Who are the real villains, insurance companies, or the Senators they buy?

[babylonsister]

Who are the real villains, insurance companies, or the Senators they buy?
TPMGary
August 4, 2009, 1:27PM

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Those who accept the most money from the insurance industry are the ones getting in the way of reform. This is no coincidence.

To be fair, insurance companies are certainly not angels in all this.

But they're not even pretending to represent the best interests of American citizens. One look at the testimonies of the smug presidents of these companies and you know they're not even bothering to feign "care". For example, when asked if they would stop their company's rescission practices, they all said no.

They're not the worst of the worst actors involved in this charade called health care reform, though.

No. Make no mistake. The ones committing the real crime against humanity here are those elected to promote the general welfare of American citizens but sell their souls to the highest bidder.

You think the health care system in this country is unsustainable? That's nothing.

It's the way things are done in Washington that is unsustainable. It's the people who perpetuate this crime syndicate from the inside that threaten the health and well-being of every man woman and child in America.

It's not the anonymous health insurance bureaucrat that pulls your coverage out from under you just when you need it most.

No. The evil here has a name.

And that name very likely starts with Representative or Senator.

Now it's true that they are not all villains. Some of them are far from it.

But all it takes is a dirty stinking rotten no good few dripping with insatiable greed to step in the way of honest effective reform.

We don't have to create an enemy here. We don't have to find a bad guy. We don't have to demonize health insurance companies, or pharmaceutical companies. They are not pretending to be anything but demons.

It's those pretending to do the right thing, those feigning innocence, deflecting criticism, raging at those who would dare accuse them of pay for play that must be brought out into the sunlight, that most universal of all disinfectants, so that all can see the error of their ways.

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[Oceansaway]

1. both....n/t

[tridim]

3. Yep, they're both the same entity IMO.

[tabbycat31]

2. insurance companies

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[JimWis]

5. Both...

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[Echo In Light]

7. Partners in crime

[redqueen]

8. The Senators.

We have had corporatist fucks trying this kind of crap since the beginning... the Congress is supposed to serve the people's intersest.

Granted, the Senate was always intended to be a check on the people's power... but still.

[babylonsister]

9. I have to agree. They're not supposed to be supporting the insurance

industry and vice versa, yet they are and seem darned proud of it.

[City Lights]

14. Agreed.

The Senators are supposed to serve the interests of their constituents. End of story.

[lib_wit_it]

10. Another vote for "both". However, the representatives are caught in a bind, due to the way

the system works. They do have to get elected before they can represent anyone. It's a huge, depressing mess. Apparently money *is* the root of all evil.

[Mnemosyne]

11. A main point I disagree with -

dirty stinking rotten no good

"few"

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[tavalon]

12. I see no reason why I have to pick one over the other

They are both morally challenged sociopathic entities.

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. BOTH. They are inseparably connected and are both enemies. Make no mistake on this. n/t

[pleah]

15. Equally guilty on this issue.

K&R