{"article":{"id":236294,"heading":"Obama rushed to hospital","author":"Resolved White","created":"2010-03-25 07:57:09","modified":"2013-11-11 01:04:30","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:04:30","article":"<p>Obama has a pre-existing condition. <br><br> It is called &ldquo;bought and paid for&rdquo;. <br><br> Obama did not want a public option in his great and historic Health Bill. <br><br> Nor did he want to look after women&rsquo;s rights which are basic Human Rights. <br><br> He does not believe in true universal healthcare that&rsquo;s managed by we the people. <br><br> He was the number one recipient of health industry money in the Senate and when he was running for president, so I&rsquo;m not surprised that he had very little interest in doing single payer. <br><br> His paymasters had ordered him to make the bill the way it is now. <br><br>  <br>  <br> The private insurance companies are still the ones in charge.  <br><br> They&rsquo;re still going to call the shots.  <br><br> They&rsquo;ve just been given another big handout by the government by guaranteeing customers. <br><br> And the insurance companies are going to find ways to trick up the system to get around it, to raise premiums. <br><br> The fine for them for denying somebody because they have a pre-existing condition?  <br><br> One hundred dollars a day.  <br><br> So if an insurance company has a patient who needs a $100,000 operation, what will they do?  <br><br> Pay out the $100,000 operation because the law says you have to?  <br><br> Or do you break the law but just get a $100-a-day fine?  <br><br> After a year that would be $36,500 versus a $100,000 operation.  <br><br> Go figure. <br><br> Pre-existing conditions are safe for the insurance companies. <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"With a pre-existing condition","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pre-existing.jpg","filesize":"18.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2010\/03\/236294.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pre-existing.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pre-existing.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}