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In reply to the discussion: If the health insurance industry mandate is a great "reform" so is cutting Social Security benefits! [View all]Better Believe It
(18,630 posts)22. Please don't believe and spread the health insurance propaganda claims designed to divide us.
The health insurance industry is trying to divide us by claiming those who don't buy their insurance are forcing the rest of us to pay for the healthcare of others forced into emergency rooms.
That's a clever lie meant to divide us. The for-profit healthcare industry makes enough money to cover emergency care for poorer working class people while still making huge profits. Health care costs twice a much per capita in the United States as in other advanced capitalist nations. And that money goes to the insurance industry, big pharma and others who are exploiting the sick to advance their private profit schemes.
The idea that insurance companies would lower their insurance rates and/or improve covered benefits "if only" millions of "deadbeats" would buy their product is a total fantasy but clever propaganda.
Just the opposite is true. With mandatory payments to them amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars every year, the insurance industry will see a dramatic increase in their profits with no improvement in our health care and/or our benefit coverage.
Why should they charge less and provide more simply because millions are forced into buying their insurance that doesn't contribute anything to improving our health care system? It's a utopian fantasy having nothing to do with reality to believe such nonsense.
They are in business to make huge profits by exploiting their customers and are parasites that need to be removed from the health care system.
They are up to no good!
Why do you think I should support them or believe their propaganda and big pharma?
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If the health insurance industry mandate is a great "reform" so is cutting Social Security benefits! [View all]
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
OP
Making fun of the poster doesn't constitute a counter-argument to the content.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#5
If they can mandate you directly pay a private for profit "health" insurance corporation
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#14
The insurance industry and big pharma will put tremendous pressure on the SC to leave it intact.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#7
Why? Because they like to be forced to insure people with pre-existing conditions?
FSogol
Apr 2012
#12
He has just one vote against The insurance industry needs five votes for their law.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#16
I think it will stay. It saved the Insurance Corps who were losing money as a result of
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#19
You are part of the healthcare system, already. So, either you pay for it yourself (with subsidies,
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#20
Please don't believe and spread the health insurance propaganda claims designed to divide us.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#22
In Supreme Court Case, "Obamacare" Has Industry Allies. "It could allow hospitals to raise prices."
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#23
What do you think will happen under the plans of a brain trust that thinks
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#24
At what point will we tire of getting pushed around by big business interests and fight against them
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#25
Probably around the time when the other choice is to watch one's children suffer and starve and
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#26
Didn't most get off their asses and elect "people who will vote" for single payer in 2008?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#29