in fighting against a government sponsered health care plan? Funny how a 60 seat Democrat majority in the Senate caused the health insurance industry to spring into action. If they can figure out how to cut 1.5% of their costs now, how come they wouldn't agree to these proposed cuts in, lets say, 2003?
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When somebody sets up a fund worth several hundred billion designed to save you, you're not in much of a position of power.
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Gov Perdue is getting rid of BCBS in NC for state employees
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If they don't follow the order from Obama Admin., I will bet they will sure get audited every year for their taxes.
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BECAUSE BUSH WASN'T PUSHING THEM...ASK YOURSELF WHY NOT? I will tell you what I think, Obama has not gone far enough but its a start.
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These health officials can say anything. The proof is in the pudding as they say. I'll eat crow later if I'm wrong and they are actually able to make these cuts.
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Fear. They know their choice is: a) Go along now and hope things improve before they're driven out of business. or b) Get shut-down/taken-over now. The administration has made 100% clear and obvious this is so. that's what fascists do.
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The health industry has been put between a rock and a hard place. If they universally refused to be bought by the (temporarily) free-flowing money being illegally printed or borrowed from China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, they could stand against this fiscal insanity. Once a single company agreed to be prostituted by the Obama administration (I use that term loosely), the others could not compete. Ten years from now, our children will be asking why we allowed these self-serving politicians, led by their messiah, to destroy the economy, causing them and us to live in such poverty.
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Just because he gets in front of a camera with big names from the 'healthcare industry' doesn't mean s**t. All that was just a photo op, and his weekly, 'I'm doing what I said I would', like last week's "Every American should have some education beyond high school." (These aren't exact quotes, but you get my drift) Ok, so how does he plan on paying for all our education upgrades? And even if it is paid for, where are all the extra teachers coming from? Anyway, you raise a good point about the proposed cuts. Sounds to me like another case of strong-arming another industry, just like GM and Chrysler. The gov't probably has some info on the big Pharma and the AMA that they don't want spilled to the public.
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Because these companies know their continued existence depends on the government. If the Obama administration seriously decided to slash health costs, or actually negotiate for Medicare, then billions of dollars in profits would disappear. These companies and org. must act now - or face extinction. One of the dirty little secrets of the health care industry is that doctors, medical supply companies, insurance providers and hospitals all work together to set prices. There is almost no industry pricing standards. If the government were to get involved, a whole lot of people who have gotten rich off the suffering of others would be in real trouble. The determination of the Obama administration to ignore the millions that the health care industry donates to congress, and push for real change is one the biggest improvements in recent decades. Let us hope that their zeal lasts. EDIT: Free to be me. Excuse me? These companies have a golden faucet that shoots out hundred dollar bills in their board room. They make money providing a human service. They keep people alive for profit. Any serious investigation into the pricing practices of the health care industry or the pharmaceutical industry is enough to make a normal person boil over in anger. Acting as if sensible government reform is restricting freedom is nonsensical.
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By cooperating, the health insurance industry has some input into what will result, and they also have an ear into what is happening.
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