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In response to "REB2: Healthcare denial. Got this Obama mail just now." by Spawn

Stuff like this makes my blood boil. It's so sick. And people out there actually want to protect these companies. -- nm

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Oct 20 '09, 11:49

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You're assuming that everyone out there that doesn't want government run healthcare don't want any type of reform. - Stephen Oct 20, 12:09 8
- as an example: everyone agrees that denial of coverage is sickening. so why is it legal? why can that company legally do that? - TFox Oct 20, 12:10 7
  - Here's the rub with that...if you make denials illegal...you open a completely new can of worms. - Jim Oct 20, 12:14 2
    - Even if you tackle the whole issue all at once, it could be disastrous. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 12:16
    - i fully agree. i'm talking about fairly open and shut stuff like pre-existing exclusions, rescission for mundane ambiguous shit, etc. - TFox Oct 20, 12:16
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    - sure. but those principles aren't working here, for obvious reasons. so regulate. make that shit illegal. - TFox Oct 20, 12:13 1
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  - Absolutely agree. -- nm - Stephen Oct 20, 12:12
they don't want to protect these companies per se, they want to protect their lives against any change that might negatively affect them. - znufrii Oct 20, 11:58
they do whatever Rush and Glen tell them to do -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 11:55
People out there *who aren't investors* want to protect these companies - that's what boggles MY mind ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 11:54 1
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I will never understand that. And those folks who would protect health insurance companies better hope against hope that they never get truly sick. - Deevil Oct 20, 11:54
because -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 11:53

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