Real or not? Seems genuine to me although seeing his face in the big screen of corporate media news would add credibility. I would like to see and hear more from Mr. Potter. I would like to add that; the “Insurance Industrial Complex” really only aggregates the dollars of the members and skims off the top for their pay and stock holder payments. What they have done to launch them into the sights of reform is to gut the system of benefits to a level of third world, making their offering a virtual joke. These guys are greedy beyond belief and have no idea of stewardship or community. I would put them in the category of sociopaths. What we should do is institute total regulation! Down to the cost of a band aid. The industry should be tossed out on its tail and left to die just like they’ve done to so many of the sheep they’ve sheared. Why does anyone believe a word that they spew? We Need reform now, in the form of “Regulation”
Dear Mr. Potter,
Thank you!
I would like to say that I am currently employed and insured by CIGNA. I tore my ACL a few months ago and they have covered everything from the ambulance ride to the orthopedist and physical therapy twice a week. I am ever so grateful to have this. But . . . my job is probably going to be outsourced (another American disgrace)sooner than later. What will I do then? Who knows?
It's embarrassing to live in the most prosperous nation on the planet and have so many good, hard-working people forced to stand in line to get health care in a livestock stall.
I am grateful to you for speaking out and working on correcting the health care system of this great nation of ours.
Sleep well!
Regards,
Barbara Norris
I would applaud you, but I know you're not seeking that kind of attention, so I won't. There is no shame or blame in the "American Dream." After all, this is the land of opportunity. Evolution being what it is I think it's safe to say, though, that we are now the land of the opportunists.
My mother was 4 months into chemotherapy treatment when she went to the pharmacist to discover that her perscription plan was dropped. Unable to afford the medication out of pocket, she left. It took a week for her insurer to admit their error and get reinstated. Within a week after restarting her medication she caught pneumonia. She was in the hospital for a week, released, and died within 48 hours.
She was on Medicaid,... our countries last resort for insurance. So don't feel that private insurance companies are the only one's with tricks up their sleeves.
I just want to say THANK YOU Mr. Potter on behalf of me and the rest of Americans who wish for healthcare reform. Thank you for coming out and speaking the truth about what most people don't know. I'm sure Senator Kennedy would be very proud of you.
Mr. Armey can be 2009's poster child for the under taxed privileged class's revolving door between the public and private sectors. Middle Class Americans are always on the outside looking in. Voting every two years makes the Middle Class feel as if they somehow have a say in what goes on at the top of the public sector's hierarchical pyramid...but it just isn't so. The only way to keep the privileged class under some kind of control is to raise their taxes. Unfortunately, it is the public sector privileged class that must, in effect, do that to themselves. Once the top marginal rate was lowered to 70% from 91% in 1964, Middle Class control began slipping away. Then, between 1981 and 1986, the top rate was cut from 70% to 50% to 28%. It now sits at 35%...and the U.S. Public Debt has increased from $1 Trillion in 1981 to at least $15 Trillion today. Not only does America now have runaway debt...it also has a runaway privileged class. Will the Obama administration yank back on the bit by raising the top marginal rate? Even though America can't sustain the current deficits...and Obama/Pelosi/Rangel/Reid know what must be done...the question remains, "Will they do it...or not?"
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