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                     Before                  After my medical treatment in India!
                                                         Thanks Corporate America!


Corporate American has once again found a way to save on medical costs. Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. of Canton New Jersey have set in to motion a wave of out sourced, out of the country medical treatments for employees. The new term is called "Medical Tourism"
Another twist to the "new idea is the corporations are offering kick backs to the sick employee if they agree to go to low cost countries such as
(India) to have their surgeries performed.
In my opinion there is no reason what so ever to send an American to a third world country to have medical treatment in order to save corporations money. It is a sad state that in the richest country in the world that American's should be subject to these kinds of practices.
The elected officials of the United States should take notice and take action to stop this madness against the American worker.
It is beyond reason for any company to offer incentives to a worker that would put that employees life in jeopardy to save the company money so the corporation's profit margin can expand even further, once again who is targeted, the middle class working people.
It is bad enough that corporate American has off shored the American workers jobs, jobs that have supported communities for generations, supported families, the very people that has built this country to what it is today, are being exploited by Corporate America. Corporate America has no shame. Corporate America is Shameful!
What is next? Maybe Corporate America will offer your family a one-time settlement of a few thousand dollars if the sick family member will forgo any medical treatment what so ever. Just think what they could save for their CEO"S and still look like the caring Corporate American that we all know and love.
I would hope that every one who reads this article would tell friends and family members to write their Congressman at once, to put a stop to this insane idea that has been brought forth by Greedy American Corporations before it has a chance to take hold. In my view there should be a law that forbids these kinds of actions by Corporations against employees.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Tammy

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