Paulie
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In your world a company should potentially go as far as putting itself out of business if it means some people will die otherwise.that is how they get the premiums.
You pay an amount determined by your risk to them.
some excede the risk calulations some dont.
do you really think that they make no money off the differance?
Of course for profits make a profit!
The Average health insurance company pays out 80% of premiums as claims!
15% as overhead,salaries,computers TAXES!!!
4% net profit!
SO what is wrong with Profits???
$100 billion a YEAR in TAXES Federal/state/local and your local property taxes will increase Obama WANTs to put your local health insurance companies out of business!
GUESS who'll make up the difference????
Life and death issues are NO place for profits in a decent human world.
You have to understand that it just doesn't work that way. As compassionate as you want to be to fellow human beings, companies can not forgo profits to their detriment just because people get sick and die.
This nation lives about as unhealthy as it ever has. We do very little as a whole to try and be more healthy, but you expect companies who's very existence depends on caring for these people, to just throw profits away out of...what...the kindness of their hearts?
A 4% profit margin and you want them to give MORE, otherwise it's just greed.
You live in a fantasy world even more ridiculous than you claim libertarian utopias to be.