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By: The least surprising thing I’ve read today | Diario BV

The least surprising thing I’ve read today | Diario BV — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:16:40 +0000

[...] is going to opposed Obama’s proposal to cut prices of prescription drugs. What? That already happened? Who’d have thunk it? (In fairness, Tauzin has also made conciliatory noises, [...]

By: The least surprising thing I’ve read today | must be insurance

The least surprising thing I’ve read today | must be insurance — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:55:51 +0000

[...] is going to opposed Obama’s proposal to cut prices of prescription drugs. What? That already happened? Who’d have thunk it? (In fairness, Tauzin has also made conciliatory noises, [...]

By: care4all

care4all — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:00:06 +0000

WHO’S LOOKING AT THE COMPENSATION OF THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE EXECUTIVES?

The health insurance companies have played a major role in our current healthcare crisis. They make huge profits and their CEOs make millions, while the rest of us are denied care.

ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY EXECUTIVES (2006 and 2007 figures):

• Ronald A. Williams, Chair/ CEO, Aetna Inc., $23,045,834
• H. Edward Hanway, Chair/ CEO, Cigna Corp, $30.16 million
• David B. Snow, Jr, Chair/ CEO, Medco Health, $21.76 million
• Michael B. MCallister, CEO, Humana Inc, $20.06 million
• Stephen J. Hemsley, CEO, UnitedHealth Group, $13,164,529
• Angela F. Braly, President/ CEO, Wellpoint, $9,094,771
• Dale B. Wolf, CEO, Coventry Health Care, $20.86 million
• Jay M. Gellert, President/ CEO, Health Net, $16.65 million
• William C. Van Faasen, Chairman, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, $3 million plus $16.4 million in retirement benefits
• Charlie Baker, President/ CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, $1.5 million
• James Roosevelt, Jr., CEO, Tufts Associated Health Plans, $1.3 million
• Cleve L. Killingsworth, President/CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, $3.6 million
• Raymond McCaskey, CEO, Health Care Service Corp (Blue Cross Blue Shield), $10.3 million
• Daniel P. McCartney, CEO, Healthcare Services Group, Inc, $ 1,061,513
• Daniel Loepp, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $1,657,555
• Todd S. Farha, CEO, WellCare Health Plans, $5,270,825
• Michael F. Neidorff, CEO, Centene Corp, $8,750,751
• Daniel Loepp, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $1,657,555
• Todd S. Farha, CEO, WellCare Health Plans, $5,270,825
• Michael F. Neidorff, CEO, Centene Corp, $8,750,751

This executive compensation could be used to provide quality healthcare for millions of Americans! We need to get the insurance companies and their lobbyists OUT of healthcare. NON-PROFIT, SINGLE-PAYER IS THE ONLY OPTION.

If you want to learn more, go to:
http://www.insurancecompanyrules.org/learn_more...

By: care4all

care4all — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:59:05 +0000

Health insurance companies make huge profits and their CEOs make millions, while the rest of us face skyrocketing healthcare costs, impossible bureaucracy, and life-threatening insurance denials.

HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY PROFITS IN 2007:
• UnitedHealth Group -- $ 4.654 BILLION. UnitedHealth Group owns Oxford, PacifiCare, IBA, AmeriChoice, Evercare, Ovations, MAMSI and Ingenix, a healthcare data company
• WellPoint -- $ 3.345 BILLION. Wellpoint owns BLUES across the US, including Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Healthy Alliance, and many others
• Aetna Inc. -- $ 1.831 BILLION
• CIGNA Corp -- $ 1.115 BILLION
• Humana Inc. -- $ 834 million
• Coventry Health Care -- $626 million. Coventry owns Altius, Carelink, Group Health Plan, HealthAmerica, OmniCare, WellPath, others
• Health Net -- $ 194 million

The huge insurance company profits—BILLIONS YEARLY—could provide quality healthcare for millions of people.

Get the insurance companies OUT of healthcare. The only solution is a NON-PROFIT SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM – and the single payer should not be insurance companies.

The solution? The United States National Health Insurance Act, H.R. 676. You can read about it here: http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/

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Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:39:16 +0000

[...] Jefferson Morley created an interesting post today on The Washington Independent Â» Obamaâ [...]

By: MFree

MFree — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:31:11 +0000

This must be an alternate dimension.

By: care4all

care4all — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:00:06 +0000

By: care4all

care4all — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:59:05 +0000

By: MFree

MFree — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:31:11 +0000

This must be an alternate dimension.

By: chabuka

chabuka — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:10:23 +0000

You bet its radical…and long overdue…I have no sympathy for the Health Care parasites..the Insurance and pharmaceutical companies , CEO's and “Board of Directors” who have become wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, from the miseries of the less fortunate..and that goes for all the greedy corporate bastards who put themselves and their profits before any thing else