Class Supplement (Can business do anything, as long as it is legal, to make a profit?)

Case-in-point Material for TOEFL Essay Writing

Writing Topic:

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Business can do anything, as long as it is legal, to make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Case in point:

Health insurance companies in America make profits by “legally” denying coverage to the insured. When Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning movie director, took up this problem in his documentary “Sicko,” the industry had a smear campaign and “legally” succeeded in it in preventing America from having a government-funded health insurance system. In America, about 45,000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance coverage.

Material:

The Health Insurance Industry's Vendetta against Michael Moore (truthdig.com)
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_health-insurance_industrys_vendetta_against_michael_moore_20101123/

Case in Point 訳：

アメリカの保険会社は被保険者への支払いを「合法的に」拒否することによって利益を得ている。この問題をマイケル・ムーア（アカデミー賞受賞映画監督）がドキュメンタリー「シッコ」で取り上げた時、業界は中傷合戦をはり、アメリカが政府財源の健康保険制度を持つのを妨害するのに「合法的に」成功した。アメリカでは保険がないことが原因で毎年訳４万５千人が亡くなっている。