Posted on 05/20/2014 4:06:48 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Many insurers only dipped a toe into the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplaces for their first year.
Cigna, one of the country’s largest insurers, offered 2014 plans to individuals in fewer than half a dozen states. Humana is only in a little more than a dozen states. The biggest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, didn’t offer any policies through the federally run online portal and only a few elsewhere.
The result: substantially higher premiums than otherwise would have been the case, according to a new paper.
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Are there any decent insurance companies left?
As far as I’m concerned, the health insurers turned to fascism in alliance with the control freaks in govt.
Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power. - Benito Mussolini
I had no idea that Captain Obvious was a healthcare shill?
If 40 million people were without insurance, how come only 8 million signed up. Wouldn’t a “success” be recruiting 40 million people?
crony capitalism works also.
the success is the govt takeover anddegrqdation of the us hcare system. it makes it possible to kill off the middle class by giving them sh1t hcare and death panels.
I agree with the quote, and nearly used the term ‘corporatism’ in my post! I feel, however, ‘fascism’ provides a better, more necesssary sting.
Bump
Well, it IS actually very similar to the devil’s bargain that German businesses made with the Nazi’s in the 30’s. Didn’t go all that well long-term, though.
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