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myLot reputation of 74/100. bobmnu (2668)   ranked 191 out of 6,392 in politics4 months ago

Humana Insurance Co has been ordered to stop telling senior citizens that the Presidents Health Care Plan might cause them to lose some of their coverage. Where is the ACLU and protecting the Freedom of Speech?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 22/100. kennyrose (4062)   ranked 2,882 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

From what I know this is unconstitutional and walking upon freedom of speech.
Businesses and even the white house and it's administration send out lies and propaganda info every day 24-7.
O supporter's want to live in a vile & corrupted nation they dam sure for now have it lock stock and barrel!!

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2. myLot reputation of 71/100. Koriana (160)   ranked 131 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

humana is one of the companies that got a nice windfall from the recent expansion of schips.
that money gives the governement the right to step into the business whenever they want and start dictating, since well, after all, what's the company gonna do if they don't like it, break ties with the gov't and live without all that money they are receiving?
I am sorry if you don't like it, but that is just the way it is, when a person or business becomes dependent on another for their cash, well, the stepping in and dictating usually does follow!!
the schips program and the like is what is unconstitutional, the rest of the mess is just because we were willing to allow that action grow and breed more unconstitutional acts!


myLot reputation of 74/100. bobmnu (2668)   ranked 191 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

When you take a job and work for a company you do not give up your rights. Humana provides insurance to cover the gaps in the government programs. The Congressional Budget Office has stated that Medicare paitents would lose benifits under many of the proposals. Humana is also taking money from people so don't they have a duty to them to keep them informed?


myLot reputation of 71/100. Koriana (160)   ranked 131 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

umm....I am giving my employer about a third of my life! and yes, for that third of my life, I am giving up my rights....
can I say what I want to at work, nope, believe me, I have and been threatened with job loss for just speaking up and telling the truth!

ya know, I do believe that humana is one of the ones offering coverage through schips....I may be wrong. blue cross/blue shield does, along with quite a few others.....schips, medicare/medicaid, many of them have been enrolled in hmos that are being run by the insurance agencies.

all I am saying it that it's all that money that the government is floating around that is giving them the right to pull crap like this. if the business sector and the public sector really doesn't want the government pulling this crap, well, my advice to them would be to change the way they do their business so that there is less need for the gov't to throw the money around, and decide not to take their danged money to begin with!

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3. myLot reputation of 51/100. Taskr36 (4644)   ranked 394 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

They'd better watch out. Obama's next move might be to fire their CEO and replace him with a puppet like Government Motors. It disgusts me that so many people think that this big government ruling and controlling supposedly private corporations is a good thing.

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4. myLot reputation of 80/100. Rollo1 (1624)   ranked 79 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

They did something that Obama clearly disapproves of. They gave out accurate information on the health care reform and its impacts and repercussions. What really worries me most is how few people will have a negative reaction to this government-ordered censorship.

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5. myLot reputation of 49/100. Destiny007 (4558)   ranked 613 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

The Federal Government does not have the authority to dictate what any company or individual says on any subject.

Any attempt to do so is a violation of the 1st Amendment.

So much for Transparency...

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6. myLot reputation of 64/100. anniepa (9287)   ranked 380 out of 6,392 in politics   4 months ago

So, the right to free speech covers giant corporations misleading and frightening senior citizens into believing their mailers are official government notifications telling them they're going to lose their benefits? Even if this large company is getting most of its business and therefore most of its profits by participating in the "Medicare Advantage" program?

Annie


myLot reputation of 51/100. Taskr36 (4644)   ranked 394 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

Of course it does. They can use fear tactics the same way Obama has with every major piece of legislation so far.


myLot reputation of 74/100. bobmnu (2668)   ranked 191 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

AARP is telling its members that their benefits will not be cut, at the same time the Congressional Budget Office is saying something different. Just like Cap and Trade, and the Stimulus bill we are being asked to support something that we can not read and do not know what is and is not covered.

Where is the transparency we were promised? The ability to read the bill for 5 days before congress voted on them? It seems that everything is an emergency and as one Senator put it the American people are too dumb to understand what they are doing.


myLot reputation of 64/100. anniepa (9287)   ranked 380 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

"...and as one Senator put it the American people are too dumb to understand what they are doing."
Which Senator said that? Are you referring to Kent Conrad who read from the bill to illustrate that no non-lawyer or non-legislator would understand what it meant? I didn't take him as saying we're "too dumb to understand" at all. Did those numbers and figures make sense to you?

Annie


myLot reputation of 74/100. bobmnu (2668)   ranked 191 out of 6,392 in politics  4 months ago

Then maybe we need simpler laws. After all even Charlie Rangle who wrote most of the tax codes can understand that he has to pay taxes. One thousand page bill are too long and should not be allowed. One of the proposed bills had more tax changes than Health care reform. If you want money for a Bike trail or walking path then put in in a single bill and vote on it, don't put it in a health care bill and fund it with moeny from another source. What upsets people the most is the double speak that is used in many of the bills. The President tells us that Illegals will not be covered, yet others point out that they are not excluded - not included but not excluded. The result is the courts will decide and each congressman can say that is not what I voted for, it is the courts fault.

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