When I hear these dumbass Republicans rant on about how a “government takeover” of health care will result in rationing and “death panels” I wonder if they are awake.  We already have death panels and rationing, dumbshit!  The death panels are the profit-from-death health insurance companies and the rationing is already happening, it’s called getting your claim denied or being dropped from the roll.  The mindless drones (the right-wing rank-and-file) then pick it up and repeat it over and over like little machines.

Look at this story at Politico which reports on the top five insurers making $12 billion in profits last year droping 2.7 million people.

With health reform floundering, Democrats have renewed their attacks on the insurance industry and a new report out today hopes to bolster their case that insurance company practices need to be reigned in. The report finds that the top five largest for-profit insurance companies increased their profits by $12.2 billion last year while dropping coverage for 2.7 million Americans.

As a group, WellPoint, Aetna, UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Cigna saw their profits jump 56 percent in 2009 up $4.4 billion over the previous year, according to the report. Four out of five companies saw profits increase while insuring fewer people. Cigna increased earnings by 346 percent while UnitedHealth shed 1.7 million beneficiaries. Aetna, which increased its membership and percentage of premiums spent on medical care, was the only company to see less income in 2009 than 2008.