http://www.richardpoe.com/2009/09/20/medical-murder/
“Medical Murder: Why Obamacare Could Result in the Early Deaths of Millions of Baby Boomers”
by Richard Poe · September 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Reprinted from WorldNetDaily’s Whistleblower Magazine, August 2009
http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2009/10/15/health_care_reform_—_getting_less_for_more
Thursday, October 15, 2009
“Health Care ‘Reform’ — Getting Less for More”
by Larry Elder
SNIPPET: “Hawaii offered universal child health care — for seven months. Then it dropped the plan. Why? People (and employers) with private plans dumped them to ride the “cheaper” government train. One of Hawaii’s health care administrators lamented, “I don’t believe that was the intent of the program.” And Hawaii is a small state, without nearly the number of “health insurance needy” as we have on the mainland.”
SNIPPET: “Several New England states offer health care “reform,” using most of the ideas floated by the Obama administration.”
SNIPPET: “New England boasts that its number of uninsured has gone down (although not as much as predicted). But health care in New England now costs more than anywhere else in America.”
SNIPPET: “”Reformers” point to the “unfair” number of claims turned down by private insurers. But Medicare, as a percentage of claims filed, actually turns down more than do non-government carriers. According to the American Medical Association, Medicare turns down 6.85 percent of claim lines, followed by Aetna at 6.8, Anthem at 4.62, Health Net at 3.88, Cigna at 3.44, Coventry at 2.88 and UHC at 2.68. All private carriers combined averaged a denial rate of 4.05 percent, making Medicare’s rejection rate 170 percent higher!
Hold on to your wallets.”