Monday, December 21, 2009

Political Demagoguery




One of the chief authoritarian arguments for government meddling in health care has been the rejection of claims by the 'evil' insurance companies. The American Medical Association has scored this claim with the big winner of the 'evil' title going to ......... the government! That's right, the government rejects most claims on a two year rolling average of 5.5% rejection. Their closet competition for the title of 'evil' is Aetna and Anthem at 4.5% rejection.

Of course, all a politician needs to do is throw the word justice around and no one is willing to challenge the assertion that only government has the necessary solution.

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