Philosophy
If your boyfriend or husband beats you, you might want to start thinking about keeping extra ice in the fridge because insurance companies are denying medical claims on the grounds that domestic abuse counts as a pre-existing condition. That pimple you had when you were a teenager? Also a pre-existing condition. Breathe air? Yep, that too...
And if you're thinking about having a baby, Stephen knows just how to get insurance companies to pony-up the cash for your kid every time, and it's not racist at all ;)
People are afraid that a socialized healthcare system might include death panels. With for-profit private insurance companies, isn't that exactly what we have?
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- Million Dollar Idea: Death Panel Insurance
So, here's my latest million dollar idea. Death panel insurance. For $100, if you are condemned by one of President's Obama's death panels, we will pay your next of kin $1,000,000. The $1000 policy assures you a one-way ticket to the non-socialist...
- Disentangling Healthcare Debates
With the passing of Ted Kennedy, it seems only appropriate to discuss health care today. I watched Jim Moran's town hall meeting with Howard Dean last night and it is certainly true that not everyone on the political spectrum is interested in actual...
- The Word - Fracking Gag Gift
I hope I don't have to explain the environmental, safety, health, economic and ethical problems and negative trade-offs associated with hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking). It's bad enough that we are destroying multiple habitats, ecologies,...
- Women's Nazi Health Plan
Sometimes I seriously wonder whether this life is all just a dream or whether people really are as obtuse and retarded as they sometimes seem. Take the fact that insurance companies will now be required to offer birth-control and other forms of preventative...
- Nothing New...just More Anger From The Populace
"Executives at health insurance giants cash in as firms plan fee hikes" Leaders of Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna received nearly $200 million in compensation in 2009, according to a report, while the companies sought rate increases...
Philosophy
The Word - You-Genics
If your boyfriend or husband beats you, you might want to start thinking about keeping extra ice in the fridge because insurance companies are denying medical claims on the grounds that domestic abuse counts as a pre-existing condition. That pimple you had when you were a teenager? Also a pre-existing condition. Breathe air? Yep, that too...And if you're thinking about having a baby, Stephen knows just how to get insurance companies to pony-up the cash for your kid every time, and it's not racist at all ;)
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- Million Dollar Idea: Death Panel Insurance
So, here's my latest million dollar idea. Death panel insurance. For $100, if you are condemned by one of President's Obama's death panels, we will pay your next of kin $1,000,000. The $1000 policy assures you a one-way ticket to the non-socialist...
- Disentangling Healthcare Debates
With the passing of Ted Kennedy, it seems only appropriate to discuss health care today. I watched Jim Moran's town hall meeting with Howard Dean last night and it is certainly true that not everyone on the political spectrum is interested in actual...
- The Word - Fracking Gag Gift
I hope I don't have to explain the environmental, safety, health, economic and ethical problems and negative trade-offs associated with hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking). It's bad enough that we are destroying multiple habitats, ecologies,...
- Women's Nazi Health Plan
Sometimes I seriously wonder whether this life is all just a dream or whether people really are as obtuse and retarded as they sometimes seem. Take the fact that insurance companies will now be required to offer birth-control and other forms of preventative...
- Nothing New...just More Anger From The Populace
"Executives at health insurance giants cash in as firms plan fee hikes" Leaders of Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna received nearly $200 million in compensation in 2009, according to a report, while the companies sought rate increases...