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Senator Leahy’s New Bill Speaks for a Level Playing Field-
Senator Leahy and Melanie Nathan 6/3/09
By Melanie Nathan:- When I met Senator Leahy, I was touched by his compassion, his sensitivity and his veracity. Most of all he is a champion for equality and as a supporter of UAFA, and has done much for our LGBT binational immigration. I would like to support Senator Leahy in his endeavors, first and foremost because he has my trust and faith.
On Tuesday Senator Leahy took to the Senate floor and formally filed an amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies and it has already 18 co-sponsors signed on.
In the senator’s words, “I look forward to debating this critical measure during our deliberations on the broader health care reform bill. After all, to bring insurance costs down, we’ve got to introduce more competition in the marketplace — and my amendment will do just that.”
More Senators ought to join to get this critical amendment passed.
I have not read the amendment but the Senator assures that amendment will introduce antitrust oversight to the health insurance industry, ruling out of bounds egregious anti-competitive conduct like the currently activated and detrimental price fixing loophole which raises our health costs.
There will be no real Health Care reform until, inter alia, the health insurance industry is forced to compete on a level playing field just like every other business in America, large and small. In all fairness, consumers must know that the price they’re being quoted is a concomitant of a free and fair marketplace.
The senator in a letter to his on-line community implored our support “That’s why this amendment repealing the health insurance industry’s antitrust exemption is so important — but I need your help, right now, to get it passed.” Call your representatives and Senators to ensure they support the Bill and this critical principle.
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Paul Burke - Author Journey Home
December 4, 2009 at 1:25 pm
The fact remains that big insurance by refusing care to patients and reimbursement to doctors over typos has ticked everyone off. They have a monopoly over the whole process and a well financed lobby team (including Lieberman’s wife) and representatives on both sides of the isle.
A friend of mine recently laid off just he and his spouse is paying $2,500.00 dollars a month for his COBRA. Health insurance costs more than his mortgage. Anyone taking up the insurance industry’s cause doesn’t know what they are talking about.
If you think the insurance companies are going to voluntarily lower their cost while having a monopoly over the process – you are being disingenuous …Over 60% of all US bankruptcies are attributable to medical problems. Most victims are middle class, well educated and have health insurance – (The American Journal of Medicine)
The insurance companies and their representatives in Congress would love to perpetuate a business model that is crippling our overall economy – a bunch of great Americans aren’t they?
90% of the wealth concentrated in 1% of the population is no way to run a country but a heck of a way to establish a royalty ruling class. Yacht sales can not sustain 350 million people. I’m for the public option, competition and a level playing field or break up the big insurers like we did AT&T.
A slavish focus on profit margin might be good for the individual or a business, but it is one helluva lousy way to “govern” a Country. The GOP being a wholly owned subsidiary of Corporate America has a hard time with that concept.
Paul Burke
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Paul Burke - Author Journey Home
December 4, 2009 at 1:24 pm
While Lieberman continues to be a flat out whore I thought the votes on the following amendments are more than indicative of the broad bipartisan support and the realization that the health industry is milking us dry, and that reform is a MUST.
The laws regarding the health industry as they have been gamed by the health lobbyist and their “whores” on Capital Hill has to be undone. The monopoly the health industry has cobbled together since the 1940′s has to be terminated with prejudice. It is a major factor in the collapse of the United States Economy across a broad spectrum of markets.
Melanie Nathan
December 3, 2009 at 11:17 pm
NO THERE IS NO help for any foreign man to come in with sponsorship of a bofriend or a husband or a domestic partner. It is NOT possible. FOr a visitor visa you must own property in Philippines or own a business. THERE IS NO Immigration reform YET. We are waiting and must wait a long time. No hope NOW>
†HOPE†
December 3, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Good day:
I’m hoping the immigration reform…will included…guys… i have a questions..is the immigration reform includes Gay…like domestic partner…? i need some sort of answer with this……How can Filipino Men..can go in the US…is it possible for the Immigration reform if this Bill will become a LAW..like a same sex lover..with a domestic partner
Melanie Nathan
December 3, 2009 at 11:18 pm
NO THERE IS NO help for any foreign man to come in with sponsorship of a bofriend or a husband or a domestic partner. It is NOT possible. FOr a visitor visa you must own property in Philippines or own a business. THERE IS NO Immigration reform YET. We are waiting and must wait a long time. No hope NOW>
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