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Ed Asner explains health care premiums

Posted by Colette Washing... on March 10, 2010 - 4:20pm

Ed Asner explains what your health care premiums pay for–and a lot of it’s not health care. About 30% goes to paperwork, advertising, lobbyists, obscene executive salaries, and profiteering. That’s why we need single payer, California OneCare.

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Patient Submitted Stories

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Three health insurance horror stories in my family

Judith
Santa Monica, CA
Heathcare Status: Uninsured

I have three health insurance horror stories in my immediate family alone. Including an uncle whose HMO allowed him to die from prostate cancer (which I've since been told is easily treatable, but treatment was delayed or denied until he died.)

Submitted on May 5, 2009 - 12:54pm.

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tale of two insurances

Roxann
Winchester , VA
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

I work for the public sector which generally has enjoyed some of the best insurance overall for the least price however this too is a thing of the past. My family policy with dental costs almost what my mortgage does each month and my husband and I wonder how long we can continue to afford it.

Submitted on December 5, 2007 - 7:35am.

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