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]]> By: Ethan Knox http://peterbcollins.com/2009/11/10/one-small-step-for-better-health-care-one-giant-step-backward-for-choice/#comment-337 Ethan Knox Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:11 +0000 http://www.peterbcollins.com/?p=2391#comment-337 All actuary houses function in exactly the same way. That is, insurance brokerages and gambling casinos differ in name only. Supplied with a large enough volume, (number of client-gamblers) these businesses function EXACTLY like tax collectors. They know how much of each dollar wagered they will take. They are not gambling, for their enterprise involves no risk. But yours does, and you are. Only with medical insurance when you win financially, it is because you have lost your health. Sounds fucked right? It is. Even worse is the fact the health care reform bill does only one thing well: provide private insurance companies (bookies) with an increased and guaranteed volume of patsies. (you and me) All actuary houses function in exactly the same way. That is, insurance brokerages and gambling casinos differ in name only. Supplied with a large enough volume, (number of client-gamblers) these businesses function EXACTLY like tax collectors. They know how much of each dollar wagered they will take. They are not gambling, for their enterprise involves no risk. But yours does, and you are. Only with medical insurance when you win financially, it is because you have lost your health. Sounds fucked right? It is.

Even worse is the fact the health care reform bill does only one thing well: provide private insurance companies (bookies) with an increased and guaranteed volume of patsies. (you and me)

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