It’s no wonder America’s health care system is in big trouble when what most people consider actual medical care is counted as a “loss” on the health insurance companies’ balance sheets. The publicly held health insurance companies control much of the health care dollar. They run on one premise: to protect the interests of their shareholders. Patients and employers, on the other hand, believe health insurance is to help pay for their health care when necessary. health+and+safety
President Obama on Monday at the White House will host a “fiscal responsibility summit” as he begins discussing the federal deficit, USA Today reports (Jackson, USA Today, 2/23). health+and+safety
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I fear we will be seeing more of this—as companies’ bottom lines shrink (or turn red,) the pressure will mount to cut-back on measures to ensure workers’ health and safety. We must be vigilant and insist that OSHA, MSHA and other public .