I’m speechless.
The 5 year compensation plan for the CEO of CIGNA could pay for *ALL* of the out of pocket expenses of everyone in Rhode Island.
The health insurance industry is a profit making engine. Its built to take your money, and not provide a service.
Watch, learn, act.
Taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4TsaHmtgfA
Taken from AmericaBlog: What happens when you’re diagnosed with colon cancer in Canada
I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer less than two weeks ago. I had been suffering some strange symptoms for over half a year, mostly constipation, cramps, and weight loss. It ended up with a day of such extreme abdominal pain that [...]
Listen to the NPR review of the book, and conversation with the Author http://www.wbur.org/news/npr/111831757
From How American Health Care Killed My Father : The Atlantic, by David Goldhill
After the needless death of his father, the author, a business executive, began a personal exploration of a health-care industry that for years has delivered poor service and irregular [...]
Taken from This comment on
Reddit.com
I’ve posted this in a few Health care links:
At the moment the USA pays roughly 15% of its GDP, 5% more than any
other nation, and pays more than DOUBLE the average per
capita for healthcare. How much? DOUBLE This is
extremely wasteful. Universal Health Care makes sense.
The UK enacted health reform in 1948. [...]