Hello readers. All two of you :)
I don't know where you guys stand politically, which issues push your buttons. But since this is my blog, and you're reading it, I'm sure you know mine. I'm a big proponent of marriage equality, and as someone employed in health care I am certainly, definitely, 100% behind the idea of health care reform.
I don't know how I feel about Obama's plan. I don't know what the answers are, but I do know that SOMETHING needs to change.
Like this:
2008 Salary of CEO of United Health Group: $124.8 million
2008 Salary of CEO of Aetna: $57 million
2008 Salary of CEO of Cigna: $42 million
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Number of Americans without health insurance in 2008: 47 million
Number of Americans who died because they were refused medical service due to a lack of health insurance: 22,000
I think we can all agree - democrat and republican, liberal and conservative, old and young, rich and poor, etc etc etc - that these numbers are staggering. And wrong. And that something needs to change.
I had no idea they made so much. I hate that CEOs of larger companies make so stinkin' much money. Do they not feel guilty that so many people are suffering? (I have Aetna insurance...maybe I should call them and tell them I want some of their CEO's money. :))
ReplyDeleteIts TERRIBLE! I have Aetna too and its like pulling teeth to get them to pay for anything besides an annual exam. They don't even cover my birth control. Don't they know that $20/month is WAY less expensive than a baby?!?!?
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