Taking Health Care To A New Level

Well, you really have to give the Insurance Industry credit. These people really know how to spin a lie. Once again they are doing what they do best, by planting the seeds of fear into the elderly. This is the easiest target audience for the insurance industry. The elderly have paid their respective dues by working hard, putting their children through school, and now just want to sit back and enjoy the rest of their lives. Well the insurance industry will never tolerate this American Dream. The insurance industry makes its money by denying coverage, and claims.

This should come as no surprise to those that do have health insurance coverage. For example; if you experienced a back injury, the first thing done to that patient is an x-ray. This is done to see if any bones broke, or fractured. The majority of the time this test always comes back negative. Yet the pain persist and the patient request another test. The most common test is an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). This test will reveal the root cause of the injury. Nevertheless, insurance companies will deny this test on a routine basis to many patients. The MRI cost more as opposed to an x-ray, and is not as profitable. By denying a patient an MRI, the insurance industry makes more money. That translates into, they don't have to pay for that procedure, and pocket the profit.

This is not preventive health care. This is rationing of health care by private companies. If a patient has an MRI and then proceeds to have surgery to correct the ailment, that is preventive health care. The problem is solved. Anyone in their right mind would prefer a problem to be solved, as opposed to continue to put it off as it cost much more time and money. Every time a Republican controlled Congress, and White House has occupied this nation, they refuse to address health care. The only time they did do anything related to health care, they gave the insurance and drug companies a blank check to fleece the elderly and poor.

So why are seniors so upset with legislation designed, to not only help them, but small business, the self-employed, and those that cannot afford the ridiculously high-priced premiums the insurance industry offers? That's a simple question to answer. They've been lied too. It is the insurance industry that stand to make billions of dollars a year if health care reform passes and becomes law. It is the consumer that will finally get some support from the government, when they need that MRI to solve an ailment. So why does the insurance industry seek out the elderly and lie to them by saying, "the government will cut your benefits"? Simple answer again. They (insurance companies) don't want to be held accountable with "rules and regulations". So there you have it. Health care is being taken to a new level by flat-out lies. The sad part, it is the elderly being made the puppet to spread the lies by the insurance industry. If you don't believe me, just look at the people at these "town-hall" meetings. Not many youngster asking those "talking-point" questions is there?