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404 – Page not found dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #1
I think the apostrophe did it---I'll try to get a permalink n/t eridani Dec 2012 #2
I'd already tried dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #3
Sorted. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #4
Yea mtasselin Dec 2012 #5
ACA makes a baby step towards this model - Imsurance cos must spend Flatulo Dec 2012 #6
Know what average MLR was back in 1993 when the Clintons were dealing with a "crisis" eridani Dec 2012 #10
You're kidding right? This is why we are so fucked up, people don't even know when they're Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #11
The 20% isn't the profit margin, it's everything other than patient care JHB Dec 2012 #14
Health Insurance Company profits run around 4%. bornskeptic Dec 2012 #16
That sounds like a damn good argument... Prophet 451 Dec 2012 #29
Their administrative costs and payroll are mostly wasteful nonsense n/t eridani Dec 2012 #17
There you go. Single-payer would save about 25% of our annual costs. nt Flatulo Dec 2012 #18
Sorry, I stand corrected. The 20% includes all administrative costs and overhead. nt Flatulo Dec 2012 #19
If the MLR is positive, why aren't per capita health costs going down? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #27
I don't understand this-- brokechris Dec 2012 #7
She did. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #12
all the supposed "source" says brokechris Dec 2012 #20
It's a glitch with this and other sites. Copy the whole thing, not just the blue part, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #21
I agree that the insurance companies are predatory--however brokechris Dec 2012 #22
You really need to read more carefully. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #25
LOL (quotes from OP in Italics) brokechris Dec 2012 #28
You say: "some are single payer " but only one is single payer.... Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #30
no--it is not just ONE country that has Single Payer in Europe. brokechris Dec 2012 #31
Let me rephrase, you need to stop reading what you want to see into it and read what was written. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #34
"... you must sell it at the same price to everyone, regardless of health." Why, that's ... Scuba Dec 2012 #8
No shit, right? Back in the day that was generally understood to be the definition of insurance. Flatulo Dec 2012 #9
Yes eridani, that is indeed refreshing. Kurovski Dec 2012 #13
K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #15
Starting in 2014, Obamacare brings us most of this list (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #23
Odd definition of most. Almost none is a majority now? TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #32
Your first bullet point should be "yes". Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #33
They can charge different prices depending on your age, which amounts to the same thing. eridani Dec 2012 #35
NO. Not platinum / gold etc. PEOPLE. They are different choices of POLICIES. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #36
If the policy you want is one that you cannot afford, there is no fucking "choice" about it eridani Dec 2012 #37
They can charge differently according to age, and that is limited to the exchanges as far as I can TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #38
Americans get hosed. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #24
Great post. Thank you. Whovian Dec 2012 #26
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