AHIP Rep Responds to WH Reaction to Health Care Bill Audit

[MooseOfReason]

What about the article in the Boston Globe that said: "Controlling Massachusetts soaring medical costs, many health care leaders believe, may require residents to give up their nearly unlimited freedom to go to any hospital and specialist they want."

That sounds like rationing. I thought that wasn't supposed to happen?

[despendo]

Insurance companies to complain or raise concern is like selecting criminals to the case of crime in the community. You can predict the verdict. Public option will keep them honest, they are terrified of it, there must be a reason. Just like criminals and cops, pussy and cat

[onlywinter]

The health insurance agencies do not support reform--only if it favors them. Is it suprising that Fox News is supporting the insurance companies, who steal money from all of us--CEO's who make 100s of millions of dollars...hmmmmmm?

[LazarusDurden]

Please, please insurance companies jack up the rates if health care reform gets passed. We're begging you to do it then 100% of Americans will be in favor a single payer system and the HMOs can go fuck themselves.

[briano8713]

The exact idea behind the current "compromise." Once premiums continue to rise, it will be used as an "excuse" to move to single payer.

[1samothrace77]

so if congress passes reform insurance companies are threatening to increase premium by 4,000 dollars for everyone?

[1samothrace77]

am i wrong but isn't this like interviewing a criminal about the laws that should be passed ?

[dkkght46]

Next, I think Odumbo should "regulate" the Pizza industry. There's a pizza store right near my house, and I love their meat-lovers-special. hmm hmm hmm! But I can't afford it, so it ain't fair. They should be made to lower their price to fit my income! That's the American way ... right?

[pwl1980]

you are an idiot.

[dkkght46]

No, you are a useful idiot and cant see past your nose.

[gamoonbat]

Health care insurance will not get more affordable without a public option to provide competition.

[okefixico]

Obongo's panties get in a wad evertime his filthy lies are uncovered. I like watching that shithead squirm.

[ipxzor]

Enjoy paying $10 000 per annum average to your HMO in 2012 if this industry shill gets his way.

[RUKiddinMeHuh]

Bachmann/ Palin 2012!

[Ed76638]

That report would make some good ass toilet paper, and I'll send that shit right back to them when I'm done.

[437thx1138]

Pretty good. A minute 51 of nothing but noise against any plan while stating being for reform.

This might deserve a doublespeak runner-up award.

[10thAngel]

wow, fox news actualy containing the OTHER sides position and argument?

[lamouchemorte]

Why are so many Americans stupid?

[mutiilation]

i don't know we just are :(

[steveoboston]

Because 44% of dedicated taxes are spent on the war machine, 2.2% is spent on education.

The dumber we are, the more soldiers we have.

[dennist3hmenace]

Because many are taught faith at a young age, and critical thinking skills never develop. IN GOD WE TRUST HURR DURR

[WKaliberr]

dupa dua

[baronmorris]

PUBLIC OPTION NOW!!

UHC CEO Stephen Hemsley has $745 MILLION in stock options. 2007 pay $13.2mil; 2008 $3.2 mil

CIGNA CEO Edward Hanway made $120mil in last 5yrs. Stock options = $28mil

Humana CEO Michael McCallister's made $10.3mil in 07. $1,017,308 in 08. Stock options = $60mil

LARGEST GOLDEN PARACHUTE in history of corporate America goes to William McGuire of UnitedHealth 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS!

How many DENIED angiograms MRI's & dialysis treatments does that take?

BLOOD MONEY!

[TrollBuster9090]

Oh don't be so harsh. After all, the SEC forced McGuire to give 0.2 billion of the 1.4 billion back as a result of his back-dating the options. His family might have to go on foodstamps if you communists have your way!

[Teremei]

lol to make those reforms everyone has to participate in the healthcare system. So in other words LET US KEEP GOUGING BUT GIVE US MORE PPL SCREW OVER SO WE MAKE MORE MONEY MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAA. .

[freesk8]

Of course the industry wants a requirement that all Americans get health insurance. This means more customers paying premiums. And a lot of the regulations will be easier for large cos to comply with than small ins cos. So this will have the effect of moving the industry closer to having monopoly power.

I totally believe that increasing regulation on the ins industry will INCREASE costs, not decrease them. This is a no-brainer.

But the industry wants the govt to grant them a monopoly.

[TrollBuster9090]

A "monopoly" is when one company controls an entire sector of the economy, with no other companies in competition for the same customers. The fact that everybody will have health insurance doesn't constitute a monopoly.

And one of the BIGGEST problems at the moment is that HMOs are exempt from anti-monopoly laws such that, in some states, one company controls almost all of the market.

The national health insurance exchange will put an end to that and increase competition.

[freesk8]

What I said was "closer to having monopoly power." A better word for this would have been oligopoly, which is almost as bad and a step along the path to monopoly.

And my point still stands.

I agree with your third sentence. It was congress that created the HMO system via bad legislation in the 70's.

But national health insurance would really be a monopoly. The feds would create so many mandates that most policies would be identical.

Monopoly and oligopoly are bad things.

[sirdaveysockrocker]

linda douglass's statement was too long. it should have just said. "They're full of shit and everyone KNOWS it. The End."

[Melpheos1er]

"We support comprehensive bipartisan..." blablablabla you are a fucking HC industry lobbyist and what you support are bills that will increase your profit, you mofo !!!

[KataVideo]

Is bill hemmer incapable of holding his head straight?

[motorolarules]

Bull crap must be lop sided or top heavy... and his pencil neck just can't handle it

[bittyrock]

Im a Moderate and I watch Fox News and Fox has some good to go Host like Shep Smith and Bill Hemmer is Good to Go 75% of the time.

AHIP Rep will probably be on Hannity's America so Hannity can let him spew lies.

[tklelmo21]

if congress passes a bill and messes up out health care bill i say they lose their insurance right along with us! and to cut cost, im sure they can afford the PRICE GOUGING!

[Lewismc7]

Is it me or is Fox News starting to (at an extremely slow pace) favour health care reform?

[joplintech]

they are suckin' up for ratings

[freesk8]

Some at Fox are pro free-market.  Some are pro big-business. There is an important distinction here. The ins industry rep wants regulation that favors his industry, not a free market. He wants the govt to mandate that people get ins so his industry gets more customers. He wants regulations that his big corps can deal with, even as they make it harder for smaller ins cos to deal with. He wants the govt to give him monopoly power.

What we really need is a free market in health care.

[KLNDR]

Fraud.

[LarcheOsborne]

An self-serving insurance finding and Fox playing cheerleader. So what's new?