Morgan J Freeman: "Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross -- just denied cancer follow-up MRI to check spread was deeme

[madamesilverspurs]

53. We need to remember

that insurance companies exist to make money for their investors. Period.

It's still a painful memory: We attended all those contentious healthcare town halls, we were heartened by the busloads and planeloads of medical professionals going to DC to testify to congress, we watched the discussions in congress as though our lives depended on the outcome (yes, that was a bit of sarcasm), and we were jolted when the congressional conversations changed from healthCARE reform to health INSURANCE reform. We did get the Affordable Care Act, which the GOP stupidly dubbed Obamacare; and for his manipulations on behalf of the insurance industry, Max Baucus was assigned to a diplomatic post in the ass end of China. Short version: Medical provision is the come-on, but money is the purpose.


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