At a time when 6.5 million Californians cannot afford their health care and millions more are underinsured, it is obscene to allow executives to feed at the trough of huge cash and stock payouts.
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The health care system is moving to a privately-owned 'Single Payer' system where patients will have fewer choices, less leverage and higher costs. The number of the uninsured will surely increase has the insurers' control increases. If we are going to have a Single Payer system, why not let the government pay a lot less for better care instead of turning the health care system over to private insurers that take 20 percent for overhead and profit.Jerry Flanagan
Requiring something people cannot afford is not a solution to solving the health care crisis.
Jerry Flanagan
But those that need affordable health care most can't afford to invest. More than half of those already enrolled in these plans have not put any money in their health savings account.
Jerry Flanagan
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that a handful of insurance companies with a stranglehold on the market can raise rates.
Jerry Flanagan
When Wall Street analysts talk about efficiencies, they're talking about more money for HMO profits, not better care.
Jerry Flanagan
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