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Sometimes words can completely escape me. I know that the healthcare industry in the US is a multi-billion dollar machine but, this is just sad.

What’s next? Punching orphans?

From Business Insider:

Instead of asking the gamers to try a product the way Netflix would, “Get Health Reform Right” requires gamers to take a survey, which, upon completion, automatically sends the following email to their Congressional Rep:

“I am concerned a new government plan could cause me to lose the employer coverage I have today. More government bureaucracy will only create more problems, not solve the ones we have.”

This is unreal. When looking at the “Who we are” tab on the GetHealthReformRight.org. Here is the excerpt from this page below.

Get Health Reform Right is a project of organizations whose shared mission is to ensure consumers continue to have access to employer-sponsored healthcare plans. We are concerned about federal legislation that would create new government bureaucracies that would unravel the workplace healthcare system where more than 160 million people get their coverage.

* Association of Health Insurance Advisors
* America’s Health Insurance Plans
* American Benefits Council
* BlueCross BlueShield Association
* Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
* Healthcare Leadership Council
* Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers
* National Association of Health Underwriters
* National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
* National Retail Association

Hmmm.


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(updated: fixed my typos)

Comments

  1. Creepy, but not unexpected. I just glad someone caught wind of this.

    BTW, I’m having trouble with your link to the article. Looks like “http//” shouldn’t be there

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