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George Slotnick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:33:37 GMT

I am 82.5 years old. There are a number of instruments that are considered "not suitable " for a person of my age. My advisor is a major insurance salesman and pushed variable annuities on my wife and I. He churned the accounts, changing from one company to another incurring penalty charges for early withdrawal while he got extra commissions for bringing in a new account every time he churned the accounts to new companies. This was done without any discussions with us. He changed the time frame from a 5 year program to a 10 year program. This tied up the money for a much longer time while we were getting more sick and now required we be more liquid to pay medical bills. We never would have changed to another company as there was no reason to. We were more interested in reaching the end of the penalty period so that we would be more liquid.

I heard he was a felon and checked with the state penal records. I have a copy of the court records where he was found guilty of a $1,000,000 share of a deal that was a $6,000,000 scam. I was visited by 2 agents from the FBI white collar crime division about this case. I found there is no statute of limitations for this type of case and am persuing this with the Secretary of State of my state who advertises on TV about these cases. It seems that the victims are usually seniors because they have the money and they are more trusting as a group. They believe a licensed person is a professional who takes care of his clients not a person who just "takes" his clients. This guy is very SSMMOOTTHH. My wife loved him and felt he was the most trustful person in the world.

He was supposed to present us with our contracts and get a signed receipt but we did not know the law and paid no attention to this. He never did this, consequently, we did not know exactly what the contracts stated. We obtained contracts after requesting them from the insurance companies and found we were put into contracts we would never enter into had we had the information. There is much more , however, there is no time or room for all the story. I hope this helps somebody and perhaps you will write in and let me know that my experience has helped you.

A comment on Swine Flu Vaccine Makers Get Immunity

Michelle — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:59:09 GMT

Sarah, I'm glad somebody is paying attention.

A comment on Swine Flu Vaccine Makers Get Immunity

Sarah" — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:52:54 GMT

Actually, the pharma companies were able to attach a rider to the 2006 'Patriot Act' which provides immunity from lawsuits for 'pandemic' vaccines. Sebelius doc was just a formality. By the way - the UK has just granted pharma immunity as well. Funny, I thought just the US government was in big pharma's pocket, but guess their power is farther reaching than I believed. Brilliant though - the world has a mild cold and the big pharma cashes in.
500,000 worldwide die of regular flu each year. Swine flu has killed 700 worldwide in 4 months.

By the way - the swine flu vaccine will not contain thimerosal. Instead, it is using too adjuvants that have so far never been licensed in the US for civilian use. One of the adjuvants is in the Anthrax vaccine and is linked to gulf war syndrome. The FDA has rejected its approval for use in the US due to fears of increased autoimmune reactions. But - since this is such a deadly pandemic, they decided to make an exception for the swine flu vaccine.

As for the articles comment that big pharma has 'trouble' making money on new vaccines - well our gov alone has given 8.5 billion to big pharma...and now - well, if you don't even have to do safety trials for approval - that kind of ups the profit margin too!

A comment on Swine Flu Vaccine Makers Get Immunity

Ken Huck — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:43:59 GMT

If this act by Secretary Sebelius protects the vaccine makers from lawsuits claiming damage by the mercury compound thimerosal it is a grave dereliction duty by our public servants. Thimerosal is widely used as a preservative in multi dose flu vaccines. Mercury is recognized as a brain poison and should not be being injected into people in the name of public health.

A comment on Officials Warn of Risk of Suicide with Two Anti-Smoking Drugs

Bob — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:21:06 GMT

Since these smoking bans are all about health, they should be required to put the Chantix and Zyban warning on all of the government issued “No smoking” signs to prevent lawsuits by forcefully coercing residents into using a dangerous product.

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A comment on Vermont Legislature Passes Most Stringent Law Yet on Drug Makers' Gifts to Doctors

Mike Bryant — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:48:33 GMT

Disclosure and putting a stop to these kickbacks will go a long ways towards fixing this issue. Good for Vermont.

A comment on MA Senate Rejects Damages Cap For Serious Personal Injuries

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:50:27 GMT

Any case that doesn't involve "serious bodily injury" doesn't require a cap on damages. It will never get to 100,000 dollars.

A comment on Will you qualify for mortgage help?

Alessandra — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:08:43 GMT

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Alessandra

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