It is high time to bring it back to the 90’s… the 1890’s that is. Here’s a throwback to the days of the Communist Internationals:

Right now we have a man named Wendell Potter, former vice-president of corporate communications at health insurance corporation Cigna, who is blowing the whistle on his former health insurance company. What is he letting the public know about this uber-malevolent organization? They use “buzz” words!!!! Bring out the guillotines, we cannot allow this to happen!!! He accuses them of being masters at linguistics, the fascist version of Shakespeare if you will. Someone tell the president that engaging in PR should be a capital offense.

Potter also accuses them of… [wait for it]… raising insurance rates on people who get more expensive to insure! Heavens no! Didn’t anyone tell Cigna that they are supposed to freeze their premiums regardless of cost? But wait, if Cigna raises rates “artificially,” doesn’t the free market allow their customers to switch to other companies? Never mind that, let’s just focus on greedy greedy Cigna. What can we do to make the company seem even more evil? Let’s look at a case where they made a bad health decision that resulted in death… remember, all’s fair in love and health care reform debates. Apparently, a 17 year old boy died from leukemia because Cigna would not cover their liver transplant… but don’t France, the UK, Germany, Sweden and most European countries with government-run health care systems have higher death rates than the US? Never mind that, let’s focus on the greedy greedy Cigna.

Tired of this class conflict, greedy-corporations-versus-starving-little-Timmy argument? I know I am. Will it work? I certainly hope not. Let’s reform the system in such a way that takes advantage of the free market, lowers cost, reduces the burden on the taxpayer, and find a way to keep sick people from being left without care… without resorting to the easy solution of throwing our hands up and saying “let government do everything.” We can do it. We are enterprising Americans. Yes we can!

-AG