Dr. Joe Wanted to Work in a Third World Country

Dr. Pedro Jose Greer's dream was to work in a third world country. He discovered he kind of does. He found third-world poverty in his own back yard and founded the Camillus Health Concern to help homeless and low-income people get health care. Is it acceptable for insurance companies to refuse someone based on a pre-existing condition, he asks? He answers: "I hope they're enjoying all the money they're making."
While people like Greer, winner of a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, believe in doing the right thing, insurance companies today said that if health reform passes, insurance premiums will go up. Now they're threatening us? I really hope that one day we can rid ourselves of the evil that is the health insurance industry.

The health insurance industry (America's Health Insurance Plans) says they'll have to raise rates:

The White House fires back at the industry:

White House spokeswoman Linda Douglass called the report a "self-serving analysis" from an opponent of any kind of health insurance reform.

"It comes on the eve of a vote that will reduce the industry's profits," Douglass told TPMDC. "It is hard to take it seriously. The analysis completely ignores critical policies will lower costs for those who have insurance, expand coverage and provide affordable health insurance options to millions of Americans who are priced out of today's health insurance market or are locked out by unfair insurance company practices." TPM