Reply #3: My younger brother died from it, the HMO initially told him it was bronchitis,

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around one to two weeks later he dragged himself there and
had to demand that they help him, he almost died right then
of a massive amount of fluid around his heart.

The HMO was Kaiser Permanente.

I remember seeing a man picketing outside of KP with a sign that said
Kaiser Permanente killed my wife.
They said it wasn't a brain tumor.

Michael Moore Sicko Clip about Nixon and HMOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiEVtxGtBqI

February 17, 1971 5:23 PM
Conservation between Ehrlichmann and Nixon at the White House:

Ehrlichmann:
"We have now narrowed down the vice president's problems
on this thing to one issue, and this is whether we should
include these Health Maintenance Organizations like
Edgar Kaiser's Permanente thing."
Nixon:
"Now let me ask you. You know I'm not too keen on any of
these damn medical programs."
Ehrlichmann:
"This is is a private enterprise one."
Nixon:
"Well that appeals to me."
Ehrlichmann:
"Edgar Kaiser is running this Permanente deal for profit,
and the reason he can do it, I had Edgar Kaiser come in,
talk to me about this, and I went into some depth,
all the incentives are toward less medical care,
because the less care they give them, the more money they make,"
Nixon:
"Fine."
Ehrlichmann:
"and the incentives run the right way."
Nixon:
"Not bad."

THE NEXT DAY, February 18, 1971
Nixon on TV telling the American people:

"I am proposing today a new national health strategy.
The purpose of this program is simply this.
I want every American to have the finest health care
in the world and I want every American to be able to
have that care when he needs it."
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