An investigation by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations showed that health insurers WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Assurant Inc. canceled the coverage of more than 20,000 people, allowing the companies to avoid paying more than $300 million in medical claims over a five-year period.
It also found that policyholders with breast cancer, lymphoma and more than 1,000 other conditions were targeted for rescission and that employees were praised in performance reviews for terminating the policies of customers with expensive illnesses.
But hey, at least we're not SOCIALIST like every other industrialized nation on earth, right?
Any health care system that relies on capitalism and the 'free' market to give a shit about something besides the bottom line is doomed to fail.
5 comments:
Contrary to modern Gordon Geckoism, greed is not good.
well, it can be good- it's certainly a strong motivator in the business realm.
But it's an absolute failure in any segment of society where concern for human beings comes before profits. Altruism and humanity are the antithesis of capitalism.
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT PINKO.
i'm with you 100%. exactly and well said.
Pinko is the new red, white and blue.
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