Reply #10: Wealthcare [View All]

I initially found this site via an email I got showing your "healthcare not wealthcare" tshirts.

I run a small medical clinic in a small town in Iowa. I follow religiously the oath I agreed to take when I graduated from Med School. I am confused on where this website stands regarding healthcare. Is this website against anything and everything that makes a profit or is it this website's desire to see everyone receive quality healthcare? I run my clinic so that I make a profit. I spend a lot of money and a lot of time becoming a doctor. Just like most of you, I have bills to pay and mouths to feed. I cant afford to work for free. I dont expect you that actually have jobs to work for free either. The actions of Cigna are terrible. The fact that they earned a profit misses your argument. They operate a company that employees people. They need to make a profit or thousands would be out of work. Ok, so maybe you dont care if Cigna goes out of business but, you need to care if I do. I need to make a profit so that I can afford to run my free rural clinics on weekends. Rural farmers and the like need just as much care as anyone else. They often drop their insurance if they have a bad crop year and need the money. Most are self insured and dont get the discount a corporation gets for it's employees. I provide free vaccine and routine check ups and I run these clinics out of churches. The medication and supplies come out of my pocket. Add that expense to my student loans and you will quickly find that even with my profit I earn, I am by no means wealthy. I fully support a solution that provides healthcare to everyone. I just think you look really ignorant making this about profits. The lemonade stand my daughter runs, earns a profit. Profits are not bad guy. Greed is. Cigna is Greedy. Dont confuse the two.