{"id":4359,"date":"2009-09-02T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2009-09-02T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:54:34","slug":"leave-the-helpless-health-care-industry-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/02\/leave-the-helpless-health-care-industry-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave The Helpless Health Care Industry ALONE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stats to make you blue:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance companies: +87%<\/p>\n<p>Percentage change in the profits of the top ten insurance companies: +428%<\/p>\n<p>Chances that an American bankrupted by medical bills has health insurance: 7 in 10<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/view\/2009\/08\/24-1\">Common Dreams<\/a>]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are six lobbyists [from the health care industry] for each of the 535 members of the House and Senate, according to Senate records, and three times the number of people registered to lobby on defense. More than 1,500 organizations have health-care lobbyists, and about three more are signing up each day. Every one of the 10 biggest lobbying firms by revenue is involved in an effort that could affect 17 percent of the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>These groups spent $263.4 million on lobbying during the first six months of 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group, more than any other industry. They spent $241.4 million during the same period of 2008. Drugmakers alone spent $134.5 million, 64 percent more than the next biggest spenders, oil and gas companies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pensitoreview.com\/2009\/09\/02\/six-health-care-lobbyists-for-every-member-of-both-houses-of-congress\/\">Pensito Review<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>One thing is for certain with these kinds of numbers &#8212; health care reform is going to RULE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stats to make you blue: Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance companies: +87% Percentage change in the profits of the top ten insurance companies: +428% Chances that an American bankrupted by medical bills has health insurance: 7 in 10 [via Common Dreams] There are six lobbyists [from the health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leave The Helpless Health Care Industry ALONE!!! 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