Guest guest Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 gee, how much of that came from insurance premiums paid to those insurance companies? LL" Brady, MD" wrote: Continuing to look at the numbers: Adding up the 7 companies shown in the table, the total profit was over $8 billion. BCBS wasn’t on the list, so I feel comfortable saying that health insurance companies made at least $10 billion in profits last year. That is 20% of the $50 billion the AAFP predicted it would cost to implement their version of a national health system. Another way of looking at it would be to allow every one of the 45 million uninsured people in the country to spend $222 a year on health care. But that wouldn’t keep the stockholders happy, would it? the cure clarification: we really do have the money, and it is ours; we have merely given it and given up responsibility for it to insurance companies. we can either choose to take it back, or enable and perpetuate the current system. to paraphrase another war, what if they sent out an insurance premium, and nobody paid? LL __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.