MEDICINE FOR PROFIT ROBBERY:
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE

More than 18,000 Americans die every year from
preventable illnesses because they can't get to a doc-
tor when they should. This doesn't happen in
Canada! Or in France, Germany, or any other in-
dustrialized country. 67% in this country say they
can't get the tests or treatments they need. That
doesn't happen in Canada either. And half these
Americans are insured (or think they are.) But they
can't afford the co-pays, or they can't get permission
from their HMO for the test or treatment. So their
insurance is worthless for that particular need.

Yes, they sometimes wait in Canada for non-urgent
care or elective surgery. But isn't that better than not
getting it at all? Each Canadian pays $49 per month for
their coverage. An American family of four pays $1,000
per month and may not be fully covered! Canadians
choose their own doctors, contrary to the lies floating
around. 91% of Canadians approve of their system.
Americans in HMOs are assigned doctors, they seldom
get to choose them. The choice in our system is to pay
or do without insurance. 80% of our people want uni-
versal health care: that's their choice! They won't
get it because there's too much money at stake in the
for-profit system for HMOs, Big Pharma, and the pols
pigging out with them.

How much moola are we talking about? It's a $2 trillion
scam that enriches a few and robs the many. Two thirds
of home foreclosures are due to medical causes and their
attendant expenses. Here are some typical paychecks for
insurance company CEOs: (From The Huffington Post,
6/10/09)
Ron Williams - Aetna - Total Compensation: $24,300,112.
H. Edward Hanway -CIGNA- T. " $12,236,740.
Angela Braly - WellPoint - T. " $ 9,844,212.
Dale Wolf - Coventry Health Care - " $ 9,047,469.
Michael Neidorff -Centene - Total " $ 8,774,483.
James Carlson - AMERIGROUP - " $ 5,292,546.
Michael McCallister - Humana - " $ 4,764,309
Jay Gellert - Health Net - Total " $ 4,425,355
Richard Barasch - Universal Amer. - " $3,503,702
Stephen Hemsley - United Health Gr. " $3,241,042
Grand Total $85,429,970

Where do these big bucks come from? From profits, of
course. Obscene profits, actually, because they come from
the sick, the crippled, the dying, as well as people with no
known illnesses. The only way insurance companies make
money: the premiums they charge (and overcharge) must
exceed the benefits they pay out. This is accomplished by
collecting excessive premiums way above and beyond
actual requirements to cover claims, and then withholding
benefits or services by simple denial. You had a pre-existing
condition, or that illness (or procedure) isn't covered in your
policy. Too bad! You lose your house, we keep your money.
You have been scammed (and probably ruined). Nation (as
Colbert would say), there is simply no moral justification for
this kind of profiteering off peoples' tragedies, pain, and trauma.

No other nation in the world allows this if they are able to
remedy it. We are morally disabled and in denial about it.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

jgoodwin004@centurytel.net