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The Tyranny of Wall St.-Run Health Care: No CEO Left Behind

Michele Swenson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Bureaucrats, CEO Ron Williams, Wall St.-Run Health Care, Underinsured, Survival-of-the-Fittest Capitalism, Stock Options, Cigna, Corporate and Washington Entitlement, Congresspersons-Turned-Industry Lobbyists, CEO Karen Ignani, Medical Loss Ratios, Uninsured, Insurance Acquisitions and Mergers, Wellpoint, Shrinking Health Coverage Competition, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Government-Run Health Care, Socialism, Aetna, Ahip, Privileged vs. Undeserving Underclass, William McGuire, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The insurance industry has shifted to selling so-called "consumer-driven" plans with very high deductibles that shift a great deal of health care cost from employers and insurers to individuals.

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Like Wall Street, Current Health Care Policy Privatizes Profit And Socializes Risk

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Economic Crisis, Government Health Care, Medical Bankdruptcy, Taxpayer-Subsidized Medical Costs, Unpaid Medical Bills, Privatized Medicare, National Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Socialized Risk, Rising Out-of-Pocket Health Costs, Socialized Medicine, For-Profit Insurance, Health, Single Payer Health Insurance, Privatized Profit, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Health Care, American Hospital Association, Unitedhealth, William McGuire, John McCain, Minimum Benefit Plans, America's Health Insurance Providers, American Medical Association, Home News
Michele Swenson

The excesses of the health insurance industry resemble those of Wall Street and the subprime housing market, typified by privatized profits for insurers and socialized risk for taxpayers and consumers.

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Former UnitedHealth CEO To Forfeit $418 Million

New York Times | Eric Dash | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Sec, UnitedHealth, CEO Compensation, William McGuire, Business News

In one of the largest corporate pay give-backs ever, William W. McGuire, the former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, has agreed to forfeit at le...

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