We are in a pickle!

[UpInArms]

http://www.opednews.com/boyne1103_pickle.htm

I got my Allstate auto insurance renewal in the mail. Times sure are a changin’.

Here’s the scoop. Allstate just merged with United Healthcare so they said I would have to switch my health insurance from Blue Cross to United Healthcare in order to be an Allstate Advantaged Preferred Policyholder

I called my local Allstate agent right up on the phone and a friendly, pleasant sounding young lady answered with a slight accent. I asked where she was from and she said Bombay, India. I asked how long she had been here in the U.S. She said she wasn’t in the U.S. She was still in Bombay and that she just got this great job with Allstate/United because of the Great American President, Mr. Booosh.

She said Allstate/United just hired 10,000 administrative people in Bombay and that she makes 35 cents and hour. “Wow”, I said, “How do you make ends meet?”. I said, “How do you pay your rent”?.

...more...

[michaelbmoore]

1. No, no, no!

It's just a dream!

That's not right!

[Melsky]

2. That was great

interesting about the author:

James Boyne [e-mail] is a computer trainer, and former sales executive for IBM, Sony and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is a former staunch conservative Republican who after becoming of victim of the health care industry, has researched, studied, and written about the health care industry as a freelance satirical writer. He has made a 180 degree turnabout an now supports Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) for President. Mr. Boyne has a B.S degree in Marketing, and MBA in Marketing/Economics, and a degree in Certified Financial Planning.

[FloridaPat]

3. Time to start boycotting these companies.

If we could get a national movement, the jobs would come back real soon.

[michaelbmoore]

4. And it's impossible to talk to a supervisor now. . .

This week, when I had a language barrier in a similar situation, I asked to talk to a supervisor. . .

She responded in Horror (No, no, no, I can't let you do that!)

What do they do, beat them?

[bemildred]

5. Stop giving them your money,

The only thing that will get their attention.

[kimchi]

6. Awesome, man.

This one is making the rounds for sure!

[LWolf]

7. Great piece.

:kick:

[dflprincess]

8. Keeping in mind, of course,

That Dr. William McGuire, CEO of United Healthcare, is the highest compensated CEO in Minnesota.