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Why should we feel inclined to save the health insurance companies …

There have been a lot of Chamber of Commerce ads that seem to be trying to appeal to common people to prevent a public health insurance option from being realized because it will put private health insurance companies out of business. … Americans are responsible for the vast majority of all health care innovations. The top five U.S. hospitals conduct more clinical trials than all the hospitals in any other developed country. Since the mid- 1970s, the Nobel Prize in …

Katz: Rein in insurance companies for health care reform | Kansan.com

… portions of their paychecks to health insurance . If Americans are spending considerably more on health care coverage than any other developed nation, where does this extra money go? Here’s a possibility: the executives and shareholders of massive insurance companies . … However, like so many other systemic problems that have arisen from lack of regulation, these top insurance companies have become so large they can jack up prices without fear of losing customers. …

The health care compromise – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com

The health care compromise · “ I have to agree with Mr. Krugman. We can’t continue to accept the status quo. The insurance companies are making huge profits already, yet Americans receive some of the poorest care in the developed world. …

Health insurance companies deciding care « Later On

The United States is the only developed country without a universal, cradle-to-the-grave health care system. In no other developed country would a girl be on “the verge of never hearing again” because a for-profit insurance company …