College Confidential - View Single Post - Health Insurance Firms paid employees bonuses for cancelling policies!

gbesq · 11-16-2007, 08:35 PM

Absolutely disgusting. A million dollar fine? How about putting the HealthNet executives who came up with this idea in jail for starters? I don't have a problem with an insurer cancelling a contract for an individual who made a materially fraudulent statement about their health on the application. I DO have a problem with an insurer that gives its employees a financial incentive of this kind. I guess that's the fundamental problem -- if you're going to view equal access to healthcare as a right that all should have, then a system of coverage based upon private insurers with a profit motive simply won't do. The candidate who can offer America a real plan for national healthcare that takes for-profit insurers out of the equation has my vote. It can't happen soon enough.

11-16-2007, 08:35 PM	#25
gbesq Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 866	Absolutely disgusting. A million dollar fine? How about putting the HealthNet executives who came up with this idea in jail for starters? I don't have a problem with an insurer cancelling a contract for an individual who made a materially fraudulent statement about their health on the application. I DO have a problem with an insurer that gives its employees a financial incentive of this kind. I guess that's the fundamental problem -- if you're going to view equal access to healthcare as a right that all should have, then a system of coverage based upon private insurers with a profit motive simply won't do. The candidate who can offer America a real plan for national healthcare that takes for-profit insurers out of the equation has my vote. It can't happen soon enough. Last edited by gbesq; 11-16-2007 at 08:48 PM.
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