“GO AHEAD AND DIE!” say the health care pirates, medical insurance CEOs
If my clients (and I) have to pay high rates to insurance companies for health insurance, and/or if they have to pay high costs for health care, then they have less money to buy a home. I support a public health care insurance policy because it will take money out of the pockets of health insurance company executives and put that money back in the pockets of ordinary Americans. It will make health care affordable.
Brought to us by Consumer Watchdog, “GO AHEAD AND DIE!”, music by Austin Lounge Lizards, music video by Powerhouse Animation
Pirates of the Health Care-ibbean
I am the captain of a health insurance company
I plunder and I profit as I sail the corporate sea
My salary’s in the millions and my dividends obscene
My logo is the Jolly Roger on a field of green
His logo is the Jolly Roger on a field of green
Should ye fear ill winds will blow your ship upon the reef
I’ll offer my protection lest ye surely come to grief
I may spare you life if bloated premiums you’ll pay
But if you can’t afford this ransom, here is what I’ll say
If you can’t afford this ransom, here is what he’ll say
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
From shingles, beri-beri or a piano from the sky
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
I’ve got mine and I feel fine, so go ahead and die!
Senators and Congressmen make up my scurvy crew
They swab my decks and cash my checks and cast a vote or two
When the universal health care serpent rears it ugly head
My press gang fires broadsides and my crew ensures it’s dead
His press gang fires broadsides and his crew ensures it’s dead
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
A charging moose, an angry goose, or the dreaded tse-tse fly!
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
Face your ills, and pay your fills, then go ahead and die!
Because your basic coverage will cost an arm and leg
I’ll happily replace them with a hook and peg!
Fifteen pounds of paperwork upon a dead man’s chest
I’ll throw the whole mess overboard and ignore your last request!
If you seek reimbursement for your body parts so dear
Just dial my claims department, you might get a buck-an-ear
You question why I buried a vast locker full of loot
Of course I must maintain my yacht, the Golden Parachute
There’s advertising, lobbying and junkets near and far
My hard working public servants deserve their R and R!
Arr and Arr and Arr and Arr! Arr and Arr and Arr!
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
Kick the bucket, bite the dust, and dryly say goodbye!
Yo ho! Yo Ho! Go ahead and die!
A poison frog or too much grog, Go ahead and die!
From falling, mauling or keelhauling, Go ahead and die!
I’ve got my share and I don’t care! Go ahead and die!
MEDICAL INSURANCE CEO SALARIES FOR 2008
Ron Williams - Aetna
Total Compensation: $24,300,112 - details
H. Edward Hanway - CIGNA
Total Compensation: $12,236,740 - details
Angela Braly - WellPoint
Total Compensation: $9,844,212 - details
Dale Wolf - Coventry Health Care
Total Compensation: $9,047,469 - details
Michael Neidorff - Centene
Total Compensation: $8,774,483 - details
James Carlson - AMERIGROUP
Total Compensation: $5,292,546 - details
Michael McCallister - Humana
Total Compensation: $4,764,309 - details
Jay Gellert - Health Net
Total Compensation: $4,425,355 - details
Richard Barasch - Universal American
Total Compensation: $3,503,702 - details
Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group
Total Compensation: $3,241,042 - details
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