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Shouldn't that be Senator Blanche Lincoln a "moderate" Arkansas "Democrat"?

Rolling of eyeballs while fingering air quotes would be appropriate.

And shouldn't we all be heaving a big sigh of relief that United Healthcare is fighting to preserve profits for shareholders and CEO bonuses? Profits, after all, are the only purpose of a for-profit American corporation.

Wonder how much United Healthcare has given to Blanche and the other "Democrats" from Arkansas.

Mr. Arellanes shouldn't be so self-centered. I mean, how can he possibly think that his paltry personal tragedy is as important or as grave as a threat to the dominant market position of some insurers? Sure, Mr. A lost one home, but some insurance company executives might lost multiple homes--vacation homes!--and a yacht or two if their profits are dented by a nefarious socialist "public option." We must resist creeping socialism at all costs.

Geez, I never reported my broken arm, lo, those many years ago. Don't tell me I'm on the hook for that $25,000 if BCBS ever starts snooping around. You don't suppose insurance companies are subject to statute of limitation provisions? Nah, guess that would crimp their style.
Mr. Arellanes has taught me a lesson or two. Keep wrapped around my driver's license a note to any emergency personnel to contact my insurance company BEFORE they put me in the ambulance. And take me to my home hospital, guys, even if I'm visiting family 1,000 miles to the north.
I might as well drop BCBS. I know hubby wouldn't even think about calling the insurance company if I were badly injured.
I wish I believed in hell. Insurance folks deserve their own special level. Fourth or eighth isn't nearly adequate. Nor is the addition of the two for a twelfth level. Somebody who didn't zone out in math, add all the levels, then square them. That might be a good beginning for lower level insurance folks.
Then cube that for Blanche Lincoln and Mike Ross.

Even when you are "in-network" sometimes all your medical bills don't get paid. If you live in Little Rock, work in Little Rock, get injured in Little Rock and get a ride in an ambulance to a Little Rock hospital that bill might not be covered because it is "out-of-network." MEMS does not particiate in any insurance plans as an in-network provider, and by law MEMS is the only ambulance service allowed to operate in LR city limits. Why? MEMS doesn't like insurance companies trying to whittle the bills down in an attempt to save money at MEMS expense. Your only choice will be to pay for your ambulance ride out of your own pocket or battle your insurance company like Mr. Arellanes is doing.

Of course paying for everything for everyone...especially when we already have a doctor shortage and a massive federal deficit...doesn't sound ideal either.

I say quit babying that woman and start looking for a real Democrat to elect who can toss her out on her bum!!! Trying to convince that woman ain't going to work - shes married to a doctor don't ya know.

I say quit babying that woman and start looking for a real Democrat to elect who can toss her out on her bum!!! Trying to convince that woman ain't going to work - shes married to a doctor don't ya know.

This makes my petty rants about insurance hassles seem so small. All those "just following orders/rules/procedures" drones aren't the villians; the corporate entity that is United Health Care is the worst of the worst in a field of evil, greedbag f**kpigs. Public Option Now!!!!!

It's very important we focus on Blanche and Ross who are the two early active persons on important committees.

And it's important, imo, that people tell Blanche she had best vote no on final passage of her Baucus / financial committee bill... which may very well take place next week. Because it's a huge gift to all the wrong people.. with a myriad of guarantees written into the bill by insurance and pharma.

It is also very important that we remember there is not one elected Arkansan who is on the peoples side.. who is thinking about care or fiscal conservative methods over and above corporations who suck the life and treasure out of our system while adding no value whatsoever. None.

If Blanche must go.. so should every single senator and congressman Arkansas has.

It's time to support Greens... and it's time for good people to take over the dreadful excuse for an AR Dem party we have today.

Knock Knock, surely you have the good sense to join me in supporting something very important to us.
Other people cannot see the importance of it now, they must be dragged along, by a horse, so to speak, until they understand how things work. If we start throwing money at every brain-damaged mother in America how will we have money for OUR group?

You see, Blanche was right. We "cannot afford" health care for this nation. There are other priorities.

As you've seen on YouTube, our death panels turn a profit.

And you and I both know Knock, Knock if we don't put a stop to this socialized medicine there will be no
end to it.

LET THEM EAT ADVIL!

JOIN IN ON ELWOOD.

Do we really think even one of our elected representatives cares about some person going bankrupt because his wife had an accident?

The first thought in Snyder's head will be how this affects doctor income. The first thought in Ross's head will be how this affects the pharmaceutical business. The first thought in Lincoln's head will be how this affects insurance company profit.

If working men and women can't afford to buy political representation, then they go without. That's the American way.

NO NO NO! Mr. Arellanes doesn't understand that Blanche Lincoln doesn't give a damn about his wife or his lost home. She's got to keep her corporate owners happy! She can't be worrying about sick people...she's got twin who'll need her fortune when she dies.

After all this guy works for the telephone company. If he had any moxie he'd work for a better outfit and have the money to save his wife the next time she has an accident. Heck...only a handful of people in Arkansas work for the phone company. Max should be asking our thousands of chicken and chicken related product workers about their insurance horror stories. I can't waste my time worrying about Mr. Arellanes and his piddly little 75 thousand dollar a year job.

UnitedHealth Care has probably been very very nice to Blanchey though their name doesn't show up in her contributions. But a quick look at her contributions shows names of people and organizations so blurred it would take Perry Mason & Paul Drake to figure out who they're connected to. You can bet Blanche would rather dance naked at the mall rather than upset UnitedHealth Care.....oh no....can't do that!

Spend a little time at my blue name and see the names of the businesses and front groups Blanche is really working for........for damn sure, she's not working for us or Mr. Arellanes.

Nice post DBI.

We do have.......................TWO SENATORS....from Ark

They each have ONE VOTE....in the U.S. Senate.

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How gracious of Blanche to listen to Mr. Arellanes' painful story before giving him and the rest of her constituents in Arkansas the big, albeit figurative, one-finger salute (i.e., her inevitable vote against the public option ). The least we can do when election time comes is return the favor (i.e., vote for anyone but her). Click on the blue otter to help hold her accountable.

Michael Baisden, black talk radio superstar whose show is carried locally on KOKY, talking today about Keith Olbermann's historic "Countdown" hour-long commentary on health insurance last night . . . flat came out with the statement that if Obama "doesn't get this one [health insurance reform] right, it's all over for him."

This is the first national black commentator I've heard say point-blank what so many -- blacks and whites -- think about Obama's Presidency. I voted for him. But along with so many others I'm still waiting for him to DO something -- ANYTHING -- that remotely lives up to his campaign promises of change.

Still can't wait for the corporate-owned Blank to come campaigning in my area. Taking suggestions for short, pithy slogans for signs. Will even put your username at the bottom!!!!

But remember, the president (regardless of who they are) still needs the backing of his party. And the stupid D's sure haven't helped. DF'ers.

really. when are you people going to wake up and see there's really no difference in Republican & Democrat? If there was, why are things typically thought of as Republican ideas being passed in Congress by a Democrat controlled Congress?

If you actually want change Vote Green Party, if not i'm really tired of hearing you people (Democrats & Arkansas Blog) whining about the people you voted for, Blanche could defecate on your dying grandmothers and you would still vote for her because she has a (D) by her name, and she knows that, thats why she doesn't listen you.