I told you so

Americans (some of them, anyway) cannot see that a single-pay, universal health care system if the only solution that will work. They say they do not want government managing medical issues. So a for-profit insurance company is better? A situation where the kind of treatment you get depends on how much it costs? One man even spoke up at a meeting and said he wanted the government to keep its hands off of his Medicare. The average physician now spends 40% of her working time filling out forms. If insurance companies really are the best at deciding what treatment is proper, we can do away with doctors altogether. Just enter the codes for your symptoms and your provider will dispense treatment. Simple. The fact is, we spend more on medical issues as a percentage of GDP than any other country, and those costs continue to rise.

That's ridiculous Those greedy a-holes will constantly find ways to squeeze money from the economy any way they can. And are they seriously complaining that they ONLY made a $2.7 billion profit? Unbelievable.

This is the BEST "I told you so" I've seen in years! I saw that health care costs are now over 17% of our total economy and will only continue to rise dramatically if something isn't done. Well Point is only the beginning. Every other major insurer will soon follow suit, I'm sure. It's comical how some people are so afraid their taxes will go up a few bucks will now probably defend their insurance company for charing them HUNDREDS more for their monthly premiums! Annie

I hope you know neither of the bills on healthcare reform currently sitting in Washington would have stopped this. The prices still would have increased...why? They are greedy little b*stards. So you can say I told you so all you want. I hate the insurance companies. But that does not mean I want the governmnet to take over healhtcare. I trust them about as much as I trust the insurance companies...and that is not saying much. We need a way that gives the power back to the people and their doctor...not the insurance companies...not the government.

Yes. Insurance companies are greedy and are only concerned with making profit. I've never met anyone who has contended otherwise. I know some people who, if you asked them a certain way, would say they're more than happy with their current insurance. But if you threw in "what if it was more affordable" you better believe they'd do backflips and proclaim "HELLZ TO THE YES... I want that!" All that aside, this bit of news doesn't have anything to do with anything that I can tell. I still don't know anybody who doesn't want insurance reform -- which could include regulating private companies to ensure blood-sucking practices are done away with. Some just don't want what you want, but that doesn't mean they don't think some things should be changed. Is this meant to be a "BOOYA" moment on the side of government-run, universal healthcare? I think it's pointless to get into the 300+ million needing it and 100+ (maybe not even that many) who could potentially pay for it. A lot of things need to be fixed in healthcare. A lot of things need to be fixed in general. I'm happy for your (kinda) BOOYA moment. Great new emoticons!

I love your 'I told you so'. You were bang on the money then and you continue to be now. So now can we have a campaign to open the eyes of the blind and those who refuse to see? Those are the people that bother me the most. Sorry to change the subject ever so slightly but I remember thinking back in 2003 when the TV channels were filled with news programs which were filled with flags and glory banners and rhetoric about a War on Terror and then in the same sentence talking about Iraq. EVERYBODY and I do mean EVERYBODY that I know was full force behind this jingoism. And I mean FULL FORCE. I couldn't believe what I was seeing or hearing. It was the first time I really had to question why I had chosen to live in this country. I thought: Are ALL these people REALLY going to act on such scant and questionable information? The answer came quick. And my friends, NOTHING has changed. The lies continue and there is an endless line of people who are DESPERATELY wanting to believe them. The believers are out there. You hear them babbling on the news everyday. Facts hold no weight. It's the rhetoric that counts. And the same old guff gets regurgitated day in and day out. I stopped paying health insurance months ago. When I did, I at first became very scared. Then I suddenly realized how much better off I was financially and that all those years I'd been paying all those thousands and still footing large medical bills..well, I needn't have bothered. The medical bills are large with or without the insurance when they come. Why not put the thousand dollars a month away safe somewhere and hope for the best - insure yourself. In fact why not do away with insurance altogether. It's a scam industry from start to finish. Why for instance did I pay $350 per month auto insurance for all of last year for a policy that has a $1000 deductible and which I don't claim on for breakdowns. I don't need it. If it wasn't for the legal requirement I wouldn't pay it. Insure yourself. It's time we all sat up and took a look at insurance in general and said: "I am not going to be ripped off any more." Then let;s turn to the pharmaceutical industry.