The Health Insurance Game
June 16th, 2009 | by Rick |DrChristineAdams asked:
This video is a skit written by supporters of HR 676 the single payer national health insurance bill in Congress (John Conyers - Michigan). All other industrialized countries have universal national health care. Their medical costs are far less than ours are in the United States but their health outcomes are as good or better. Americans have seen their health insurance premiums increase by 87% from 2000 to 2006 while their earnings only increased by 20% and the average rate of overall …
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10 Responses to “The Health Insurance Game”
By RENE on Jun 18, 2009 | Reply
LEE
Good point. It’s easy for us who are comfortable to forget that just because we have good health insurance today is no guarantee of good health insurance tomorrow. We can easily join the ranks of the under and uninsured.
By STANLEY on Jun 19, 2009 | Reply
WALLACE
Now imagine how the uninsured or underinsured feel. A simple way to make we who are comfortable feel a little of the discomfort. Great beginning.
By MELVIN on Jun 21, 2009 | Reply
JARVIS
Thank you for supporting HR 676. For an elegant concise explanation of single payer & HR 676, go to “What is Single Payer” on YouTube. The creators won the Am. Med. Student ***. HR 676 video contest. It’s excellent.
By TRACEY on Jun 24, 2009 | Reply
JAMAL
This video is a nice illustration that “insurance” companies aren’t in the insurance business, they are in the “middle-man” business. Real insurance is about pooling risk. But these insurance companies are about avoiding risk and expense in order to maximize profits, which is what their shareholders demand. Bad arrangement. GO HR 676!!!
By NEIL on Jun 24, 2009 | Reply
KIETH
Valuable family teamwork. From here in Central Europe the problems with health care in the US seem as counfounding as in new Democracies. But it is clear that many caring physicians and programs exist, here as there. I especially value the Balint Groups used at Baylor to teach physicians to be more responsive to their patients. It is a method that is useful and should be considered by all physicians to improve their quality work. Thanks.
By RANDY on Jun 25, 2009 | Reply
NOEL
chimoose cracks me up. You’re not part of the health care system, you’re a part of the health care industry and you’re part of the problem. Special interest indeed; can you say “paycheck”? Clearly the person to ask if you need a haircut isn’t the barber, and the person to ask about improving health care accessibility isn’t a health insurance company employee. Go peddle your concern troll garbage elsewhere.
By CHADWICK on Jun 28, 2009 | Reply
KIRK
What a refreshing way to make this complex issue understandable and, especially, to drive home the human consequences of the insurance mess. It certainly did a better job of explaining the situation to my daughter than I was able to do. Thanks!
By LAMAR on Jun 28, 2009 | Reply
GREGORIO
YouTube is not a great venue for political discourse. All attempts are inherently dumbed down because of the vessel, a short internet video. That said,I still think it is a valuable tool for promoting different messages,such as Single Payer, and giving a brief overview of the issue. It is of course an exageration, it is not meant to be taken as completely factual. The creator of the video gave resources for more information, which is full of non-simplified information.
By CARL on Jun 29, 2009 | Reply
MERLIN
I work for an insurance company. As a member of the health care system as well as a human being, I am in full agreement with the fact that our health “system” is broken. And I also appreciate using creative video to share your message. But when special interests like you try to mislead the public by oversimplifying their problems, you’re no better than a political candidate making campaign promises. Surely you can do better.
By DOMINGO on Jul 1, 2009 | Reply
NED
Excellent portrail of an outdated, greedy and inhumane system. Blood should be running out under the doors of health insurance companies.