Of course there's no connection... we all know that...

On the latest bailout news...

Uh huh. There's no connection between the health insurance industry and the latest *bailout. Um hum.... yeah. Don't want to favor any one company but just as an example, let's take Prudential 'the rock'. From Prudential's "Company Perspectives": "...In late 1998, it had announced its intention to pull out of unprofitable Medicare markets, dropping coverage for about 20 percent of its seniors in the SeniorCare program by refusing to renew Medicare-risk contracts in northern and southern California..." Good thing or bad thing, one thing's for sure, the connections are definitely there helped along by perhaps your own congressional representative(s):

U.S. Senate Candidates most recent xmas list for United Healthcare:

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) $2,500
Mark Begich (D-AK-Candidate) $5,000
Thad Cochran (R-MS) $1,000
Norm Coleman (R-MN) $5,000
John Cornyn (R-TX) $2,000
Jim DeMint (R-SC) $1,000
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $4,800
Richard Durbin (D-IL) $3,000
Mike Enzi (R-WY) $5,000
Charles Grassley (R-IA) $2,000
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) $2,000
Tim Johnson (D-SD) $1,000
John Kerry (D-MA) $1,000 - (202) 224-2742
********(Hey Howard Dean, are you listening - how is this helpful?)

Jon Kyl (R-AZ) $1,000
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $5,000
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) $1,000
Patty Murray (D-WA) $1,000
Ronnie Musgrove (D-MS-Candidate) $5,000
Ben Nelson (D-NE) $6,000
Jack Reed (D-RI) $1,000
Pat Roberts (R -KS) $5,000
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) $1,000
Arlen Specter (R-PA) $3,000
Mark Udall (D-CO-Candidate) $6,000
Mark Warner (D-VA-Candidate) $5,000




*"...aid applicants include Genworth Financial Inc., Richmond, Va.; Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford; Phoenix Companies Inc., Hartford; Lincoln National Corp., Radnor, Pa.; Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; Protective Life Corp.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J..."