A NEW WIND BLOWING

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-NEW-WIND-BLOWING-by-Mary-Pitt-081221-606.html

by Mary Pitt


The whole country is agog with the news of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the billions he scammed from big investors, but nobody appears to realize that it is only the tip of a huge iceberg. There are other so-called legitimate institutions afloat in the private sector that are profiting from similar scams with the heartfelt approval of the raging capitalists in government as well as private individuals.

Foremost among these are the insurance companies as they have become established in America. Even the government social programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are administered by the accounting departments of insurance companies. The regulations regarding these programs were written in large part by the insurance companies and, as the result, even the very poor are not getting the services they need under their provisions.

Look at the case of a lady I will call Suzy, a middle-aged lady who, though mentally retarded, had worked as a bus person in a hospital cafeteria until her vision deteriorated so badly that she became qualified for Social Security Disability Support. Since she was not yet 65 years old, she was not initially eligible for Medicare and so became dependent on Medicaid for two years for her health care. At the age of forty, she was found to have serious heart trouble and required a quadruple bypass surgery. Then she required a medical regimen that would last for all her life. Among the many medications upon which her life depended was the blood thinner, Coumadin, a patented and quite expensive tablet. She thrived amazingly well and recovered nicely.

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The citizens of the United States need universal health care and they need it now. What they do NOT need is yet another "commission" of very important people who will sit around for a year or two listening to lectures and instruction by a crew of insurance company officials and announce at last another plan to lubricate those same insurance companies with more of the taxpayers' money. The predictable result would be to throw still more stumbling blocks between the American citizen and his physician.


Much MORE at the link above -- please read the entire piece.

[Sentath]

1. too late to Reccommend,

I'll have to kick

I've seen such case histories around me.

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. K&R

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Very Sad

This piece of crap seems so cool and calm. While everyone else involved are losing their world. Already 1 or 2 have killed themselves. I wish Madoff what do that and save the country a trial. What a scumbag. I feel bad for his children that weren't involved.