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Death Panels? They Have Been Around A Long Time
/by Pete MackeyIt was unfortunate that Sarah Palin and her compatriots would attempt to skew a humanitarian provision in the proposed healthcare bill into something sinister. The horrible reality, however, is that Death Panels aren’t the ghosts of healthcare’s future – they have been with us for years. No, they are not medical providers being asked to […]
Check Fraud
/by Gaines DragoNearly all of us have had it happen to us at least once. First all oxygen appears to be sucked from the room, then, almost simultaneously, your stomach is twisted into a pretzel as if you are one of the performers from Cirque de Sole, and it is only after the flood of fear that […]
Cancelling Your Policy
/by Pete BurnsAccording to CNN and the NPR podcast on This American Life, health insurance companies have saved over $300,000,000 in the last 5 years by rescinding policies purchased by their sickest customers. That is a huge savings to the insurance industry and a cruel burden to the ex post facto uninsured consumer. By waiting until after […]
Go See Food, Inc. Now
/by Pete MackeyMy wife and I went to see the new documentary Food, Inc. last night at the Crescent Theater downtown. Wow! This film brings to light the growing problem with our food supply and its domination by a very few companies. There is a lot of information to process here, but the bottom line is that […]
Health Care Insurance From an Insider’s View
/by Pete BurnsBill Moyers’ half hour interview with Wendell Potter, formerly head of PR for Cigna helps shed light on the health care debate. Potter is the guy who quit his high profile job at CIGNA because he could no longer stomach what he was being asked to defend. Reminds me of the tobacco executives. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html Potter’s […]