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Author Topic: Corporate Profits over Patient in the Health Care Field  (Read 17773 times)

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AGelbert

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Barrie Dunsmore: The real news on weather disasters


http://vtdigger.org/2015/07/03/barrie-dunsmore-the-real-news-on-weather-disasters/

Viewers should also be repeatedly reminded of what ties these political representatives have to the oil, gas and coal industries. Under the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which gave corporations the same rights as individual people, corporations now can and do plow hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into elections. Most don’t do so for patriotic or altruistic reasons. Under current lax campaign finance laws, some of that money can be hidden. But not all of it. And the American people should be told regularly, just how much their congressmen and senators are getting from corporations, or individuals who oppose virtually any climate change legislation.

The usual argument against effective steps to slow the devastation of a changing climate is that they are too expensive.

So Americans should also frequently be told how much it is costing taxpayers right now, to clean up after every major storm, including business and workers’ pay losses.

No state can be blamed for the hurricane, typhoon, flood or drought it has been hit with. But its people are ultimately responsible for those they elect to represent them.

Such news coverage would certainly make the extreme weather reporting more relevant – and even help to combat climate change. Maybe some day.

Read this with interest. Barrie is, of course, correct. But given that our current system of campaign funding is tantamount to, "rent a politician,"  I question whether we'll ever lived to see it.  And what media outlet would dare report such linkages with the threat of the corporate sugar tit being withdrawn as a result?

Of course the media/corporate suicidal Empathy Deficit Disordered status quo defenders will continue to avoid using CFS.  But comments from folks like Barrie make it harder and harder for them to BS and pretend they aren't BSing.

The TRUTH of how TOTALLY gamed our system is cannot be hidden anymore. Take this comment at Thom Hartmann's site that references another comment.

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Aliceinwonderland • 14 hours 54 min ago #12 This post, written by Alan McLemore, follows an article from Truthdig: The Fight Over Obamacare Was A Giant Political Charade; July 2, 2015.

It was so damn good, I just had to re-post it here. It starts with him responding to a comment from another blogger. Great comment, except for this: "You will need a lawyer, to get treatment approved even if you have coverage."

Bad news. I am a lawyer, and one of the things I have seen happen steadily since Reagan was elected has been the non-stop cutting back of the rights people have to sue corporations and, in particular, medical corporations. They did it by using corporatist media to tell lies, like the infamous million-dollar McDonald's hot-coffee case: https://www.ttla.com/index.cfm...

I used to practice medical-malpractice law, but quit after the cases dried up--because under present law, a lawyer must spend $50,000 or more to get the requisite expert witnesses, medical records, and other things necessary to prepare and try the case. This is true even if the case is "open and shut", which many are.

This means that, in Texas (and now in most states), you are very unlikely to find a lawyer to help you unless you have at least a half-million dollars in damages. And now that pain-and-suffering sorts of "consequential" damages are very limited, that means an extremely serious injury--with tons of medical bills--is required.

How serious? If you come in and tell me you lost half the fingers on your right hand, or lost half the sight in one eye or the hearing in one ear, I'll tell you "Sorry, not enough damages, good luck with your next doctor".

And in cases where medical-malpractice isn't involved: More and more, the "terms of service" you unthinkingly agree to in a transaction require you to "arbitrate" disputes. What this means is that you have to "try" your case before a panel of corporate lawyers who pass as "arbitrators". It's not cheap--and less than 5% of claimants prevail even if you spend the money.

It's an awful situation. All the more reason for BERNIE IN '16.

Yeah no sh it. Literally do-or-die, folks. - See more at: http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2015/07/bernie-sanders-could-be-next-fdr#comment-325848

I celebrate Aliceinwonderland's take on the importance of a future with President Sanders. But I think he understates, even with his grave warning, the gravity of the situation.  I don't think it is "do or die". We ARE DEAD! It's resurrection of CFS (Common F'n  Sense) or extinction.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt 10:37

 

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