The question to ask opponents of health care reform legislation should be simple and clear: Are you in favor of letting carriers get away with bad-faith practices such as denying claims fraudulently? Not answering their phones? Not explaining denials to policyholders? No? Then how do you propose to deal with the problem?
Wow. That's pretty comprehensive. So, Margie, as an investigative journalist who has looked deeply into health insurance excesses, you find the present legislation better than no legislation at all and a step in the right direction. What else would you like to tell our readers before we wrap up our interview?
The present legislation is more than just 'better than nothing.' More
than a step in the right direction, it opens the door on the
stranglehold over medical care.
You
did so much of the legwork over the past few years about health
insurance industry excesses, even though the corporate media chose to
ignore you and your findings. Thank you for sharing your take on
health care, Margie. I look forward to reading more of your work.
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Margie Burns is a freelance journalist in metro D.C. with a blog on government, law and politics.
Periodical press credentials through The Progressive Populist.
Published stories broken include the Reagan and earlier Bush administrations' support of Saddam Hussein with supplies including weapons and anthrax; the Washington Post Co.'s financial stake in Bush à ‚¬Ëœeducation reforms'; Halliburton's Iraq commerce; and Iraq war profiteering by Bush-connected companies. Issues include impeachment; the Iraq war; 9/11; torture and executive branch abuses; election integrity; health insurance reform.
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