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Silent Type

(9,431 posts)
1. Seems to me that Congress' failure to improve our healthcare system is the problem. But I guess it's easier to shoot
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 04:15 PM
Dec 2024

someone in the back and feel vindicated.

Otto_Harper

(822 posts)
2. That failure, of course
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 04:21 PM
Dec 2024

can be tracked directly back to the actions and ministrations of those selfsame executives.

Silent Type

(9,431 posts)
3. Well, we wouldn't have to resort to insurance companies if Congress had done it's job over past 60 years.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 04:38 PM
Dec 2024

Otto_Harper

(822 posts)
4. It all depends om just Congress' job is
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 04:58 PM
Dec 2024

The congress critters and the insurance industry both think that it is to benefit the insurance lobby.

AllyCat

(17,917 posts)
8. They should do their jobs, but we keep electing
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 07:23 PM
Dec 2024

Reps that do the job for the insurance companies. Insurance is a racket.

soldierant

(8,511 posts)
9. Make it all Health Insurance executives and I'm right with you.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 07:36 PM
Dec 2024

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.

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