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This should be the fate of all insurance executives (Original Post)
Otto_Harper
Dec 2024
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Seems to me that Congress' failure to improve our healthcare system is the problem. But I guess it's easier to shoot
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#1
Well, we wouldn't have to resort to insurance companies if Congress had done it's job over past 60 years.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
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Silent Type
(9,052 posts)1. Seems to me that Congress' failure to improve our healthcare system is the problem. But I guess it's easier to shoot
someone in the back and feel vindicated.
Otto_Harper
(822 posts)2. That failure, of course
can be tracked directly back to the actions and ministrations of those selfsame executives.
Silent Type
(9,052 posts)3. Well, we wouldn't have to resort to insurance companies if Congress had done it's job over past 60 years.
Otto_Harper
(822 posts)4. It all depends om just Congress' job is
The congress critters and the insurance industry both think that it is to benefit the insurance lobby.
erronis
(19,224 posts)5. Congress has very good healthcare, thank you (taxpayer funded.) Screw everyone else.
AllyCat
(17,843 posts)8. They should do their jobs, but we keep electing
Reps that do the job for the insurance companies. Insurance is a racket.
Mustellus
(374 posts)6. Mr Thompson...
.. still has 90 days to file an appeal.
Bigerhalf
(28 posts)7. Nothing personal.....it's just business !
You know, Profits!
soldierant
(8,422 posts)9. Make it all Health Insurance executives and I'm right with you.
Except for Wendell Potter, a former Health Insurance executive who saw the light, quit, and is now spending his life working to get good health care for everyone. He wrote a book, and now has a niche on Substack about what he's been doing.