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BlackSpinner
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by BlackSpinner » Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:55 pm
Friends posted this on my facebook.
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3195872.shtml?cat=1
The Minnesota Attorney General is asking the federal government to investigate one of the state's largest health insurance providers, accusing Humana of a pattern of denying claims and overcharging folks on Medicare.
The Attorney General's office compiled several hundred pages of affidavits that it presented to the federal government on Friday. The office said it proves Humana has been improperly handling insurance claims by dozens of Minnesotans enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans.
Actually what they posted was this
http://nineinchnews.com/ted-cruz-says-o ... te-claims/
Asked about the recent accusations against Humana by the Attorney General Lori Swanson in Minnesota, Texas Senator Ted Cruz said:
“Remember, the bottom line for a corporation is profits. If the claim is legitimate and they are going to lose money on it, they should be able to, in good conscience, deny the claim, in the interest of profit.”
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chunkyfrog
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by chunkyfrog » Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:14 pm
So, good ole Teddy sez, "Medicare is an entitlement program that needs to be eliminated."
I guess we know whose pocket he lives in.
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SleepyBobR
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by SleepyBobR » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:42 pm
Nine Inch News is satire isn't it? I'm having a little trouble believing this report...
Here's another story in Nine Inch featuring Ted Cruz...
http:// nineinchnews.com/ kingdom-lala-land/
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BlackSpinner
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by BlackSpinner » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:02 pm
SleepyBobR wrote:Nine Inch News is satire isn't it? I'm having a little trouble believing this report...
Here's another story in Nine Inch featuring Ted Cruz...
http:// nineinchnews.com/ kingdom-lala-land/
Yes it turns out it is a satire site. It is hard to tell these days what is real and what is satire.
However the Humana information is real.
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by ems » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:33 pm
BlackSpinner wrote:“Remember, the bottom line for a corporation is profits. If the claim is legitimate and they are going to lose money on it, they should be able to, in good conscience, deny the claim, in the interest of profit.
Thinking this is not far fetched for him... but, actually saying this out loud... OMG! I have to go throw up now.
If only the folks with sawdust for brains were as sweet and obliging and innocent as The Scarecrow! ~a friend~
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chunkyfrog
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by chunkyfrog » Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:13 pm
And there are pols who have called Medicare entitlement.
I wonder what the heck all my FICA contributions were for--Congressional perks?
Yeah, probably so.
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by 49er » Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:39 am
Even though the Cruz remark was satire, I wouldn't be surprised if people like him actually believed that.
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by RogerSC » Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:53 am
Yeah, a lot of people seem to equate Medicare and Social Security with welfare, and think that it's fine to cut benefits based on that...for those of us who have paid into them for our whole working lives and won't get anything back until retirement, it's hard to view it as welfare. More like an insurance program, seems to me.
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by cpapist » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:10 am
No, it is not like an insurance policy. Insurance companies invest your money so they will be able to pay future claims.
The government takes your money as it comes in and spends it immediately. There is nothing there for future claims.
When people like Bernie Madoff do this, they go to prison. When politicians do it they get reelected.
You people are so ignorant of economics. You should not be allowed to vote and then we would not be in such messes.
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SleepyBobR
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by SleepyBobR » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:27 am
Wel, lucky for you, I can't vote, at least not down there.
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by cpapist » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:00 am
Oh, don't worry. We already have enough economically illiterate down here to keep electing the same crooks over and over.
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SleepyBobR
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by SleepyBobR » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:30 am
Well, regarding my economic literacy, I'll just say you don't have much to go on in passing judgement.
By the way, I agree with the rest of your post regarding the Ponzi scheme nature of many entitlement programs.
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by SabrinaFaire » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:17 am
cpapist wrote:No, it is not like an insurance policy. Insurance companies invest your money so they will be able to pay future claims.
The government takes your money as it comes in and spends it immediately. There is nothing there for future claims.
When people like Bernie Madoff do this, they go to prison. When politicians do it they get reelected.
You people are so ignorant of economics. You should not be allowed to vote and then we would not be in such messes.
I believe they mean that it
should be like an insurance program.
And "you people"? That's a broad and quite frankly rude statement.
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chunkyfrog
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by chunkyfrog » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:27 am
You noticed! I also noticed that cpapist is not registered, and may not even use cpap.
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by msla » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:40 am
cpapist wrote:No, it is not like an insurance policy. Insurance companies invest your money so they will be able to pay future claims.
The government takes your money as it comes in and spends it immediately. There is nothing there for future claims.
When people like Bernie Madoff do this, they go to prison. When politicians do it they get reelected.
You people are so ignorant of economics. You should not be allowed to vote and then we would not be in such messes.
A staffer in my democrat senator's local office agreed with me that social security was based on Ponzi scheme economic planning.
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