Fuck Aetna. I'm leaving them in the next FEHB open season over the games they're playing. Should have done my homework and found a better plan in the first place, but reading about the way they dealt with DoJ over this antitrust thing got me off my ass.
I'd like to congratulate whatever lawyer wrote that letter to make it
say that they were going to pull out because of costs incurred, while still making it clear that it was just a
quid pro quo threat. That little piece of doubletalk was some of the most masterful bullshit I've seen in years.
Look. I'm no anarchist. I wouldn't even describe myself as a libertarian.
Would you settle for "sociopath"? I mean...
I've said many times in this thread that I like it when the government uses its power to force people to pay for things I like, because like everyone else, I'm a selfish being who likes to see my own priorities advanced.
Most of us at least
pretend to support a broader view of things that takes into account the total benefit to a group - be it our town, our nation, our human race, etc. Society would break down if everyone tried to live by your outlook. Just look at the modern-day Galt's Gulch... xD
I just think it is bullshit when people ascribe negative words or colorful language like, "xyz hates poor people" to anyone who doesn't want the government to use the guns and the threat of imprisonment to advance any given agenda (this time it is healthcare) when a fundamental evil needs to be done to accomplish those things.
I think it's funny that someone talking scornfully about "colorful language" would use the phrase "fundamental evil" in literally the same sentence, when the "evil" in question is a time-honored tradition accepted by a probable majority of humans, and a large plurality at a minimum. Hell, even some animals have a sense of collectivized resources, and some enforce it within social groups. I'm not claiming to settle once and for all whether your view is right or wrong, but I do assert that painting it as an obvious, universal truth is as colorful as anything else up-thread.
I won't bother claiming that it's hypocritical to call something a "fundamental evil" but make exceptions when it benefits you... some things just don't deserve arguments. Let's just call that added humor.
I think we can leave it to the 19 year olds who just finished Atlas Shrugged now, guys. :)
-W
Teehee...