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No, They Are Monsters

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Wendell Potter, the former CIGNA employee turned moral whistleblower on our insane health insurance companies, was back on Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night to discuss the latest deleterious trick of his former industry to retain their inhumane profits. As reports indicate , those heartless robots at the top of our dysfunctional embarrassment for health providing in this country are looking at a way to stop offering child only plans as immediate parts of " Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act " come into effect on Thursday. Potter has been a wonderful blessing in the emotion driven fight for a true health system for the people over the last year and a half. But his restraint in not labeling his former colleagues in the field "monsters" and just saying their continued actions to deny children coverage is just "part of the system" exonerates them from their crimes. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the econo...

Yesterday's Leftovers For 7/15/10: They Won't Say Anything About Her

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The nutcase party were throwing their arms in their usual fake outrage over President Obama recess appointing Don Berwick (and they still are doing just so , blocking more appointees as usual) . But when it comes to former Wellpoint Vice President, proud Max Baucus buddy buddy, and proud author of the health insurance reform bill Liz Fowler becoming the director of Consumer Information and Oversight at HHS , there is not even a single word from them. It already is bad enough that this figure from that company gets to implemented the bill, (although since she wrote it, I guess it is only fitting). But the nutcase party only gets loud and immature again over the guy in charge of Medicare and Medicaid being placed in his position while they were on their lovely enjoyable break. I wonder what happened to all that vehement defending of those two public health care systems that they had moments ago? And I wonder what also happened to all the condemnation for the executive office re...