This makes me SICKO!

If anyone has seen Micheal Moore's documentary Sicko, then you know that there is definitely irrefutable examples and evidence of health insurance companies doing any and everything they can to deny patients coverage or compensation for medical expenses.

This ABCnews article also illustrates that these greedy health insurance companies will do anything to line their pockets and keep American citizens sick/and or dead.

The California Medical Association revealed a new plan by Blue Cross and Blue Shield which requested that Doctors release "conditions" that patients have.

Then, with this new information, the Insurance company could deny service to anyone who had a condition. Which means, a lot of people. Since everyone goes to the doctor because of some condition or symptom, every patient would have a record.


Also; "'Any condition not listed on the application that is discovered to be pre-existing should be reported to Blue Cross immediately," according to the letter obtained by the newspaper."
This might also mean that any condition that you might have, that you didn't list, uh, like cancer or something maybe, could get you disqualified from coverage!

"Doctors were unhappy about the letter, warning that some patients might hide any medical history that could affect their prospects of receiving health insurance.

'We're outraged that they are asking doctors to violate the sacred trust of patients to rat them out for medical information that patients would expect their doctors to handle with the utmost secrecy and confidentiality,' said Dr. Richard Frankenstein, president of the California Medical Association."

I'm sure that the insurance companies will think of some nice fat bonuses or rewards however, to get doctors to "volunteer" this information.

Anything to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.

This is why we desperately need to reform the health care system in America.

Health care is not a privilege as some Republicans would like you to believe, Health Care is a right (You know, the right to LIFE, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness....).

Americans can overcome this health care crisis. We just have to work together.

And we have to stop being so self centered and oblivious to the problem.