Comments on: Are health insurance companies pulling the wool over our progressive eyes?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:46:26 +0000

I think most of the company don’t include that much.. but you can update them..

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:11:48 +0000

In reply to dean.

https://boingboing.net/2018/04/02/colorado-republicans-admit-the.html For once a GOPer was honest

“Out of self-respect– be Republican,” the original post read. “Democrats love poor people because they think that poor people will vote Democrat. Republicans hate poor people because they think the dignity of man is above being poor.”

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 16:00:34 +0000

In reply to Diane Scott. She's pretty good, but I'm an Otto supporter.

By: Diane Scott

Diane Scott — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:08:48 +0000

Erin Murphy, Democratric candidate for MN governor.

By: Nikki Carlson

Nikki Carlson — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:53:05 +0000

Great analysis. Lots of stuff I didn’t know. I worry about candidates like Dean Phillips running against single-payer. I think he is blind to his own bias, which is huge. Just like all the “United States of Care” candidates that are funded by the insurance industry to sabotage single-payer. They talk about putting health care over politics, and being bipartisan. Check out this PDF:
https://unitedstatesofcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/USofCareOverview.pdf
They literally say, without irony, “The work begins now. We know it will not be easy, and it will not be quick, but United States of Care has a goal to make a lasting change within the next decade and make progress along the way.” They’ve created a new industry of health care reform. Their founder at the same time created a for-profit fun to invest in companies that make money off the medicaid population. A complete conflict of interest that will forever prevent them from supporting single-payer.

By: dean

dean — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:48:43 +0000

Yeah, one of the most successful lies the right sold people after the health care act passed was that it was a government takeover of all things health related and took decisions and pricing policy decisions away from the doctors and insurance companies. That, coupled with the almost universally complete tossing of roadblocks in its way effectively handcuffed it from the git-go.

And all because:

– a plan that was essentially the one the Heritage Foundation developed in the 1990s in opposition to the one they fantasized the Clintons would develop, and essentially the same one Romney implemented when he was governor, was pushed into law by the noted evil uppity black guy in the White House
– modern Republicans are rabidly opposed to the group of people the act was primarily designed to help