Comments on: Health Groups Lobbying & Executives’ $$$s http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/02/19/health-groups-lobbying-executives-s/ A Forum for Discussing and Analyzing Healthcare Issues Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: conoutofconsumer http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/02/19/health-groups-lobbying-executives-s/#comment-48 conoutofconsumer Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:10:36 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/02/19/health-groups-lobbying-executives-s/#comment-48 As a fellow participant in the health care crisis debate, beyond the specific numbers you quote is the stark contrast of what the general population is being fed regarding health care policy and what physicians and insurance companies are doing to protect their wallets. Based on an attempt to recycle the failed army ad (an army of one, turns out people didn't respond to being alone as an army), we are being told that it's up to each of us...empowerment. United we stand, divided we fall is more the reality of the complex relationship among the health care stakeholders...consumers, health care providers, and insurance companies IF they represent a viable means for people obtaining assistance in paying for medical care. You'll note that health care providers are organizing, aligning, and coming together in their support of expanding insurance coverage. This is not based on some deep-rooted recognition of the human condition, that would foster the creation of clinics, and the financing of staff for those clinics, not lobbyists. Obtaining PAY is the goal and maximizing that PAY is its subsidiary. For consumer purposes, while we're distracted by the busy body politics of why we deserve a better insurance rate than our neighbor, understand, while the argument is couched in terms of health, it is really about money and by breaking up the power of numbers by fragmenting consumers into different groups, we all lose. As a fellow participant in the health care crisis debate, beyond the specific numbers you quote is the stark contrast of what the general population is being fed regarding health care policy and what physicians and insurance companies are doing to protect their wallets.

Based on an attempt to recycle the failed army ad (an army of one, turns out people didn’t respond to being alone as an army), we are being told that it’s up to each of us…empowerment.

United we stand, divided we fall is more the reality of the complex relationship among the health care stakeholders…consumers, health care providers, and insurance companies IF they represent a viable means for people obtaining assistance in paying for medical care.

You’ll note that health care providers are organizing, aligning, and coming together in their support of expanding insurance coverage. This is not based on some deep-rooted recognition of the human condition, that would foster the creation of clinics, and the financing of staff for those clinics, not lobbyists. Obtaining PAY is the goal and maximizing that PAY is its subsidiary.

For consumer purposes, while we’re distracted by the busy body politics of why we deserve a better insurance rate than our neighbor, understand, while the argument is couched in terms of health, it is really about money and by breaking up the power of numbers by fragmenting consumers into different groups, we all lose.

]]> By: Norma http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/02/19/health-groups-lobbying-executives-s/#comment-19 Norma Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:46:18 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/02/19/health-groups-lobbying-executives-s/#comment-19 I think all lobbying should be outlawed.There was a time state or federal governments worked for the citizens now they work for corporations.The American people are sick of greedy politicians and greedy insurance companies.They have brainwashed the people to believe "you must have private insurance" the facts are you don't.My husband has medicare and pays $94.00 a month and never been denied anything.We could all have that today if the insurance companies weren't in the way.The entire country is fed up with private insurance.They want us to believe that the private sector is always more efficient than public sector and thats propagated by business interest.So there you have it,it's all about the money. I think all lobbying should be outlawed.There was a time state or federal governments worked for the citizens now they work for corporations.The American people are sick of greedy politicians and greedy insurance companies.They have brainwashed the people to believe “you must have private insurance” the facts are you don’t.My husband has medicare and pays $94.00 a month and never been denied anything.We could all have that today if the insurance companies weren’t in the way.The entire country is fed up with private insurance.They want us to believe that the private sector is always more efficient than public sector and thats propagated by business interest.So there you have it,it’s all about the money.

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