"The Health Insurers Have Already Won"

Democracy Now by Anjali Kamat, Amy Goodman | Aug. 17, 2009 (News Analysis)

reporters Chad Terhune and Keith Epstein argue UnitedHealth and other insurers maneuvered to shape healthcare reform for their own benefit. The story is titled “The Health Insurers Have Already Won,” and the authors argue that the insurers have “succeeded in redefining the terms of the reform debate to such a degree that no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous bill Congress may send to President Obama this fall, the insurance industry will ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Health
Topics: U.S. Congress, Health Care, Corruption in Congress, Corruption, Insurance
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 7:56 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Vincent Caminiti (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review), Lisa Holt (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 7:56 PM PDT
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Vincent Caminiti
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 by Vincent Caminiti - Aug. 18, 2009

This article is investigative journalism - an expose of "opinion posing as fact" Irrespective of the conclusions easily drawn from articles of this nature - it isn't an opinion piece.

The medical and pharmaceutical giants have masterfully bought politicians wholesale and managed to convince, what one might think are intelligent human beings, to buy and own an argument that is in their worst personal interest. Not unlike the furious fist pumping that drowned out protests against going to war in Iraq., there are actually Americans believing that the non-profit, as police, fire and water, isn't a good thing for health care. Unfortunately one can't carry on a ... More »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 18, 2009

The piece looks at United Health and the degree to which they are using their research to feed talking points used by opponents of real reform in health care. Their potential of huge profits from the health care reform shows their conflict of interest here versus the public interest.

They have won unless there is a major public uprising... And we need publicly financed elections.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Aug. 18, 2009

The title may overstate the case, but is provocative.

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Lisa Holt
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 by Lisa Holt - Aug. 18, 2009

The content really sheds light upon just how big of a colossal mess this healthcare business really is.

Just as Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-NY) said on the MSNBC morning programs just today; and I'm paraphrasing, but the point of his message was basically that there is no healthcare reform without the public option; that there will be no true healthcare reform without it, as having the healthcare insurance industry regulate themselves is pretty much the same thing as promoting an arsonist to the position of fire cheif.

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