Comments on: Carper Denies Influence of $223,000 From Insurance Companies http://washingtonindependent.com/49795/carper-denies-influence-of-223000-from-insurance-companies National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: smithdewey http://washingtonindependent.com/49795/carper-denies-influence-of-223000-from-insurance-companies/comment-page-1#comment-41754 smithdewey Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:35:45 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49795#comment-41754 Shuster was great! We put a video of the whole exchange up at <a href="http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/07/06/bought-and-paid-for-msnbcs-david-shuster-calls-out-sen-carper/" rel="nofollow">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/07/06/...</a><br><br>We need more journalists -- tv and print -- to ask the tough questions of these elected representatives that take industry money and then oppose a public plan. Shuster was great! We put a video of the whole exchange up at http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/07/06/…

We need more journalists — tv and print — to ask the tough questions of these elected representatives that take industry money and then oppose a public plan.

]]> By: bill11957 http://washingtonindependent.com/49795/carper-denies-influence-of-223000-from-insurance-companies/comment-page-1#comment-41594 bill11957 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:21:37 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49795#comment-41594 Please give us the voluntary option to pick an insurance plan from the normal plans "for profit" or public plans "at cost". As Obama says: "for us to be able to say, here's a public option that's not profit-driven, that can keep down administrative costs, and that provides you good, quality care for a reasonable price as one of the options for you to choose, I think that makes sense. "Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If -- if private -- if private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That's not logical." Just one salary from the big insurance CEO could pay for health care for how many people. And what does he do to earn that money? He tells the insured what doctor to see, what procedure to pay for, how much to pay for that procedure and rewards those that deny the most claims. They say they spread the risk but they actually spread the cost and still make huge salaries. That's a lot of profit on the backs of the few they pick to insure. Those that they insure are generally young and healthy and do not usually need the benefits that they pay for. They are "cherry picked" for the low risk of out pay. When these folks get older they are dumped onto the Medicare/Social Security program. Then we all pay anyway. Please give us the option to voluntarily choose between the normal insurance plans and the new "at cost" public plan. Please give us the voluntary option to pick an insurance plan from the normal plans “for profit” or public plans “at cost”. As Obama says: “for us to be able to say, here's a public option that's not profit-driven, that can keep down administrative costs, and that provides you good, quality care for a reasonable price as one of the options for you to choose, I think that makes sense. “Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If — if private — if private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That's not logical.” Just one salary from the big insurance CEO could pay for health care for how many people. And what does he do to earn that money? He tells the insured what doctor to see, what procedure to pay for, how much to pay for that procedure and rewards those that deny the most claims. They say they spread the risk but they actually spread the cost and still make huge salaries. That's a lot of profit on the backs of the few they pick to insure. Those that they insure are generally young and healthy and do not usually need the benefits that they pay for. They are “cherry picked” for the low risk of out pay. When these folks get older they are dumped onto the Medicare/Social Security program. Then we all pay anyway. Please give us the option to voluntarily choose between the normal insurance plans and the new “at cost” public plan.

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