file a claim, you very often will find that your insurance company will go back and look at your application to see if there might be a chance that you either didn�t disclose something that you knew about in the past or inadvertently didn�t disclose something or might not have known about a pre-existing condition. They�ll use that as evidence that you were committing fraud, and they�ll revoke your policy, or they call it �rescinding� your policy, leaving you holding the bag, making you completely responsible for all the medical bills. That�s one way that they dump people who need insurance the most.

Another is, if you are employed, particularly with a small business, and your insurance�your employer gets his or her insurance through one of the large insurers, and if just one person in your company files a claim that the underwriters think is too high, if it skews what they think is the appropriate medical experience or claim experience, when that business comes up for renewal, they very likely will jack up the rates so much that your employer has no alternative but to leave and leave you and all of your coworkers without insurance. Either that or they may cut benefits or try to shop for coverage somewhere else. But the end result is, you may find yourself dumped into the rolls and the ranks of the uninsured.

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Originally Posted by Kurosen (Post 952572)

I can only read this thing about one response per hour because it makes me ill :\

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Originally Posted by EVILNess (Post 952626)

Yeah, we all "know" that the insurance companies are evil, but it is different for a guy to sit down and say "Hey, I worked for these guys and they are evil."

Probably didn't get paid enough hush money. Or the journalists paid more.