Lets not forget Katrina--I fear it is fading from our collective memories:

[rodeodance]

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Subject: Congress: Protect People, Not Greedy Insurance Companies
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:06:41 -0700
From: Kristin Keckeisen <[e-mail]>
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To: xxxx


Dear Dar,

When Americans pay for their insurance every month, they have every right to believe that, if tragedy strikes, their insurance carrier will be there for them. After all, that is why American families and businesses purchase and rely on insurance for their homes, cars, property or businesses. When bad things happen, they should feel protected.

Call & Tell Congress: Protect People, Not Greedy Insurance Companies

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many Gulf Coast residents who lost everything are facing insurance companies, which refuse to fulfill their commitments. These families played by rules, and insurance companies are shirking their responsibilities. In fact, some of the area’s biggest home insurers – Allstate and State Farm – are pulling out of the Gulf States, leaving these families with nothing, even as their corporate profits surpass $5 billion.

Many homeowners are fighting back through the justice system to force these insurance companies to honor their contracts. The insurance companies’ response is to greedily continue to push for legislation limiting the rights of consumers to hold them accountable in the courts – the only place where Americans can face powerful interests on a level playing field.

Call & Tell Congress: Protect People, Not Greedy Insurance Companies

The “Insurance Industry Competition Act” has been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and in the Senate, respectively. For more than 6 decades, the insurance industry has operated beyond the reach of Federal anti-trust laws. This critical legislation would repeal the industry’s anti-trust exemption and give the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission the authority hold insurance companies accountable for their behavior.

Call & Tell Congress: Protect People, Not Greedy Insurance Companies

http://www.peopleoverprofits.org/site/c.ntJWJ8MPIqE/b.2229559/k.BF8D/Home.htm?sid=161175720&msource=sampleaaj001&auid=2566048

Imagine your family loses everything, and your insurance companies will not live up to their end of the bargain. Let your Member of Congress and Senators know that families are more important the insurance industry profits.

Best,

Kristin Keckeisen
Campaign Manager, People Over Profits

[Bobbieo]

1. Think the memory will be refreshed with the beginnning

of the '07 hurrricane season.

[w4rma]

2. Kucinich is chair of the House committee responsible for Katrina investigations.

LIEberman is the chair in the Senate, so it's all up to Kucinich.

[donsu]

3. trapped people drowning in their attics cannot be forgotten

nor the trapped people tortured in the dome

don't worry, no one will forget