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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 01:41 PM Sep 2014

Gillibrand slams insurance companies: Response to Yates flooding 'un-American'

Gwen Chamberlain,

PENN YAN | U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had a lot to say about the response from insurance companies to the May flooding in Yates County when she visited The Arc of Yates Friday afternoon. Not much of it was good.

“It’s absurd. It’s ridiculous. I’m so disappointed with the insurance companies. It’s disgraceful and un-American,” she said after hearing of one woman’s struggles with a flood insurance carrier.

Sitting in the middle of a large empty room where flooring and about 3 feet of sheet rock from the bottom of the walls had been removed as part of flood cleanup, Gillibrand met with officials from The Arc of Yates, other local officials and private property owners. She wanted to hear how her office can help secure support for flood recovery, saying, “Insurance companies and the government are supposed to be here in times of great need.”

While some of the discussion focused on the struggles of some private property owners, Gillibrand assured representatives from The Arc that she and her staff would advocate for the organization.

http://m.the-leader.com/article/20140905/NEWS/140909779/1994/NEWS

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Gillibrand slams insurance companies: Response to Yates flooding 'un-American' (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2014 OP
Some people prefer private managers in charge rather than government managers, why is a mystery. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #1
Agreed! too much profit concern on their part. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #4
Insurers tooeyeten Sep 2014 #2
Evil at times. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #3
Only evil tooeyeten Sep 2014 #5
I remember a man from LA after Katrina saying there is a special place in hell hrmjustin Sep 2014 #6
Hoping tooeyeten Sep 2014 #7
Insurance companies usually get to write their own rules. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #8
Not "usual" tooeyeten Sep 2014 #9
good point. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #11
But what is the "outraged" tooeyeten Sep 2014 #10
She can complain but unless they pass legislation then she can't do anything. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #12
When she gets off of "talk" tooeyeten Sep 2014 #13
Agreed! hrmjustin Sep 2014 #14

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
2. Insurers
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:09 PM
Sep 2014

Are profit makers, their job is no increase profits, and wear down the customer/consumer-- the so-called "insured."

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
5. Only evil
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:16 PM
Sep 2014

When you are rightfully making a valid claim on a policy that they contracted to cover.

Other times, they're great taking in your premium payments.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
6. I remember a man from LA after Katrina saying there is a special place in hell
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:18 PM
Sep 2014

for insurance companies.

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
7. Hoping
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:28 PM
Sep 2014

Some place much less special than hell for insurers, their CEOs, and the politicians that embolden them. (You realize insurers have no federal oversight, instead are under the control of the state where they are domiciled? Fifty of them...

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
9. Not "usual"
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 03:03 PM
Sep 2014
always undermine consumerism for robber baron capitalism, their lobby is massive, far reaching and financially as large as 50% of nations on earth. How can a state legislature refuse?

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
13. When she gets off of "talk"
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 03:25 PM
Sep 2014

In the media, and there are sub-committee investigations, placing the CEOs on the hot seat, sworn in, then we may have something; otherwise it's cheap grandstanding, and if anyone knows her tell her I said so.

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