I’m moving some comments over here because the initial comment wasn’t really in response to a post and it just made more sense to make the comment the post. I put the responses to that comment here too, just because it’s easier for me. I added the link to the article: STATE SLAPS DR. DO-GOOD INSURANCE BUREAUCRATS REJECT $79 HEALTH PLAN.
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I’m enjoying the NY Post article today, calling the Ins. Dept. into question regarding its attempt to shut down a medical provider from offering $79 per month flat fees to uninsureds for office visits, with $10 per visit extra. According to the Ins. Dept, even though the practice only affords medical services it can provide in-house, that’s medical insurance and the provider can’t offer that since it’s not a state licensed insurance company. When the health insurance industry sees a medical plan like this, which is not insurance, yet which could take a vast amount of money out of its pocket if it takes hold, you can bet they made a call to their friends at the Ins. Dept. Now the really insane part of all of this is, today, at this time, when hell is freezing over and countless Americans cannot afford health insurance, why the heck is the insurance department spending its vast resources, once again, to hurt consumers who can’t afford insurance and help a bloated industry? It’s times like these that the hypocrisy becomes obvious to everyone, not just geeks like myself, as revealed by the Post story. LMK was bad enough– the Ins. Dept spent a great deal of taxpayer money to produce a completely technical Amicus brief, contrary to black letter law, that just patently flies in the face of all appropriate policy considerations. Fortunately, the Ins. Dept. will lose LMK, and lose it badly, and its hypocrisy will be exposed once again. The insurance companies have their own attorneys, very well compensated. That “our” insurance dept. acts as pro bono counsel for the industry at taxpayer expense is insane. No one is looking out for consumers here. |
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No-fault is just one small aspect of the dysfunction. |
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Watch where Dinallo goes after he finishes this assignment for the insurance industry. Some cushy job with a company or lobbying group. Shame. |
Healthcare in NY is a political quagmire that affects every aspect of the care received by the people of NY.
Sun that was brilliant and dead on. The insurance department is a microcosm of the U.S. government during the past 8 years … of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations. A revolving door of corruption. That is why I will sue them and sue them and sue them until I break them. I vow to always have an active lawsuit against them until they become what they are supposed to be.