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PatrickforO

(14,514 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:33 AM Aug 2016

His eyes stare coldly into the distance, hardened by thousands of executive decisions

designed to raise value for shareholders without regard to the environment, the community or the customers who depend on his company...

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Meet Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, which has recently pulled out of the Affordable Care Act public exchanges in all but four states, citing 'persistent losses' in the face of overall profit increase of 38% in the final quarter of 2015.

So...what is the REAL REASON Aetna pulled out of ACA, you ask? Heck, they're making plenty of money.

Well, here it is: The real reason Aetna pulled out of the ACA was the big, bad US Justice Department opposed its proposed merger with Humana.

That's right. You heard correctly. IT'S A PISSING CONTEST!!!

Bertolini said, "It is very likely that we would need to leave the public exchange business entirely and plan for additional business efficiencies (euphemism for threatened layoffs - my note) should our deal ultimately be blocked."

Here's the link to the capitalist criminal's profit mongering reasoning behind his company's recent move, which hurts individual Americans like you and me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aetna-obamacare-pullout-humana-merger_us_57b3d747e4b04ff883996a13?

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His eyes stare coldly into the distance, hardened by thousands of executive decisions (Original Post) PatrickforO Aug 2016 OP
In Reality If The Merger Goes Through Is When The Real Layoffs Happen....nt global1 Aug 2016 #1
+1,000,000 C Moon Aug 2016 #2
Corporate Socialism Cryptoad Aug 2016 #3
He has a manly jaw... Helen Borg Aug 2016 #4
The face... ReRe Aug 2016 #5
Children cry, kittycats run away. He looks like he is made of marble. (nt) betsuni Aug 2016 #6
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