21% death claims rejected by California's largest private insurers

It is noted that U.S. President Obama has intention to introduce a "public option" for life insurance. The new healthcare plan will allow the currently uninsured to choose a health plan provided by the government. The Obama Administration hopes this will provide competition to private health insurers and make them more efficient and providing more value to clients eventually.

"The United States remains the only country in the industrialized world where
human lives are sacrificed for private profit, a national disgrace that seems
on the verge of perpetuation"

California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims [via]