Rose42 wrote:
Military aircraft are great for firing missiles and dropping bombs. Well done Trump and Obama.
They all do it Rose, we are controlled by Corporations, from Military contractors, Oil, Insurance Co. Big Pharm. on down, ever hear of Humana? When I was researching weapons sales, from this thread I was surprised to find Humana listed as one of the companies backing weapon sales. I looked further...
In 1993 Humana founded Humana Military Healthcare Services (HMHS) as a wholly owned subsidiary.
From 2004 to 2009, HMHS was the managed care contractor for the Department of Defense Military Health System TRICARE South Region. In 2009, HMHS' Managed Care Support Contract was awarded to United Military and Veterans Services, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. HMHS protested that decision and the Government Accountability Office upheld the protest in late 2009. In 2011, HMHS regained the five-year contract to administer medical benefits to military members and families in the South region, a contract worth $23.5 billion.
What this means is that we pay Humana a service to distribute medical benefits? Why you may ask? Good Question? The more we subcontract to what we ourselves can do, the more money we spend.
You may also find this interesting when dealing with our healthcare Insurance companies.
On May 30, 1996, Linda Peeno, a physician who was contracted to work for Humana for nine months, testified before Congress as to the
downside of managed care. Peeno said she was effectively rewarded by her employer for
causing the death of a patient, because it saved the company a half-million dollars. Peeno stated that she felt the "managed care" model was inherently unethical.