http://roughroadreview.com/blogs/blog1.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:15:53 +0000 Bill Pearlman [Member] c135@http://roughroadreview.com/blogs/ This from a letter to the editor NY Times re an article about health insurance profits by Robert Reich: <br /> <br /> After reading Robert B. Reich&#8217;s article, I cannot help but ask what may seem a na&#239;ve question. He writes, &#8220;America&#8217;s five largest health insurers made a total profit of $12.2 billion last year.&#8221; When is this country going to realize that health care should not be a for-profit industry but a basic human right in a civilized society? Where did those $12.2 billion go, or rather, where did they not go? <br /> <br /> As long as we are unable, as a country, to face this question, everything else in the health care debate seems irrelevant and a paltry response to our problems.<br /> <br /> <br />
After reading Robert B. Reich’s article, I cannot help but ask what may seem a naïve question. He writes, “America’s five largest health insurers made a total profit of $12.2 billion last year.” When is this country going to realize that health care should not be a for-profit industry but a basic human right in a civilized society? Where did those $12.2 billion go, or rather, where did they not go?

As long as we are unable, as a country, to face this question, everything else in the health care debate seems irrelevant and a paltry response to our problems.


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