Health Insurance Now !

CIGNAs Edward Hanway spends his holidays in a $13 million beach house in New Jersey. Meanwhile, regular Americans are routinely denied coverage for the care they need when they need it most. Welcome to the American health insurance industry.

Instead of helping policyholders attain the health security they need for their families, big insurance companies get rich by denying coverage to patients.

Join the fight: sickforprofit.com What does UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Well, for starters, his nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in unexercised stock options might lose a few pennies on the dollar. What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in Winsconsin who is physically incapable of eating and has had to be tube fed her entire life, have to gain from healthcare reform?

A cartoon explanation of why we need a public health insurance option. If you agree that a public option should be part of the health care reform bill, make sure you let your representatives know! And take action at www.YoungInvincibles.org Animated by Andy Lubershane. More comics at http Note: The data in this cartoon is supported by this report: www.ourfuture.org which includes a lot more detail on current proposals for a public option.