http://californiaonecare.org Campaign For SB 810 – Single Payer Universal Health Care Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:07:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://californiaonecare.org/learn-more-2/your-stories/ann-troy-m-d/comment-page-1/#comment-201 philipsales Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:05:59 +0000 http://www.californiaonecare.org/?page_id=323#comment-201 In November I described to friends in the UK, the US health care system, with the co-pays, pre-existing conditions clauses, pre-approved providers, annual and lifetime benefit caps, insurance company profits etc. They regarded me like I was from another planet. Recent developments convince me they may be right.<br>The media declared health care reform dead, based on the fuzzy math that 41% constitutes a majority.<br>Five senators who accepted almost $10 million in campaign contributions from the health industry over the past decade were able to derail reform.<br>My family’s biggest single expense last year was health care, of which insurance premiums made up 70% of that expense. This exceeds my taxes paid to federal, state and local governments combined. <br>My former employer announced there will be a 9% increase in health care premiums. If government increased our taxes by 9% there would be barricades in the streets and Sarah Palin swept into power by a mob of “tea baggers” but instead we complacently watch insurance companies make record profits because it is the “American” way. <br>CEOs of health insurance companies somehow feel they are entitled to compensation equal to the discredited leaders of Wall Street. <br>Beam me up, Scotty. In November I described to friends in the UK, the US health care system, with the co-pays, pre-existing conditions clauses, pre-approved providers, annual and lifetime benefit caps, insurance company profits etc. They regarded me like I was from another planet. Recent developments convince me they may be right.
The media declared health care reform dead, based on the fuzzy math that 41% constitutes a majority.
Five senators who accepted almost $10 million in campaign contributions from the health industry over the past decade were able to derail reform.
My family’s biggest single expense last year was health care, of which insurance premiums made up 70% of that expense. This exceeds my taxes paid to federal, state and local governments combined.
My former employer announced there will be a 9% increase in health care premiums. If government increased our taxes by 9% there would be barricades in the streets and Sarah Palin swept into power by a mob of “tea baggers” but instead we complacently watch insurance companies make record profits because it is the “American” way.
CEOs of health insurance companies somehow feel they are entitled to compensation equal to the discredited leaders of Wall Street.
Beam me up, Scotty.

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