Right now, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans joins allies Floridians for Health Care, Health Care for America Now! and others for a sit-in at Humana's offices.
Cries of "HEALTH CARE NOW!" can be heard from a horde of protesters young and old at this rally organized by Health Care for America Now. Five representatives are inside the Humana building while strong health insurance reform advocates rally outside. Events just like this are being held in 9 other cities across the nation as we speak.
For coverage of the Florida event, stay tuned to the Palm Beach Post, Channel 5 & Channel 12 news.
Last month at this same office in West Palm Beach, seniors with FLARA and numerous labor and community allies held a press conference and rally denouncing Humana's scare tactics aimed towards seniors.
Today, they continue their work protesting big insurance company misdeeds and pushing for no-nonsense health insurance reform that will benefit Americans young and old.
Just this week, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national insurance industry trade association of which Humana is a member, launched multimillion-dollar ad campaign targeting seniors in key states across the nation. More.
Despite recent reports in the press about seniors skepticism about health insurance reform, FLARA President Tony Fransetta is not one to be fooled. He points out on the somewhat confusing Medicare Advantage debacle that "Up to 16 years ago Human offered the same, in fact, equal or better benefits than they do now." Fransetta points out "It was during the last Presidential administration that the deal was enacted to award the insurance companies their additional payments without an increase in the benifits or level of service."
Protesters today also take issue with Humana's denying care to patients thus the slogan "Patients not Profit" which runs counter to Humana CEO Michael McCallister's motto "Profits will win every time."
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