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forest4qt

(25 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:02 AM Sep 2019

Call it corporate not private insurance

Shouldn't private health insurance really be called corporate health insurance? Maybe people would think differently about their love of "private" insurance.

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brewens

(15,359 posts)
1. That would be good. Private insurance should mean someone that has to buy insurance for
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:17 AM
Sep 2019

themselves.

In any case, my corporate insurance kept changing at the job I retired from a couple years ago. The last time it went to Aetna where I found I could no longer see my orthopedic surgeon or use my preferred physical therapist because they were not in their network. I haven't had that happen that could be blamed on the ACA, though some might try.

3Hotdogs

(15,149 posts)
3. I have Aetna and I can go to any physician.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:25 AM
Sep 2019

It depends on what your employer paid for.

It still sucks. Single payer is better.

emmaverybo

(8,148 posts)
2. If it works for them and the employer or their retirement benefits provide a good deal, they
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:21 AM
Sep 2019

are going to want to keep it no matter what you call it.

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