Congress asks health insurers if they'll stop dropping customers except in cases of fraud.........

.......Insurers tell members of Congress to go Cheney themselves.

Note to Congress: You can't bargain with gangsters. :think:




from MichaelMoore.com:



June 17th, 2009 2:01 pm
Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage


Lawmakers ask three executives if they'll stop dropping customers except where they can show "intentional fraud." All say no.

By Lisa Girion / Los Angeles Times


Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members of Congress who decried the practice as unfair and abusive.

The hearing on the controversial action known as rescission, which has left thousands of Americans burdened with costly medical bills despite paying insurance premiums, began a day after President Obama outlined his proposals for revamping the nation's healthcare system.

An investigation by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations showed that health insurers WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Assurant Inc. canceled the coverage of more than 20,000 people, allowing the companies to avoid paying more than $300 million in medical claims over a five-year period.

It also found that policyholders with breast cancer, lymphoma and more than 1,000 other conditions were targeted for rescission and that employees were praised in performance reviews for terminating the policies of customers with expensive illnesses.

"No one can defend, and I certainly cannot defend, the practice of canceling coverage after the fact," said Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Tex.), a member of the committee. "There is no acceptable minimum to denying coverage after the fact." ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=14069

is sitting outside in the cold.

:eyes:

Single payer now.

of course the gangsters will say what ever congress wants to hear, until there's no public health care option on the table available to the people.

Then as always, it'll be business & profit on the sick as usual for the gangsters...throwing off people who will hurt their profits...that's why corporations should NOT be in the health care business.

Who believes these insurance gangster fucks and their republican bag men will sacrifice bucks to do what's right?

Plain and simple.