Back to the dermatologist today for two more biopsies, this time on my nose.
“I want you to come back once a week so we can get all this done before your insurance runs out,” the doctor said. I looked at him.
“I’m on unemployment,” I said. “It’s a $50 co-pay every [...]
First of all, I’d like to reiterate that yes, a bill without a public option can serve the same purpose as the public option: namely, to force efficiency and competition. And I don’t buy the insurance company “we won” mantra just yet, because the Medicare buy-in proposal is a [...]
Barack Obama and the Democrats think I am retarded:
We will not back down
Brendan –
As we head into the final stretch on health reform, big insurance company lobbyists and their partisan allies hope that their relentless attacks and millions of dollars can intimidate us into accepting the status quo.
So I have [...]
This is really good news. Via Chris Bowers:
Additionally, there was consensus support for a requirement long backed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and other liberals for insurance companies to spend at least 90 percent of their premium income providing benefits, a step that supporters argue effectively limits their spending [...]
And of course, this will slow down the process. But hey, that much longer before we have to buy crappy, overpriced insurance, huh?
The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment that would have restricted abortion coverage in the pending health-care bill, leaving in question whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has [...]
Why is Barney Frank so Effing Mad?As you’ll remember, I’ve been talking about this for a while, and Howard Dean suggested the same thing.
This, of course, is to pacify the crotchety old liberals who’ve made life so unpleasant for the handmaidens of the insurance industry. And while I wouldn’t mind having this, it still doesn’t [...]
I’m glad I don’t have Aetna, but I know people who do. Better be really, really careful about anything you claim:
Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations.
In [...]
Has just informed us that the AARP is only supporting the Democratic healthcare bill because of the “windfall” they will get.
Unlike all those other insurance companies, of course!
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Rep. Pitts discusses how provisions in Speaker Pelosi’s healthcare bill could empower government panels to limit the care provided by insurance plans enrolled in the federal exchange.
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The bottom line: Under the Democrats' plan, you'll pay higher health insurance premiums so the government can provide health care to illegal aliens. Be sure to thank Sens. Specter and Casey.
If you're still dreaming of free health care under the Democrats' bill, you're in for a rude awakening.Well, the insurance company never paid the $60 in back co-pays they said they would, and the doctor’s office is saying I HAVE to pay them.
Back to the threats, I suppose. I really hate insurance companies. They’re liars and thieves.
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You pay for my family's health insurance.
Suckers!
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
"The goal of this bill and the selling point for it when they were trying to round up the votes was, 'Isn't it wonderful that we're going to cover 30 million uninsured people?' That shouldn't'" [...]
Over half a million US citizens are set to lose their health 
