Tom Austin wrote:
> So, this makes the situation even worse - the uninsured have to make up 
> for the insured.

Hmm. Heard recently that one group that owns a lot of insurance 
companies, UHG I think, made $19.7 billion last year, convinced someone 
to change law just within the last several months to be "fairer" to 
them, by letting them make you pay 35% of the cost as premiums, instead 
of the "unfair" 24% it was before. Why are we paying 24% at all? 
Because, until they got sued, and the judge ordered them to pay money to 
create a new, independent one, UHG ***owned*** the only two companies 
that **all** insurance companies go to for listings on the average cost 
of medical procedures, and they where caught *intentionally* under 
rating the costs. I.e. An X-Ray really costs $500, so they would say it 
only cost $400, then only pay 75% of that, so you would end up paying 
$100 for the premium, and $100 for the "non-covered" cost, and they 
would then only pay the other $300, when they **should have** been 
correctly reporting the average cost as $500 in the first place, and 
paying out $375.

Now, multiple that situation by.. long term care, or multiple 
procedures, in the tens of thousands of dollars... Why the hell the 
judge didn't do the sane thing, declare the practice as monopoly like 
behavior, and insist that they divest themselves of the companies 
entirely.. And, how do you keep them, as someone that put funds into the 
company, from influencing the so called "independent" one they where 
ordered to pay into, to compete?

They want to know how we can pay for this bill.. Lets cut away some of 
the stupid asses dead weight, like UHG. Oh, wait, that's a *private* 
company, not government, so the waste, expense, bureaucracy and insanely 
stupid profits being made by such people are protected from public 
interest...

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