Today, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (FLARA) held a rally in front of the Humana office in West Palm Beach and delivered an open letter to Humana Inc. FLARA, seniors and numerous allies denounced Humana’s recent mailings to Medicare Advantage recipients that contained outright lies and were intended to scare seniors about health insurance reform.
Humana made national news last week when it was sanctioned by the federal government for falsely warning seniors that health insurance reform would cut their health care benefits. Currently the federal government pays private insurance companies like Humana, on average, 14% more for providing coverage to Medicare Advantage clients than it would to pay for the same care under traditional Medicare. Humana profits from wasteful overpayments to Medicare Advantage programs and wants to keep it that way.
Rally attendees were clear on two things: they oppose Humana’s mailings and scare tactics directed towards seniors; and they want to see a comprehensive health insurance reform bill pass this year.
Tony Fransetta, President of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, said, “We are here today because we are fed up with Humana’s lies. Seniors in Florida and across this country are outraged at the scare tactics Humana has employed lately. The fact of the matter is that we can fix our broken health care system and Humana can continue to do business. I join untold numbers of Americans in urging fast action on comprehensive health insurance reform including cutting the wasteful Medicare Advantage overpayments so that our system works better and all Americans can get the health care they need.”
Willie Pouncy Jr. a community outreach worker in the mental health field for the Jackson Health System in Miami said, “The state of health care is in shambles.” Pouncy, recording secretary and political chair of AFSCME Local 1363, reinforced disproval of big insurance company scare tactics and expressed support for health insurance reform. He said, “If the people I serve lack insurance and cannot afford the medications they need, they can regress into hallucinations and manic-depressive episodes which ultimately lead to tragic consequences for both them and their families. So many tragedies could be avoided by giving everyone equal access to affordable health care."
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Posted by: www.democratz.org | 10/05/2009 at 06:37 AM