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Now, what sort of culture do insurance companies have? I think that there's good evidence that it's a sick and cancerous one. If you have evidence to support t

Now, what sort of culture do insurance companies have? I think that there's good evidence that it's a sick and cancerous one. If you have evidence to support this claim, provide it. It might be interesting. If you don't, you're just resorting to name-calling so you can win a boring argument about politics. We don't like that sort of thing here. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

davidw 17y ago
> If you don't, you're just resorting to name-calling so you can win a boring argument about politics. We don't like that sort of thing here. Which is why "we" flag all of these articles:-)
timr 17y ago
"If you have evidence to support this claim, provide it. It might be interesting. If you don't, you're just resorting to name-calling so you can win a boring argument about politics. We don't like that sort of thing here." I think the opinion of the parent falls under the heading of "arguments that do not require citation, because any educated citizen should be familiar with their content". Here's what I found in two seconds of Googling: http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/business/fi-revoke17 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/business/fi-revoke17 http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1 http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22krugman.html?... http://www.sickofbluecross.com/consumer_stories/ http://www.sickofbluecross.com/consumer_stories/ and here's a great podcst from last weekend on insurance companies and their rescission practices that I just happened to hear while making dinner (third story in; right around the 30 minute mark): http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=386 http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=386 ...and that's just a taste of the information that's out there, available to anyone with even a passing inclination to look for it. Maybe the decisions documented in these articles don't constitute "evil", but I wouldn't characterize the them as "amoral", either. At the least, there's a strong argument to be made that the profit-seeking motive of American health insurance companies has gotten out of balance with its duty to protect the insured, and requires further regulation.

davidw 17y ago

> If you don't, you're just resorting to name-calling so you can win a boring argument about politics. We don't like that sort of thing here. Which is why "we" flag all of these articles:-)

timr 17y ago

"If you have evidence to support this claim, provide it. It might be interesting. If you don't, you're just resorting to name-calling so you can win a boring argument about politics. We don't like that sort of thing here." I think the opinion of the parent falls under the heading of "arguments that do not require citation, because any educated citizen should be familiar with their content". Here's what I found in two seconds of Googling: http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/business/fi-revoke17 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/business/fi-revoke17 http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1 http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22krugman.html?... http://www.sickofbluecross.com/consumer_stories/ http://www.sickofbluecross.com/consumer_stories/ and here's a great podcst from last weekend on insurance companies and their rescission practices that I just happened to hear while making dinner (third story in; right around the 30 minute mark): http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=386 http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=386 ...and that's just a taste of the information that's out there, available to anyone with even a passing inclination to look for it. Maybe the decisions documented in these articles don't constitute "evil", but I wouldn't characterize the them as "amoral", either. At the least, there's a strong argument to be made that the profit-seeking motive of American health insurance companies has gotten out of balance with its duty to protect the insured, and requires further regulation.