The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report
(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a report (pdf) projecting doom and despair for those who seek to reform its business practices. The report was farmed out to the consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has something of a history with this sort of thing: In the early-'90s, the tobacco industry commissioned PWC to estimate the economic devastation that would result from a tax on ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Memeorandum, NewsRack (Health Care)
That this report projects "doom and despair" if folks like us mess with the way the health insurance industry does business isn't surprising. Neither is it surprising that someone with a little savvy (e.g., the author of this article), a little knowledge of history, and a few facts can so easily neutralize this report. Email this report to your congressional representatives. Then ask how they're coming with the public option...