The good news about this is now they've been outed. And the next time the loathsome traitor Karen Ignani spouts one of her many lies about how her industry supports reform, she can be called on it.

They may be sending those letter to their insureds as well as employees? Oh goody. I'm insured by them, and please please send me one of those letters, UHC, so I can send you a reply that will peel the paint off your mailroom walls.

UHG is pure evil. These are the main opponents of HCR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnitedHealth_Group

As a self-employed person who has to buy insurance on the open market, it raises my blood pressure to know that the shitty insurance company that I'm stuck with is using any percentage of my ever-increasing premiums to thwart health care reform. Every year they raise the premium 20%, even with no claims. $5,000 deductible, any pre-existing conditions safely redlined so they don't have to cover them. By the time a person reaches 50, every little thing is a pre-existing condition. Been to a chiropractor for some spinal adjustment before your policy started? No coverage for any back problems for you. And who knows what denial tricks they have up their sleeve when a big claim is made.
I'm not about to "go bare" and drop the insurance, but I fully expect a fight from them if I ever file a claim.
Note to the GOP- I don't love my health insurance plan.

lordie, we wouldn't want that 400% made by uhc alone to be jeopardized. let's hope those employees believe their ceo's compensation should be $5000 an hour while their's is far less than that.

i can certainly understand the moral dilemma employees of uhc would have; they need that job to provide for their families and perhaps they genuinely feel a certain sense of loyalty to their company; but surely even they still can realize when they are being manipulated for the greed of others.

I work for an agent and we get emails from the major insurance companies about three times a week, all encouraging us to call our clients and get them to call and write their elected officials to oppose reform. We are supposed to insinuate that it will change both their insurance coverage and their ability to get insurance, raise rates, etc.

When you consider how many people are insured in this country, if agents are following through, that's a whole lot of people being misinformed. Needless to say, I do not follow through with those emails. I've fought for universal healthcare a lot longer than I've worked in insurance.

Remember, Nancy Pelosi being villified for calling the insurance industry the enemy. Well, Nancy was right on, wasn't she?

From the helpful site here:
http://www.unitedforhealthreform.com/education/frequently-asked-questions

"A government-run health plan would be a road block to meaningful health care reform. It would significantly increase costs for individuals and families, would add billions of dollars in new liabilities to the federal budget, and would break down the current health care system upon which more than 160 million Americans rely. UnitedHealth Group’s Government Affairs team is working with key policymakers regarding the proposed plans being considered. And you have the opportunity to also play a constructive role in shaping the health care debate by sharing your opinion with your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative. By writing to your Members of Congress or attending a town hall they are holding, you will have the chance to inform their decision-making on this key debate."

Presumably a government run health plan unlike the pre-existing medicare and medicaid, which they're likely making money from.

I actually work for the company. The company has sent emails to employees telling us to go to town halls and vocalize our opinions since we work in the healthcare industry. Let me say clearly though, not once have I felt pressured by anyone in the company to support any ideas other than my own. It is an absolute lie to say otherwise and I am telling you from first hand experience. But why wouldn't a company try to protect its business? I don't care what industry it is, if the government is preparing to take it over of course you are going to take some action. Democrats have made us the easy target in this debate and their followers have taken the bait. We definitely have our faults, we should be covering more pre-existing conditions (this is very risky in the insurance business) but lets get at the real reform that is needed in healthcare and that is the exploding hospital costs.