Originally Posted by RL Gumm

Can anyone give a logical explanation as to why the Bush Administration went to such great lengths in terms of military lives lost (4000+) and innocent citizens killed nearly 1,000,000), to lie us into a war over approximately 3,000 fatalities on 9/11, but shows absolutely no concern that we are losing between 80,000 and 100,000 people EVERY YEAR from MEDICAL MISTAKES?

Originally Posted by wow

Politicians use waiting lines in Govt. healthcare to control costs.
In other words, Politicians will let you die to save a buck.
Now, what are you babbling about?

Originally Posted by mulp

But insurance companies simply cancel and deny policies to those who are sick or badly injured, and deny approval and payment for necessary but expensive care. But they do it to produce profits that result in hundred million dollar bonuses to the executives who are best at making sure that the government pays the medical bills of the most expensive patients.

Waiting lists suggest that some possibility for treatment exists, but insurance companies don't intend to provide any coverage when unprofitable and will use their lawyers to prevent lawsuits from forcing the insurers to cover treatment before the patient dies.

Free market competition will ensure that all insurers exclude the chronically ill and seriously injured from getting treatment, thus increasing profits to all insurers as the weak are sped to their deaths and insurance premiums are increased to pay for the claim deniers and the lawyers.

Originally Posted by mulp

But insurance companies simply cancel and deny policies to those who are sick or badly injured, and deny approval and payment for necessary but expensive care. But they do it to produce profits that result in hundred million dollar bonuses to the executives who are best at making sure that the government pays the medical bills of the most expensive patients.

Waiting lists suggest that some possibility for treatment exists, but insurance companies don't intend to provide any coverage when unprofitable and will use their lawyers to prevent lawsuits from forcing the insurers to cover treatment before the patient dies.

Free market competition will ensure that all insurers exclude the chronically ill and seriously injured from getting treatment, thus increasing profits to all insurers as the weak are sped to their deaths and insurance premiums are increased to pay for the claim deniers and the lawyers.

Originally Posted by wow

Do you know who regulates Insurance Companies? Answer: State politicians.
You are going to have to accept the fact that Politicians will do what they can to let you die before you are treated.
Politicians want that Insurance Company tax money or higher operating revenues.
This is why I could never be a politician.

Originally Posted by jpaul343

The Baking Soda Man isn't helping your case. It only goes to show the types of people who avoid the hospital in these instances. Baking soda? They can still go to the hospital and be saved, they'll just have to work off the debt. What's wrong with that? He's not scared of the hospital, scared of work. He should have thought of that before he started eating baking soda.

Originally Posted by mulp

Interesting. Can you point to the State laws and regulations that require insurance companies to refuse to insure people with pre-existing and costly medical problems, and that require insurance companies to cancel the policies for people who make a lot of claims, and the requirement to deny requests and claims for coverage until after the patient dies?

Such a pointer would be helpful in the upcoming elections: running attack ads featuring these laws and regulations with the names of the people who wrote, voted for, and approved them would certainly be helpful to Democrats in the fall.

Originally Posted by wow

Who do you think approves the Insurance Company's contracts?
The Politicians have people blaming Insurance Companies for the Politician's regulatory authority. Funny

Originally Posted by mulp

In NH, the first state in the nation to have an insurance commission, the insurance company defines the plans, sets the rates, and approves the health insurance.

So, are you saying I should blame the politicians for not dictating the plans and rates to the insurance companies?

Why shouldn't I blame the government for not implement government healthcare?