Gold: Guardian Insurance, Dennis J. Manning President and Chief Executive Officer. In effect, this goes to all major health insurance companies. It is also an object lesson in why we need to jettison politicians who are in their pockets, and pass National Health Care Coverage!
Manning wins the Worst Person in the World today because of one specific, but sadly all-too-common case. Ian Pearl, age 37 of New York was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy. That would seem to be the toughest news Mr. Pearl should have to deal with. Enter his health care provider Guardian, they know his care will cost approximately one million dollars annually. Watch Worst to see what Guardian did to avoid paying Ian Pearl and others like him, whom they refer to as "dogs" – those they’d be better off without them come bonus time. Greed knows no bounds, but it can be changed this December. Perhaps some of the energy used for in-fighting and tea party marches could be better used to influence Health and Human Services on this important issue?
Silver: Attorney Charles Cooper: Alleged Attny.for the group who sponsored Prop 8 in CA. Cooper in Judge Lon Walker’s court room defending a legal challenge. At least he’s honest. See Worst, rather than flowery speeches,in answering the judge’s direct and simple question, Cooper admits "I don’t know!" I’m happy to hear that they have the best working on their side.
Bronze: Glenn Beck: Beck of the unused red phone, attempted a jab,and presumably a creepy ‘humor’ Beck-style. His target was former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich (ree-chee) though he did not pronounce it properly, in an attempt to somehow tie the administration to a militant lunatic in Germany long ago. Is it me, or is this an indication that Beck’s not very busy trying out his key to Mount Vernon?