California Is NOT Going To Take It ANYMORE - message to insurers: Game over, bloodsuckers

[kpete]

Run time: 06:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEI2HWRhYVQ   Posted on YouTube: March 04, 2011 By YouTube Member: PBSNewsHour Views on YouTube: 110   Posted on DU: March 05, 2011 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 1321

 
The good news is that grassroots groups, including California OneCare are coalescing around plans to bring universal single payer healthcare to everyone in this beleaguered state.

Take a look at this report which was on the PBS Newshour a day or so ago. Pay attention to Dave Jones, the recently elected California Insurance Commissioner.

Dave Jones is their biggest nightmare, and we're (that means all of us) , going to help him rid the state of this parasitic industry.

Listen to Jones at 2:30 describe the medical loss ratio.
"Every cent of every premium dollar that is spent on healthcare is actually viewed by these companies as a loss, which is not available to cover administrative expense, executive salaries and profits. The very term medical loss ratios which is used to assess the relative share of the premium dollar that goes to healthcare, is itself an extraordinarily sad commentary that it is being treated by an industry as a loss."

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The fight for single payer in California belongs to all of us. It is the camel's nose under the tent, and the insurance industry is going to do whatever it takes, to defeat us. If we are successful in California (and Vermont), we have begun the long slog of ridding our nation of the evil scourge of the insurance industry.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/04/952743/-California-message-to-insurers:-Game-over,-bloodsuckers

[chowder66]

1. good..because I had to just cancel my insurance due to cost

single payer NOW

[county worker]

2. God I'm glad I live in the land of fruits and nuts!

[Sirveri]

3. Start with car insurance. I have a 'mandate' to purchase that right now.

Health care I won't because I get coverage from the VA, but I think that doesn't kick in for a bit. So lets start with the small fries as warm up for prime time to going up against the health insurance industry.

[diane in sf]

5. You have some choice over whether you drive depending on where you choose to live. You have no

choice over whether you live in a body that will most likely need more and more maintenance as you get older.

[Sirveri]

10. Main reason is for the warm up, it will iron out the snags for when they go for the big boys.

[drm604]

4. K&R

This is one of the biggest things we can do to help the American people and the economy.

[DeSwiss]

6. SINGLE PAYER - K&R n/t

[Buddha2B]

7. An Example of Free Market Failing

Healthcare should not be self regulated in a free market. The US system is extremely inefficient. The point of a free market is to create efficiency and keep the prices competitive. The US system has not done this, therefore it is a failure.

Time to adopt a socialized Universal system.

[2banon]

8. k & r'd good post n/t

[eagertolearn]

9. Single Payer!!!!!