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In reply to the discussion: Dear Senator Warren: we love our private insurancd companies [View all]DrFunkenstein
(8,745 posts)5. That's a Lovely Anecdote, But Insurers Are Bilking The Country
I'm glad that somewhere out there in the 327.2 million people who live in the United States, there are people who think fondly of the people who determine whether or not you qualify for a medical procedure or prescription.
Last year, publicly-traded health care companies announced $47 billion of global profit on $545 billion of global revenue in the second quarter alone. Add that to the $45.6 billion that 118 health care companies posted in the first quarter of 2108.
That was nearly $100 billion in profit from the first half of the year alone.
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Dear Senator Warren: we love our private insurancd companies [View all]
question everything
Sep 2019
OP
You may want to check out executive compensation for your non-profit company.
Sneederbunk
Sep 2019
#1
So what, if they are doing a good job? Fact is that if you made their compensation $0, I bet
Hoyt
Sep 2019
#4
Medicare--Pre-conditions never a problem, unlimited coverage, all prescriptions allowed
at140
Sep 2019
#54
Of course! I do expect anyone providing a product or service to profit
question everything
Sep 2019
#57
Under single payer, you will not be covered for every procedure, test, or treatment. These will
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#26
So to follow up on your analysis, we need to start talking about whose wealth is being undertaxed
CTyankee
Sep 2019
#43
Well for one, we need to roll back the tax giveaways. Biden has promised to do so as a first bit of
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#44
A few years ago, hip replacement surgery was re-categorized as elective. These are
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#56
The kids in the gig economy, those who take 6 months contracts, who change major jobs every 2 years,
crazytown
Sep 2019
#13
I'm sorry your husband died but that doesn't sound like such a great deal to me.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2019
#38
That's the problem with those high deductible plans. People choose them when they think...
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2019
#40
Sorry you have had such a difficult time. I'm not that familiar with "cost" plans but what I can
Nanjeanne
Sep 2019
#17
There Is A Reason Other Countries That Are Not Owned Outright By Corporations
SeaTownBlue
Sep 2019
#28
no one loves their private insurance. no one. Consumers are conditioned to say things like this
Kurt V.
Sep 2019
#30
Warren and Sanders say Americans don't like their health insurance. Polls don't back that up
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#37