Being Sick Is Expensive, But Sometimes The Alternative Is Almost Unthinkable

I just finished reading about a company that changed its retirement policies because two of their employees had babies with expensive medical issues when they were born and had cost a lot of money. One, a premature infant spent about two months or more in neonatal intensive care. I have a bone to chew in this case, when I was born I too spent a long time in an incubator. It was the 1951. When I discussed my medical history with a doctor, he made a comment that I was probably lucky to be alive, all things considered.

The mother of one of AOL’s “distressed babies” penned a searing reply to Armstrong on Sunday, explaining how she had given birth only five months into her pregnancy. “I take issue with how he reduced my daughter to a ‘distressed baby’ who cost the company too much money. How he blamed the saving of her life for his decision to scale back employee benefits. How he exposed the most searing experience of our lives, one that my husband and I still struggle to discuss with anyone but each other, for no other purpose than an absurd justification for corporate cost-cutting,” Deanna Fei wrote on Slate.

Tim Armstrong AOL CEO should thank the stars that he has never faced this kind of problem. It's already a huge problem at the end of life for those are in their 60's,70's,80's or older and that may not even include care for those who are so frail they have difficulties caring for themselves.  He's single and probably could really give a rat's ass about anyone other than himself.

I'm not sure anyone should be comfortable working for this guy.