Birth of The HMO

In 1971, Edgar Kaiser, the son of the founder of Kaiser Permanente, one of the first big HMOs, went to see John Ehrlichman, a top aide to President Nixon, to lobby the Nixon White House to pass legislation that would expand the market for health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Ehrlichman reported this conversation to Nixon on February 17, 1971. The discussion, which was taped, went like this: Ehrlichman: I had Edgar Kaiser come in...talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because the less care they give them, the more money they make. President Nixon: Fine. The next day, Nixon publicly announced he would be pushing legislation that would provide Americans "the finest health care in the world."

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[universalparamount01]

It's now 2012, Over 30 yrs since the HMO's took over American health care system. I am very surprised that the American people who stand for this type of health care. Health care not for the people but for business and government profit! As a Canadian, I know the American people deserve what I have here in Canada. People come first and the health care system should never be for profit!!!! HMOs need to disappear for ever.

[littlevskitchen]

Kaiser needed to expose their sick greedy to the world to shut them down.

[joraf9327]

bastards



[mre2u2]

I'd spit on that traitor's grave.

[tainoaz]

Useless Eaters is how the Greedbags see anyone that will not work for Minimum Wage ad infinitum.

[BklynKen]

Fucking_crook