Profits over People

PROFITS OVER PEOPLE.

The Representatives of Our Policy Is Profit, Silver Law, Orange Moon and Mountains Out of Health Mole Hills met in the grand suit of the Hotel's Conference Center and shook hands, even though they were not fond of each other personally or professionally.
“But we have a bigger problem than each other at the moment,” said the president of Our Policy Is Profit, Mr. Greenbackhand.
“Yes,” said the president of Mountains Out of Health Mole Hills, Mrs. Goldnuggetheart. “This pending new law that we have to even cover those whom may file substantial claims. Much as my company would like to take all of each of your companies' profitable business, if we have to ensure those with potential and even actual health. . .issues, our profits will go down considerably, and that will dissatisfy our stock holders greatly.”
“Yes,” agreed John Don Conn, CEO of Orange Moon. “So we must pool our resources in order to ensure our continued profits.”
“So tonight we form The Profits Over People Private Insurance Pool,”said Joe Jean Caching, head of Silver Law. “To stop reform if we can, and delay, reduce if possible and undo it if not. Any ideas?”
“Well,” said the Mr. Greenbackhand “A few months back, my company successfully denied coverage to a little boy with kidney failure by saying that he was not viable long term because his kidney type was a difficult match. So saying covering all Americans will lead to prolonged pain and suffering for those with difficult conditions to treat is one argument we could make to the public. And anyone with a preexisting health condition is probably not viable long term anyway.”
“True,” said the president of Silver Law, Mr. Caching. “If they were viable long term, they would be profitable to cover, or at least, if they were profitable to cover, they would be viable long term.”
They all laughed at this. Then turned serious once more.
“So we've got that,” said Mr. Conn. “What else?'
“We could say it's unconstitutional to compel citizens to purchase something which may very well someday be vital to their health and financial survival,” mused the Vice President of Mountains Out of Health Mole Hills, half to himself. All of the others gave him a very strange look. “Of course leaving out all of the last,” he quickly added. “We could just say it infringes on personal liberty.” under his breath he added “Never mind that without one's health one has no liberty.”
Failing to hear this, the others forged ahead.
“It costs too much to ensure those who will likely never be able to contribute to society anyway.”
“Why give life sustaining treatment to someone who will probably never contribute to society due to disease anyway.”
“If we're forced to care for these people, we'll go bankrupt and then no one will have coverage.”
“We'll lose our twelve estates and, no wait, that won't convince anyone but us that covering everyone is a bad idea.”
“But that's why we must defeat decent affordable health care for all,” said the same vice president (...) “To ensure that we can keep reeling in the profits, which means we must avoid any customers we'll have to pay for the care of since they would cut into our profits.”
At this point the others in the room decided this vice president must be not truly on their side and threw him out, and so he could not provide any more details of this meeting, but what is here says enough.

COMENTARY
As someone with a preexisting condition who has been denied coverage because of it, despite the fact that it was an auto-pedestrian accident in 1984 and I have not had recurring health issues over the past 26 years, I see the old system that puts profits above people as practicing the love of money, which is immoral, and so those who intend to fight reform now that it is happening, I urge to take a very hard look inside their consciences before fighting for the love of money, but if they choose to fight on there is at least one voice, A Voice In The Wilderness, who will fight them every quarter step of the way, and so the gauntlet is cast, and that is all that I have to say tonight.