Posts Tagged ‘Conservatives for Patients’ Rights’
Spot the health insurance hokum in this TV ad
It appears that a group called Conservatives for Patients’ Rights has begun running healthcare ads designed to knock down changes in healthcare insurance before they can stand.
But good old FactCheck.org points out that the ad knocks down a straw man instead. Some examples:
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Lots more good details may be found at the link.
The health insurance industry is a marvel of cynical ingenuity: it keeps itself profitable by insuring people who are healthy (whose claims, on average, will not exceed their payments), and terminating people when they become too sick to be profitable (i.e., when those people most need health insurance).
The industry – having become fabulously wealthy by offering insurance to selected clients, while posing as a helper to Americans generally – has a great deal to lose from an honest public discussion. Expect more alarmist hokum.