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Reforming health care has nothing to do with fixing the economy.



The exorbitant cost of American health care IS a drag on the economy. When a multi-national corporation decides upon which plot to plant a factory, the cost/effectiveness of health care is a concern.

And don't forget the stagnation of American employees trapped in an employer-based health care situation instead of embarking upon their entrepreneurial bent to do something better.

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Government can not do anything cheaper than private enterprise.



Laughable. Government appointees are somewhat more accountable than CEOs of the health insurance companies, whose top 10 salaries would provide health care for thousands:

Ron Williams - Aetna

Total Compensation: $24,300,112

H. Edward Hanway - CIGNA

Total Compensation: $12,236,740

Angela Braly - WellPoint

Total Compensation: $9,844,212

Dale Wolf - Coventry Health Care

Total Compensation: $9,047,469

Michael Neidorff - Centene

Total Compensation: $8,774,483

James Carlson - AMERIGROUP

Total Compensation: $5,292,546

Michael McCallister - Humana

Total Compensation: $4,764,309

Jay Gellert - Health Net

Total Compensation: $4,425,355

Richard Barasch - Universal American

Total Compensation: $3,503,702

Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group

Total Compensation: $3,241,042








you forgot to mention-

HCA, Inc.

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The Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world.

the company was investigated by the government for Medicare and Medicaid fraud and paid a settlement of $1.7 billion, the largest fraud settlement in US history at the time. Then-CEO Rick Scott was ousted by the board of directors but he was not criminally prosecuted.




the other end of the barrel....

another funny webpage-

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/health/nme_founders.html

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Louis Parisi (New Jersey fraud investigator) says, "These people just care about making money."
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James Garcia (health insurance investigator) contends that - - - "patients were seen solely as profits".




so the current privatization of healthcare is broken and needs to be fixed....medicare and medicaid fraud wouldnt be so tempting if the government was controlling the entire process.


Edited by Milli Vanilli (07/25/09 01:54 PM)